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Driver install problem - USB stick and USB Ext HD
Hi,
I've got problems installing USB external hard driver and USB memory stick driver on windows 7 pro 64 bit.
The computer is a Lenovo t410s, intel chipset. The external disc drive is a Western Digital Elements SE 1 TB and the USB memory stick is of the brand TwinMos.
At first I could not install the external HD on the computer. It went flawlessly to install it on two other computers, one XP and on win 7. On my machine, in the device manager, the driver was identified under "other devices" as "Elements 1042" (yellow symbol). From there I tried "search for driver" and "brows for drivers" with nothing found. (no drive letter assignment issue)
At this point the computer worked fine with the ŮSB memory stick. It was at this point removed/uninstalled drivers in the "Device manager", hoping that windows would reinstall the correct driver for the external HD. The result I got was windows 7 could now not even find a driver for my USB stick. The USB stick now is found as "mobile disc" (yellow symbol) under "other devies" in the device manager.
I thought I might have removed something I shouldn't have. I reinstalled the latest chipset drivers found on lenovo's driver download site. It didn't help either.
What should I do? Suggestions? Reinstalling windows is not an option at a first stage.
Thank you!
//Andreas
Update:
I've got wmare on the machine. Mounting both the drives to a virtual machine running win xp, both discs are found, installad correctly and can be used as they should. This means it should not be a USB power problem as I've read other people have had problems with.
Last edited by Nosis; 26 Nov 2011 at 03:28.