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Problem with usb drives/ports showing in explorer
I've been having a random problem with my usb drives or ports for at least six months now. Sometimes when I plug one in, I can hear the system sound that it makes, but the little auto play window that usually appears, allowing me to choose how to open it, such as with explorer, does not appear, and there is no icon when I open up My Computer, nor does it show up in device manager. When it does show, the usb drive can sometimes take over a minute (I'm assuming to read the drive) before the icon will show up in explorer. It doesn't seem to matter which usb port that I plug it into, and I tried gently wiggling the drive a bit to see if it might be a bad connection, but no luck with that. What's really frustrating is that it doesn't happen all the time. One minute it will work and the next time I go to use it, I plug it in, and nothing but the little system sound, no auto play window and no icon in explorer. Out of seven usb drives that I have, most of the time it happens to the same 2 drives, plus my external HD, that is not to say that it never happens to the other usb drives, for whatever reason, it rarely is a problem with the others. Could it be corrupt drivers? To eliminate the possibility of the usb drives being faulty, I tried them in my other desktop computer and my laptop and they all work fine. I have had an external HD that I was using for data storage and backup with the same problem when plugging in to the usb port. It has been two months since it has shown up in explorer and as I am writing this, I tried plugging it in and wouldn't you know, "PING", it shows up with no delay. Just like that! AARRRR! If anyone has some thoughts on this, please share your insight. Thanks.