enderlicious
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So, XP 32bit sp3 isn't detecting / showing a HD attached via a USB connector.
Device Manager shows the 'device status' as "This device is working properly."
Safely Remove Hardware shows the brand name/etc under a USB Mass Storage entry.
I tried removing UpperFilters and LowerFilters as per:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925196
Because I couldn't find:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\USB
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314634
I restarted, and got told that windows had found my ****, but needed to restart, so it automatically restarted me a second time.
That didn't help me display a drive.
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Eventually I found out how to do this:
My Computer -> right click -> Manage -> Storage / Disk Management
Which started up a wizard, which allowed me to partition and format the new drive. Cool. Looked like I could use my drive, as the partitions were showing up in My Computer (needing to be formatted, but that's cool).
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Then I had to restart the computer (once or twice) before I got the free time/chance to put anything on the drive. (formatting sucked up about 6 hours of my free time)
Now:
Device Manager shows the 'device status' as "This device is working properly."
However, Safely Remove isn't showing the brand name of the HD anymore.
Disk Management doesn't show the drive either.
And obviously, My Computer isn't mapping the drives/displaying them.
Btw, I now have this:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\USB
and:
DisableSelectiveSuspend
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Kept looking on the internet...
Ran drivecleanup.exe, as per:
https://www.techspot.com/community/...nup-and-remove-old-usb-storage-drivers.145884
Removed 29 USB devices
Removed 1 USB hub
Removed 27 Disk devices
Removed 1 CDROM devices
Removed 0 Floppy devices
Removed 47 Storage volumes
Removed 60 Keys from registry
Forgot to reboot first, plugged in the USB, got an empty / non-brand recognition, but said hardware was ready to use, etc. Didn't check to see if drives were found in my computer.
Followed much of the recommendations on that Techspot post, and no dice. (will detail more later - blew another 6ish hours on it already, and lost some of my write ups).
Including starting the malware removal stuff (ran malware bytes, 0 anything, but that's as far as I've gotten on that).
Device Manager shows the 'device status' as "This device is working properly."
Safely Remove Hardware shows the brand name/etc under a USB Mass Storage entry.
I tried removing UpperFilters and LowerFilters as per:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925196
Because I couldn't find:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\USB
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314634
I restarted, and got told that windows had found my ****, but needed to restart, so it automatically restarted me a second time.
That didn't help me display a drive.
---
Eventually I found out how to do this:
My Computer -> right click -> Manage -> Storage / Disk Management
Which started up a wizard, which allowed me to partition and format the new drive. Cool. Looked like I could use my drive, as the partitions were showing up in My Computer (needing to be formatted, but that's cool).
---
Then I had to restart the computer (once or twice) before I got the free time/chance to put anything on the drive. (formatting sucked up about 6 hours of my free time)
Now:
Device Manager shows the 'device status' as "This device is working properly."
However, Safely Remove isn't showing the brand name of the HD anymore.
Disk Management doesn't show the drive either.
And obviously, My Computer isn't mapping the drives/displaying them.
Btw, I now have this:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\USB
and:
DisableSelectiveSuspend
---
Kept looking on the internet...
Ran drivecleanup.exe, as per:
https://www.techspot.com/community/...nup-and-remove-old-usb-storage-drivers.145884
Removed 29 USB devices
Removed 1 USB hub
Removed 27 Disk devices
Removed 1 CDROM devices
Removed 0 Floppy devices
Removed 47 Storage volumes
Removed 60 Keys from registry
Forgot to reboot first, plugged in the USB, got an empty / non-brand recognition, but said hardware was ready to use, etc. Didn't check to see if drives were found in my computer.
Followed much of the recommendations on that Techspot post, and no dice. (will detail more later - blew another 6ish hours on it already, and lost some of my write ups).
Including starting the malware removal stuff (ran malware bytes, 0 anything, but that's as far as I've gotten on that).
