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I have an extremely stable Dell 4100 (with an Adaptec USB2 Adaptor) running
Win2000 SP4. Sandisk's 512MB Cruzer memory stick works great with it as does
every other USB1/USB2 device.
I bought a Sandisk Micro 512MB memory stick and when I simply put it into
the USB2 port, Win2000 said "found new hardware" and installed a driver for
it (even though it does not require any drivers with Win2000 or Win/XP, and
there are none!!!). It then asked me to restart to make the changes take
effect. The restart failed with boot drive inaccessible. Attempts to start
using safe mode and last-known-good also failed. Luckily I had an image
backup from 2 weeks ago and could restore without too much damage.
Can anyone offer a possible explanation? I am shocked that this could happen
by merely inserting a USB device that needs no drivers, yet I have not found
any reported incidents like mine on Sandisk support or other forums. It
seems Win2000 mis-identified the device but even so what happened is
atrocious.
I have an extremely stable Dell 4100 (with an Adaptec USB2 Adaptor) running
Win2000 SP4. Sandisk's 512MB Cruzer memory stick works great with it as does
every other USB1/USB2 device.
I bought a Sandisk Micro 512MB memory stick and when I simply put it into
the USB2 port, Win2000 said "found new hardware" and installed a driver for
it (even though it does not require any drivers with Win2000 or Win/XP, and
there are none!!!). It then asked me to restart to make the changes take
effect. The restart failed with boot drive inaccessible. Attempts to start
using safe mode and last-known-good also failed. Luckily I had an image
backup from 2 weeks ago and could restore without too much damage.
Can anyone offer a possible explanation? I am shocked that this could happen
by merely inserting a USB device that needs no drivers, yet I have not found
any reported incidents like mine on Sandisk support or other forums. It
seems Win2000 mis-identified the device but even so what happened is
atrocious.