Ok,

I have a USB Mass storage device that I connect via a powered hub to
my laptop. It has worked in the past, but for some reason, it
recognizes it as a Mass Storage device, then a popup says found new
disk drive.

I go into Device Manager, and there it is. It is recognized correctly
and working fine. When I then go into Disk management I do not see it.
I have a c partition on my laptop hard drive, and also an e. I do not
see any other drives.

Why is my USB drive not assigning a drive letter to it, and why is it
no showing in disk management? I have another JUST like it, and it
works just fine, plug and "pray" works and assigns it a drive letter.

Any ideas? I have tried editing the registry, changing some drive
letters of devices taht have connected in the past. I have tried
uninstalling/reinstalling the device in Computer Management.

Thanks for any help you can give me!

JJ

Bump.

Does anyone have any idea what I can do to get this working?

Thanks,
Jim

On Sep 29, 11:55*pm, majestik <jimm...******.com> wrote:
> Ok,
>
> I have a USB Mass storage device that I connect via a powered hub to
> my laptop. It has worked in the past, but for some reason, it
> recognizes it as a Mass Storage device, then a popup says found new
> disk drive.
>
> I go into Device Manager, and there it is. It is recognized correctly
> and working fine. When I then go into Disk management I do not see it.
> I have a c partition on my laptop hard drive, and also an e. I do not
> see any other drives.
>
> Why is my USB drive not assigning a drive letter to it, and why is it
> no showing in disk management? I have another JUST like it, and it
> works just fine, plug and "pray" works and assigns it a drive letter.
>
> Any ideas? I have tried editing the registry, changing some drive
> letters of devices taht have connected in the past. I have tried
> uninstalling/reinstalling the device in Computer Management.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me!
>
> JJ

Hi,

Have you tried via: Right click My Computer/Manage/Disk Management/Change
drive letter and path?

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"majestik" <jimmymg******.com> wrote in message
news:b6b69de5-bed7-4c19-8fbd-24743c6a6efb@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
> Ok,
>
> I have a USB Mass storage device that I connect via a powered hub to
> my laptop. It has worked in the past, but for some reason, it
> recognizes it as a Mass Storage device, then a popup says found new
> disk drive.
>
> I go into Device Manager, and there it is. It is recognized correctly
> and working fine. When I then go into Disk management I do not see it.
> I have a c partition on my laptop hard drive, and also an e. I do not
> see any other drives.
>
> Why is my USB drive not assigning a drive letter to it, and why is it
> no showing in disk management? I have another JUST like it, and it
> works just fine, plug and "pray" works and assigns it a drive letter.
>
> Any ideas? I have tried editing the registry, changing some drive
> letters of devices taht have connected in the past. I have tried
> uninstalling/reinstalling the device in Computer Management.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me!
>
> JJ

Add a System Environment Variable:
DevMgr_Show_NonPresent_Devices
and set it's value = 1

Open Device Manager, Click View - Tic/Check "Show Hidden Devices"
Expand the categories "Universal Serial Bus Controllers", Storage Volumes
and Disk Drives one at time and Right Click each entry shown in a
diminished tone (grayed out) and choose Uninstall.
*Do this with all Flash based devices unplugged.
Then re-insert your Flash drives and check Disk Mgmt for a proper
Drive letter assignment.

"majestik" <jimmymg******.com> wrote in message
news:95f6bf36-5a1d-4ce6-8bc9-57fcb1a60b93@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
Bump.

Does anyone have any idea what I can do to get this working?

