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Thread ID: 64985	2006-01-03 22:23:00	Any chance of recovering dead flash drive?	hamstar (4)	Press F1

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417878	2006-01-05 08:20:00	My USB drive died this morning.... I decided that i'd try 2 computers... then dunk the USB plug part into isopropyl alcohol several times to try and clean off any potential debris.... then dried it... tried it again - didn't work...then stuck it in the freezer for a fe wminutes... didn't work.... went back to isopropyl alcohol... dried it off with the heat coming out of my CPU fan.... tried again... didn't work. Put it down on my desk. Started hunting for a replacement drive online.... tried it again - and it works now. Absolutely no idea what the problem was, or how I fixed it. AARGHHH.. it's died again.	somebody (208)
417879	2006-01-05 08:50:00	I had a similar prob with this digital cam, it wasnt completely dead tho . It did everything BUT take photos . After 5-6 emails to Creative, something stuffed up the internal memory whatever you call it . All I had to do was format it in XP lol .	Speedy Gonzales (78)
417880	2006-01-05 09:23:00	My problem is that windows says: "USB Device Not Recognised" and hence a drive letter does not appear.	somebody (208)
417881	2006-01-05 09:37:00	You could try whats here ( . experts-exchange . com/Hardware/Q_20790258 . html" target="_blank">www . experts-exchange . com) Or reinstall XP/Windows . Even tho u may not have a camera, the following may apply . Step 1: Remove Hidden Devices 1 . Click Start . Click Run . Type cmd and press OK . 2 . Type "set DEVMGR_SHOW_DETAILS=1" (without quotation marks) and press Enter . 3 . Type "set DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1" (without quotation marks) and Press Enter . 4 . Type "start devmgmt . msc" (without quotation marks) and click press Enter . 5 . Click View . Click Show hidden devices . 6 . Click "+" to expand Imaging devices, Unknown devices and USB devices . 7 . Are there any digital camera devices and unknown devices (including grayed out devices)? If so, please right click it and click Uninstall . Step 2: Remove all oem* . inf files ========================= 1 . Click start and click run then under the run line type in the command "cmd" (without the quotation marks) 2 . In the command line, type in the following (without the quotes) and press enter after each command: "cd \windows\inf" "ren infcache . 1 * . old" "ren oem* . inf * . old" "del C:\windows\setupapi . log" "exit" Step 3: Removing all entries under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Enum/USB that start with VID ================================================== ================ Removing the VID entries from the registry will cause them to be redetected at restart . CAUTION: If you have a USB keyboard or mouse, do not remove the VID entry for these devices, otherwise, Windows may not restart correctly . 1 . Click Start and click Run . Type regedit and click OK . The Registry Editor window will open . 2 . Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Enum\U SB . 3 . Highlight and delete all the VID_ . . . . entries . Permissions may be set allowing the deletion of the VID_ entries by following the steps below: a) Right-click the key to be deleted, and then click Permissions . The VID_ . . . Permissions window will open . b) With Everyone highlighted in the Group or User name section, select Full Control in the Permissions section . c) Click Apply, and then click OK . 4 . Turn off the computer . Step 4: Reconnect the digital camera to the computer system: ============================= 1 . With the computer system turned off, reconnect the Sony DSC-P50 camera to the USB port . 2 . Restart the computer . 3 . After the Windows operating system has finished restarting, plug the digital camera into the electrical outlet . 4 . A New Hardware Detected window should open and reload the drivers .	Speedy Gonzales (78)
417882	2006-01-06 01:16:00	thats not much help if EVEN linux can't see it tho eh?	hamstar (4)
417883	2006-01-06 01:37:00	Well either get another flash drive or reinstall windows. BUT it sounds like the flash drive is screwed.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
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