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More info?)
No, i only have the one computer and neither works as it should. I do have
access to a WinME computer, but i'm not sure what that might prove.... but
I'm open to options...
) let me know thoughts. thank you,
david
"Alan" wrote:
> david wrote:
> > bob,
> > thanks for advice, but i'm not sure how to proceed. drive is formatted and
> > device management shows it as drive F. but Explorer doesn't display it. The
> > URL in my original post had instructions from device mgt to change the drive
> > letter -- but changing it from F to G did no good, either. a tip from vendor
> > (Iomega) was to reformat drive from NTFS to FAT32. that worked successfully.
> > but did not fix the problem. any further tips will certainly be
> > appreciated... thanks,
> > david
> >
> > "Bob Harris" wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Drives will not show in Explorer unless they are partitioned and formatted
> >>ans assigned a unique drive letter.
> >>
> >>Use the XP disk management tool to view the disks. If the USB disk appear
> >>as "RAW" or "UNALLOCATED", then you need to partition/format, using the disk
> >>managment tool.
> >>
> >>If the USB drive is already formatted (FAT32 or NTFS for XP), then you may
> >>only need assign a drive letter. You also assign a drive letter using this
> >>tool.
> >>
> >>If you are not familiar with the XP disk management tool, use the XP
> >>help&support center to search on "disk management". One of the articles
> >>should be called "using the disk management".
> >>
> >>"david" <david@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >>news:B4CDB7BD-CA0C-4398-AFFC-3A489F7A5A6F@microsoft.com...
> >>
> >>>I'm using WinXP Home, SP2, and have a USB memory stick and a USB external
> >>>drive. either will show in device manager, but neither will display in
> >>>Explorer. I've checked
> >>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;297694 and that
> >>>info
> >>>does not work, as I have no network drives. I followed those instructions
> >>>to
> >>>no avail. Any ideas on how to get a USB drive to show in Explorer with
> >>>other
> >>>techniques will be appreciated, as I want to use the USB drive for backup.
> >>>thanks.
> >>>david
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
> Do you have access to another computer? Do they work as expected there?
>
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