Thanks,
Jim

On Sep 29, 11:55 pm, majestik <jimm...******.com> wrote:
> Ok,
>
> I have a USB Mass storage device that I connect via a powered hub to
> my laptop. It has worked in the past, but for some reason, it
> recognizes it as a Mass Storage device, then a popup says found new
> disk drive.
>
> I go into Device Manager, and there it is. It is recognized correctly
> and working fine. When I then go into Disk management I do not see it.
> I have a c partition on my laptop hard drive, and also an e. I do not
> see any other drives.
>
> Why is my USB drive not assigning a drive letter to it, and why is it
> no showing in disk management? I have another JUST like it, and it
> works just fine, plug and "pray" works and assigns it a drive letter.
>
> Any ideas? I have tried editing the registry, changing some drive
> letters of devices taht have connected in the past. I have tried
> uninstalling/reinstalling the device in Computer Management.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give me!
>
> JJ

Yeah, that is the first thing tha came up in a search. It doesn't show
in Disk Management (that is the weird part for me).

On Sep 30, 1:58*pm, "Kelly" <ke...@kelly.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Have you tried via: *Right click My Computer/Manage/Disk Management/Change
> drive letter and path?
>
> --
>
> All the Best,
> Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)
>
> Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm
>
> SupportSpacewww.supportspace.com/pages?aiu=kellyskorner
>
> "majestik" <jimm...******.com> wrote in message
>
> news:b6b69de5-bed7-4c19-8fbd-24743c6a6efb@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Ok,
>
> > I have a USB Mass storage device that I connect via a powered hub to
> > my laptop. It has worked in the past, but for some reason, it
> > recognizes it as a Mass Storage device, then a popup says found new
> > disk drive.
>
> > I go into Device Manager, and there it is. It is recognized correctly
> > and working fine. When I then go into Disk management I do not see it.
> > I have a c partition on my laptop hard drive, and also an e. I do not
> > see any other drives.
>
> > Why is my USB drive not assigning a drive letter to it, and why is it
> > no showing in disk management? I have another JUST like it, and it
> > works just fine, plug and "pray" works and assigns it a drive letter.
>
> > Any ideas? I have tried editing the registry, changing some drive
> > letters of devices taht have connected in the past. I have tried
> > uninstalling/reinstalling the device in Computer Management.
>
> > Thanks for any help you can give me!
>
> > JJ

This is definitely something I have NOT tried, thanks! I will give it
a go when I get home tonight.

Thanks again all for replying!!!

JJ

On Sep 30, 1:59*pm, "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSp...@mindspring.com>
wrote:
> Add a System Environment Variable:
> * * DevMgr_Show_NonPresent_Devices
> and set it's value = 1
>
> Open Device Manager, Click View - Tic/Check "Show Hidden Devices"
> Expand the categories "Universal Serial Bus Controllers", Storage Volumes
> and Disk Drives one at time and Right Click each entry shown in a
> diminished tone (grayed out) and choose Uninstall.
> *Do this with all Flash based devices unplugged.
> Then re-insert your Flash drives and check Disk Mgmt for a proper
> Drive letter assignment.
>
> "majestik" <jimm...******.com> wrote in message
>
> news:95f6bf36-5a1d-4ce6-8bc9-57fcb1a60b93@h2g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> Bump.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what I can do to get this working?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim
>
> On Sep 29, 11:55 pm, majestik <jimm...******.com> wrote:
>
> > Ok,
>
> > I have a USB Mass storage device that I connect via a powered hub to
> > my laptop. It has worked in the past, but for some reason, it
> > recognizes it as a Mass Storage device, then a popup says found new
> > disk drive.
>
> > I go into Device Manager, and there it is. It is recognized correctly
> > and working fine. When I then go into Disk management I do not see it.
> > I have a c partition on my laptop hard drive, and also an e. I do not
> > see any other drives.
>
> > Why is my USB drive not assigning a drive letter to it, and why is it
> > no showing in disk management? I have another JUST like it, and it
> > works just fine, plug and "pray" works and assigns it a drive letter.
>
> > Any ideas? I have tried editing the registry, changing some drive
> > letters of devices taht have connected in the past. I have tried
> > uninstalling/reinstalling the device in Computer Management.
>
> > Thanks for any help you can give me!
>
> > JJ