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  1. March 4th, 2007, 07:50 AM #1
    pixie100
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    Removable k missing and usb issues

    Hi there
    I have a few probs with usb ports.Firstly in my computer/devices with removable storage,the icon for removable disk (k is missing and my J and k ports seem to be intermittent at recognising devices when i plug them in.Also when i right click on removable disk (J all i get is the hour glass and then nothing.Any help gratefully appreciated.
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  2. March 4th, 2007, 11:58 AM #2
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    Welcome to Windrivers pixie100

    What windows and service pack level are you using?
    What is the make and model of your pc?
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  3. March 4th, 2007, 04:33 PM #3
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    windows xp
    CPU Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz HT
    BIOS Phoenix-Award BIOS.
    Motherboard ECS SF2
    Memory 512 MB DDR RAM - PC2700
    Hard Drive 200 GB Maxtor DiamondMax 6Y200P0
    CD Drive Lite-On LDW411S dual DVD writer
    Lite-On XJ-HD166 16x(48x) DVD-ROM
    MC Reader Flash Memory Card Drive (7 in 1)
    Video Card nVIDIA GeFORCE FX 5600 (256MB) - (Note 3319a has an FX5700)
    Sound Card Realtek AC'97 audio
    TV Card AverMedia TV-tuner
    Speakers Advent SP-120N
    Modem Conexant PCI HSPi V.92 (CX11252-11)
    Network Card Realtek 8139 / 810X (Onboard)
    Case Jupiter
    Keyboard Advent multimedia keyboard
    Mouse Advent optical mouse

    Also have Phillips crystal 650 all in one printer connected via usb
    also running Norton 2007,spybot,Ad-Adware SE all run weekly and updated
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  4. March 5th, 2007, 11:12 AM #4
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    Have you got service pack 2 installed?
    Do you use the safely remove hardware icon near the clock to remove your usb drives?
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  5. March 5th, 2007, 11:23 AM #5
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    SP2 installed and girlfriend tells me she has not used safely remove icon a couple of times when downloading music to her mp3 player,could this be the problem and how to fix.
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  6. March 5th, 2007, 11:38 AM #6
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    Quite possibly the usbstor.inf file has become corrupt... you need to replace it from your XP cd. instructions here
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