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macsterface   06-14-2009 at 10:56:48 AM

Hi all,

I have a 500MB USB storage device that I have previously used with ease. At the moment, it will not appear in either "My Computer" or "Computer Management".

However, the "Safely Remove Hardware" tab appears with the following details:

- USB Mass Storage Device
- USB DISK 2.0 USB Device
- Generic volume

Not only does it appear there, it also appears within "Device Manager". I was hoping that someone could explain a method to fix the problems I am having.

I am using Windows XP with Service Pack 3 on an Intel Pentium Dual CPU E2200 @ 2.20Ghz with 2GB of RAM.

Thanks in advance.

EDIT – I've been looking through the "Safely Remove Hardware" tab and it says the device's location is "Location 0 (USB DISK 2.0)" I'm not sure if that is important or not.

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xaira   06-14-2009 at 01:55:52 PM
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use a partition manager and see if its hidden or unformatted

go in computer management under storage you should see disk management
you might be able to format it from there, if you cant then use a partition manager

partition magic, paragon partition manager etc.

------------------------------ "Envy is ignorance" - Henry Thoreau : Best quote ever.

http://www.pingtest.net/result/3022953.png
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xaira   06-14-2009 at 01:57:19 PM
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use a partition manager and see if its hidden or unformatted

go in computer management under storage you should see disk management
you might be able to format it from there, if you cant then use a partition manager

partition magic, paragon partition manager etc.

------------------------------ "Envy is ignorance" - Henry Thoreau : Best quote ever.

http://www.pingtest.net/result/3022953.png
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macsterface   06-17-2009 at 03:15:16 AM
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Thanks for your advice. Is their a partition manager that I can use that is free? The data on the USB is not worth paying for, but I'd still like to have it.

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