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inquiring   08-21-2007 at 09:19:02 PM

I have a DELL INSPIRON 5100 laptop, about 5 years old, that doesnt "see" my flash drive when I plug the flash drive into the USB port on the laptop. The 5100 is running XP Home. What do I have to do to the laptop/XP so that it "sees" and recognizes my flash drive? Do I need to turn on any services or make a BIOS setting change or what? Do I need to add a Microsoft patch or fix? The laptop is running XP SP2 as well.

The flash drive doesn't show up in Explorer as any drive letter. The USB port is working.

Thank you All.



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