Flash Drive don't work on one computer

I had a machine once that had a c: drive and a cd-rom d: drive. When I
plugged the usb drive in, it would be assigned drive letter e:. Later, I
added a second hard drive (while the usb drive was unplugged) and assigned
it a drive letter of e:. From that point forward, whenever I inserted the
usb drive, it would show up in the "safely remove hardware" list in the
system tray, but would not get a drive letter. Then only way I ever got it
to work again was to change the second hard drive to f:.
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Louis

<jhunter DeleteThis @huntercomputerinc.com> wrote in message
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> I have two flash drives that work on all of my Windows XP computers
> except one (and they previously worked for two years on it). I've
> uninstalled the USB ports (in Device Manager), rebooted and let WinXP
> reinstall these ports but that doesn't help. Anybody else have this
> problem?
 >> Stay informed about: Flash Drive don't work on one computer 

Here's a few more details...

- I plug either flash drive into any of our other WinXP computers and
they mount/work correctly
- I plug either flash drive into the computer in question, and it
mounts, is assigned a drive letter (I've tried multiple drive letters)
but doesn't function correctly (takes 15 minutes to access it)
- I've tried the USB ports on the front AND the back of the computer
- I've tried multiple flash drives
- I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling the USB drivers (in Device
Manager)


PS: Sorry for the type in the thread title.
 >> Stay informed about: Flash Drive don't work on one computer 

Here's a few more details...

- Both flash drives work in all of our other WinXP computers
- Both flash drives do NOT work in the machine in question
- I've uninstalled/reinstalled the USB drivers (in Device Manager)
- I've tried the front and back USB ports (neither worked)
- I've tried different drive letters for the flash drive
- The flash drives actually mount and are assigned a drive letter on
the machine in question
- I can actually access the flash drives (on the machine in question)
but it physically takes 15 minutes to open it up (it take a second or
two on the other machines)



PS: Sorry about the typo in the thread title.
 >> Stay informed about: Flash Drive don't work on one computer 

Anybody else have this problem?
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