I'm having a problem with a Usb Flash drive...

[Shiozaki]

this pc i'm on wont reconize this dam usb drive i got .

It will tell me it is hi speed usb device and will function slow becasue of the slow speed port i have it in but thats it...the new hardware found wizard will just not pop up...

the add hardware shotcut in the dam control pannel folder wont even work, i can doubble click it alll i want and nothing happends...

the device manger, is messed up where it would show anything thats installed....

i'm to say the least pissed...dose anyone have any ideals what i should do?

[Inferno.]

That means the device is USB 2.0 and your USB ports are USB 1.0 Therefore it'll work at a slower transfer speed or some shit.

[Shiozaki]

right ya see i get that ok that anit the problem, windows wont bring up the add new hardware wizard and install the drivers for it, and the shortcut for add hardware in the control pannel wont work either.

thats the problem

[Kazekage Gaara]

Which OS do you have ?? Windows XP ?? If yes, then there is a very good chance that you don't have Service Pack 2 installed on your computer because SP2 brought support to WinXP for USB 2.0 and that is why its showing you this.

This happened to me too. All my USB devices were working at low speed even though my USB ports actually did support USB v2.0. I installed SP2 and everything started working just fine

[Shiozaki]

Nan man has nothing to do with that, i'm all up to date now, so anyone got any other ideals?

[Panda Man]

Nan man has nothing to do with that, i'm all up to date now, so anyone got any other ideals?

Ok, so what OS do you have? Doesn't matter if your up to date, hell that could be the issue. And while your at it, give this guide a run though and clean out your PC

http://www.epforums.org/panda-mans-m...888/index.html

[Shiozaki]

right i keep forgeting, It's XP...

[b1gwi11]

click the thingy that pops up and then just click ok on the box.....

it should continue to install the hardware after that.

that usually works for me.

[Shiozaki]

ok i put the flash drive into another pc, in witch it worked , i then went into device manger and found where the driver file was, now if i take a copy of that file and put it in the same place on the other pc wont that make it work?

[b1gwi11]

ok i put the flash drive into another pc, in witch it worked , i then went into device manger and found where the driver file was, now if i take a copy of that file and put it in the same place on the other pc wont that make it work?

in theory it could...

windows xp already comes with the drivers however... so it should already exist on your computer

maybes its a usb 2.0 only device and your ports are 1.0 / 1.1?

[Panda Man]

maybes its a usb 2.0 only device and your ports are 1.0 / 1.1?

It might be that. Do you have Service Pack 2 installed? Also, have you tried logging in as administrator? (the account, not just the privileges). It might be a borked account since your having so many problems, at the welcome screen, hit ctrl+alt+del twice, and type in "administrator" with no password, unless you set one. If you did set one and don't remember what it was, let me know and I'll PM you a way to reset it

[Shiozaki]

well ok. frist off thanks for all the help and 2nd i know its not a 2.0 only device casue i'am useing it right now on another pc, so i'm good there

"in theory it could...
windows xp already comes with the drivers however... so it should already exist on your computer"

ok see your right here thing is windows cant detect it to install the driver, but yet it will still detect it and tell me its a 2.0 device, so i think taking a copy of the driver from a different pc and puting it in the same place on the other pc is my best bet, not sure if it will work but we will see.

"Do you have Service Pack 2 installed?"
I do, one of the thing i thought of on my own.


I'll have to ty the administrator thing tomorow when i can man hands back on the computer, i'll fill you in then.

[Panda Man]

It could also just be a flatout borked installation of windows, you may need to just install a fresh copy =( but that's always a last resort. Are you sure you plugged into a USB 1.1 port on the other PC though?

[Shiozaki]

ya i get a message telling so followed by a new hardware installed and i new drive listed in my computer.

[Panda Man]

ya i get a message telling so followed by a new hardware installed and i new drive listed in my computer.

So did logging in as administrator work? Because if no, and everything above didn't, I wouldn't know what else to do other than to use the cureall (reinstall windows), since you have absolutely no way of installing/controlling hardware