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1221594 2011-08-08 00:26:00 I have a computer that is dropping the usb ports.
What I mean is the computer recognizes a flash drive is plugged in but
shows nothing on it.
They showed up when booted up and can see the documents on them
half an hour later they have disappeared.

I went to attach something to an email and found the drives were no longer reading.

The drives themselves are showing up on the file menu (although they have changed names i.e. e:\ become f:\, j:\ became k:\ etc,

but its not showing up their contents.

Even the external hard drive has gone missing.


The device manager does not show any faults.
Could someone suggest a repair approach.


Thank you
NZHawk (4093)
1221595 2011-08-08 01:13:00 Delete the USB entries in device manager then reboot. What version of windows is it? Speedy Gonzales (78)
1221596 2011-08-08 01:16:00 Windows XP NZHawk (4093)
1221597 2011-08-08 01:29:00 Is it up to date with SP3? Speedy Gonzales (78)
1221598 2011-08-08 01:30:00 Yes NZHawk (4093)
1221599 2011-08-08 01:31:00 Have you tried deleting the USB entries then rebooting yet? Speedy Gonzales (78)
1221600 2011-08-08 01:33:00 sorry - not yet - unit is at another location will try and report back. NZHawk (4093)
1221601 2011-08-08 01:36:00 Use teamviewer if its online then delete them Speedy Gonzales (78)
1221602 2011-08-08 01:38:00 Roger NZHawk (4093)
1221603 2011-08-08 01:47:00 rebooting now NZHawk (4093)
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