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Computer won't recognise my memory stick by kierant on 05-22-2006 at 03:12 PM
I'm currently at uni and I have left my camera cable at home so can't upload my pictures. However, my flatmate has a Sony memory stick slot in her comp but when I put my memory stick into it nothing happens (yes it's a Sony, it slots in perfectly). When I take it out of the slot, the comp makes the noise that happens when something has been removed so it must recognise its presence - so why will it not show the drive in My Computer?
It's quite urgent that I get these pictures as they are for a friend who has finished term and is going back to the US tomorrow.
Thanks
RE: Computer won't recognise my memory stick by Supersonicdarky on 05-22-2006 at 03:46 PM
do you have the driver fot it? google "<name of device> driver(s)"
RE: Computer won't recognise my memory stick by Adeptus on 05-22-2006 at 03:46 PM
Put the stick in. Allow enough time for Windows to recognize it, then go to Start, Run, and type "diskmgmt.msc" in the box. Find your memory stick in the list of volumes and change its drive letter to an unused one.
There is a known bug / feature in Windows, which permits plugged in removable mass storage devices to receive duplicate drive letters, already in use by things higher up in the driver hierarchy (such as optical drives and mapped network shares). This leaves the removable device "masked" by the existing assignment and not accessible until the drive letter is changed.
You could have some other issue, but it really sounds like this.
RE: Computer won't recognise my memory stick by YottabyteWizard on 05-22-2006 at 03:47 PM
I had this problem when a memory card god fked up, the only thing i did was reformat the card with the camera and I was able to use it again.
Try scandisk in it.
RE: Computer won't recognise my memory stick by kierant on 05-22-2006 at 04:10 PM
quote:
Posted by Supersonicdarky - Today at 03:46 PM
do you have the driver fot it? google "<name of device> driver(s)"
I'll try that if nothing else works
quote:
Posted by Adeptus - Today at 03:46 PM
Put the stick in. Allow enough time for Windows to recognize it, then go to Start, Run, and type "diskmgmt.msc" in the box. Find your memory stick in the list of volumes and change its drive letter to an unused one.
There is a known bug / feature in Windows, which permits plugged in removable mass storage devices to receive duplicate drive letters, already in use by things higher up in the driver hierarchy (such as optical drives and mapped network shares). This leaves the removable device "masked" by the existing assignment and not accessible until the drive letter is changed.
You could have some other issue, but it really sounds like this.
OK when I run the command, there is only one volume that comes up and that is the C:. It makes a noise when I put the memory stick in though so it knows it's there.
quote:
Posted by YottabyteWIzard - Today at 03:47 PM
I had this problem when a memory card god fked up, the only thing i did was reformat the card with the camera and I was able to use it again.
Try scandisk in it.
I really don't want to format it yet as I would lose the pictures..and everyone knows pictures are irreplaceable
Thanks for the help guys, any more feedback would be great.
RE: Computer won't recognise my memory stick by RaceProUK on 05-22-2006 at 08:54 PM
quote:If the card reader works with other cards, installing a driver is unnecessary. Just give the PC time to recognise the card: it may require a few minutes.
Originally posted by Supersonicdarky
do you have the driver fot it? google "<name of device> driver(s)"
RE: RE: Computer won't recognise my memory stick by kierant on 05-22-2006 at 09:39 PM
quote:
Originally posted by raceprouk
quote:If the card reader works with other cards, installing a driver is unnecessary. Just give the PC time to recognise the card: it may require a few minutes.
Originally posted by Supersonicdarky
do you have the driver fot it? google "<name of device> driver(s)"
It's been left in for at least ten minutes a time. Nothing happens - no new storage shows up in My Computer, yet when it is inserted and taken out the customary noises occur. Baffled
RE: Computer won't recognise my memory stick by Voldemort on 05-22-2006 at 09:42 PM
I think you should really follow adeptus' advice. Have you?
RE: Computer won't recognise my memory stick by aNILEator on 05-22-2006 at 09:58 PM
yeah i've had a similar problem with removable discs (my PSP) it just kept adding on drive letters, until nothing would work anymore 
however doing a complete power off, format of memory stick and changing a setting or two in windows to recognise and eject the discs in a different way has fixed the problem 
RE: RE: RE: Computer won't recognise my memory stick by CookieRevised on 05-22-2006 at 10:53 PM
quote:The sound you hear has actually nothing todo with Windows (not) reconizing the disk. The sound is just an indication that "something" is hot-plugged in.
Originally posted by kierant
yet when it is inserted and taken out the customary noises occur. Baffled
Only then Windows should start up the reconizing stuff (in the form of a driver!) and only then it reconizes the disk as a disk.
If you don't have the proper driver or the driver isn't properly installed, then Windows wont reconize the disk as a disk, but still would reconize that "something" is plugged in (hence just the noise).
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Also check your configuration panel > system > hardware devices. And see if your USB drivers are properly installed and running (they probably are, but you never know).
Also try this:
Start > Run > "C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe" shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll
It will start up the hotswap panel (safely remove hardware devices thingie). Tick the check box option below and see what it states in the list. If all things are good it should list all your drive letters assigned to the different USB ports. If not, there is something wrong with your driver.
If stuff is listed there, select each item and press on "Properties", check again if everything is running normal. After that, select the main top item and click on "end" or "stop" (or whatever the English equivalent of that button is). After that unplug the device and reboot windows and try again.
RE: Computer won't recognise my memory stick by RaceProUK on 05-22-2006 at 10:53 PM
The different way being enabling/disabling caching? For most USB devices, turn off the caching, as they don't need it. It's only useful for USB hard drives, where data exchange is in the gigabytes.
Edit: Actually, are there any unknown devices in Device Manager? If so, try to install the 'USB Mass Storage' for any unknown device listed.