Re moveable disks problem: all I get is please insert a disk

I am attempting to use a muti-card reader in order to examine some xd cards that have been misplaced. The reader has four drives listed under Disk drives in Device Manager as generics and in MY Computer as E,F,G,H. In Device Manager the drive for xd cards is listed last.

The card reader is attached to one of the two front usb ports via a male/female usb lead, as the reader's usb plug fouls the computer's casing.

The reader is connected ( light on) and xd card firmly inserted.

But no matter which drive letter I click on, the instruction is to insert a disk. Windows advises the device working correctly.

Hellllp, please!

Then maybe the card is bad. Or the reader is bad.

There is a option to not show empty drives in Win Explorer. Make sure that is checked then none of those card slots will show unless there is a working card inserted into the slot.

I'm not at a computer right now so I can not post a link.....but I had this issue before....Look up "Computer will not read mass storage devices" its a thread I started, you might be able to fix the same way. Good Luck!

@sreedhav

The reader has a short integral usb plug (no cable), Sockets for usb devices and some others like for cards ( not xd) are in a recessed section suitable for, say, a DVD drive. Without the addition of the male female lead the reader cannot be plugged in because either the top or bottom lip of the recessed section gets in the way. That's Dell for you!

@ jeepmann4x4 It's gone midnight here so I will look in the morning.

For all further report then.

The trouble turned out as being related to the male usb plug not connecting firmly in the female of the extension.

Reminds me of an old national service saying about Brens