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Thread ID: 94864 2008-11-15 15:18:00 Help with message 'windows is unable to load installer for volume' BT88 (13946) Press F1
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720383 2008-11-15 15:18:00 My computer is having this problem where whenever i plug in a usb external hard drive or normal pen drive, a message pop up: 'windows is unable to load installer for volume. Contact your vendor' something like that. For pen drives which is small about less than 1 Gb it will have that message pop up bt i can still find the icon at my computer bt if its a big external hard drive, about 160Gb same message pops up n my computer will still say installation successful but no icon is found in 'my computer'. My computer is SP3 and i think is the drivers should be updated. Any idea what happens? Thanks BT88 (13946)
720384 2008-11-15 19:49:00 (Friend of mine, the above)

She has tried System Restore as well, but to no avail.

I forgot, did you say that the same problem happens for the 1GB flash drive on another computer?

Cheers :)
Renmoo (66)
720385 2008-11-15 20:20:00 Post the error/s, related to it, that appear in event viewer (control panel / admin tools / event viewer). They'll be either be under application, or probably system, on the left

Or find the errors above double click on it / them, then click on the link. See if any info comes up, about it. Then click on the links
Speedy Gonzales (78)
720386 2008-11-15 20:39:00 (control panel / admin tools / event viewer)
Or Start > Run > "eventvwr.msc" (without the quote)

After that, double-click on system and double-click on the event that describes the windows installer log.

Cheers :)
Renmoo (66)
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