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Old and In the Way

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4. You might want to control for all of the variables....

Reply to truedelphi (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 20, 2012, 09:39 PM

Feb 2012

I'd reboot your machine and then check the known good memory stick which I believe is your husbands. If that registers correctly - you can read and write to it...remove, making sure the 'safe to remove' is right clicked on the drive menu. Then put your stick in and see if this one also registers. If it doesn't, you should try the stick on another machine. It could be pooched.

One other thought. Some sticks have a tiny switch for write protection...try changing the switch position to see if that allows the computer to read and write to the stick.

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Pls Help! My computer re-assigned names so the USB port is now called [View all] truedelphi Feb 2012 OP

Did you try formating the stick first? Old and In the Way Feb 2012 #1

Good tip. Thanks. I do have theoption to format but truedelphi Feb 2012 #2

Sometime if you use a usb port for a stick and. IBEWVET Feb 2012 #3

You might want to control for all of the variables.... Old and In the Way Feb 2012 #4

I'll try what you suggest as soon as my spouse is home truedelphi Feb 2012 #5

Some have the switch, some don't. Old and In the Way Feb 2012 #6

Do you have the same problem with other computers (and the same stick)? HopeHoops Feb 2012 #7

I am clueless as to your meaning of these two sentences: truedelphi Feb 2012 #8

It's still the OS that determines the drive letter. D is already taken. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #9

Okay now we are following each other in terms of what we are meaning. truedelphi Feb 2012 #10

The shop-guy was half right - it is the OS USB driver that decides the letter... HopeHoops Feb 2012 #13

Oh,one other thing - my spouse upgraded both out XP WIndows computers truedelphi Feb 2012 #11

It does. That's a good thing. SP3 is what you want. HopeHoops Feb 2012 #14

Here is one of my (use once in a blue moon utilities) which may help. DriveClean CK_John Feb 2012 #12

Having read most of this thread... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2012 #15