USB flash drive not being detected with windows 7


  1. srand
    Posts : 2
    windows 7
       New #1

    USB flash drive not being detected with windows 7


    I have a USB flash drive that I had been using with XP. Today, I went to access the files saved on the drive using Windows 7, but The device would not be recognized by my computer. These are the steps I took so far:

    Right click computer
    open manager
    open disk drives
    open "generic flash disk usb device"
    click driver
    click update driver
    opt for search automatically
    Message displayed "The best driver software for your device is already installed."


    But the device is still not recognized, When I go into disk management it indicates that "disk1 removable (E) no media."
    But when I go into devices and printers there is a mass storage device icon.

    I have the another USB drive (same brand and age as the problematic one) that I've only used with Windows 7 and it works fine.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  3. DocBrown
    Posts : 9,606
    Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
       New #2

    Welcome srand :)

    Does it still work on the XP computer ? I have seen several flash drives get corrupted from one computer to another. Not sure what has been the actual cause of this problem
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  4. srand
    Posts : 2
    windows 7
    Thread Starter
       New #3

    Unfortunately, I cannot test to see if it still works on XP because I no longer have that computer. Any other suggestions? Thank you.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

 

  Related Discussions
I recently purchased a 32 GB San Disk Flash Drive. The security files pre-installed on the drive were junk, and I could not delete them so I formatted the drive to remove them. This cleaned the disk, and it holds data, but I'm not sure if this is part of my problem. I am trying to load my copy of...
SATA drive detected as an atapi drive by windows xp setup. I’m wanting to install windows xp for backwards compatible with order programs. 1st primary partition is W7 size is 243.71 GB NTFS maximum it will shrink down. 2nd primary partition is setup as 99.97 GB FAT32 (can expanded space...
Hello. I bought a little 16 GB flash drive by Emtec yesterday because it was on sale for ten bucks at Office Max. I tested it out transferring a few music files from my laptop to my PC, and it worked like a charm. Around half an hour ago, I decided to see what it can really do. I used Unetbootin...
guys..my USB stick is apacer handy steno 256mb (old model) not detected when i plugged in..drive not appear in My Computer..taskbar never show the safety remove hardware..device manager show "USB Device"..when i go to Disk Management, it ask me to initialize disk, MBR or GPT, and a message pop up...
I have a Kingston flash drive 8gb usb 2.0 just like this one: http://www.hk-juhuang.com/bigpic/12/13/20100604165531.jpg but for some reason it's not working on my pc/laptop/ps3 and any other computer I tried it on. when I plug in the flash drive I don't get any detected sound on my windows...
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

 © Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 20:44.
Find Us