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petemj23   04-09-2009 at 09:59:17 PM

Please help!! I'm pulling out my hair!
Drives I connect via usb will not show up in My Computer anymore. I've tried my external HD, Flash drives, my ipod, and my digital camera. When I plug something in, Win XP plays the sound like normal but nothing happens. And the ipod charges
like normal. I checked in Disk Management and none of my internal HDs are even listed! My Computer still shows my 2 internal HDs C: & D: my Floppy A: and my dvd drive H:

Thanks for any help

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number13   04-12-2009 at 12:03:10 AM
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sounds like the USB controller died, try a external card, as for the management tools, in the Computer Management WIndow look under the the Action Tab, next to the Up One Level folder icon, there is a show/hide console box, see if clicking it helps


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Bronze Win XP badge aford10   04-12-2009 at 07:56:54 AM
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Try uninstalling all the usb root hubs in the device manager. Then restart the pc. It will reinstall all of them and then should recognize the hardware attached to them.

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