thanks for the quick reply. Lets forget about the printer. and at first I was not able to run the printer after installing its software. I just want to run the USB stick. so what info do u need?Hi! Please post a little more information. I don't understand what a HP printer has to do with a storage device?
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/22251/find-your-missing-usb-drive-in-windows-7-vista/
no, it's not hereHi Did you read my link by HTG? I doubt if you had time. Read the the URL by HTG and post back what you tried.
Do you have data on this USB stick?
* Sorry for being rushed.Hi! Please read the entire link. It's late in Oklahoma. I'll check back tomorrow.![]()
many thanksHi! IDK. Maybe other members will have suggestions latter. We have a lot of smart Techs here on TS. I'm not one of them!
I have given you the best suggestions I know.![]()
Thanks for ur helpYes, it's a USB issue, not a disk under the Device Mgr.
Possible issues:
- device NEVER used and not formatted: Unlikely as most are shipped pre-formatted
- used somewhere and may have data on it, but was not properly ejected, but just rudely yanked from the system.
- *may* have lost the driver for this device. You'll need the Make/Model of the stick and to download and reinstall the proper driver for your system.
Sorry for late response,You need:
Also, the missing driver is for the USB device, not the PC - - Make/Model of the USB Stick is required.
It's DT 101 G2 64 GBHi. Sorry! This is not much of a answer. Maybe other members will do better.https://www.kingston.com/us/support
Are they both Kingston?
I always give it my best shot buddy, but I don't always have a solution. This is a great forum and I'm betting that someone can help you with this issue. I'm sure you are aware that XP is not supported any more.thanks buddy, I really appreciate your efforts (y)
If what Jobeard said is true and the device wasn't disconnected properly. The device may need to be formatted again.
I just recently had that issue with a USB External HDD. Luckily it was one of my backup drives and I could put all my files back on it.
If you do decide to format the device here are two good applications to use.
Please note the SDFormatter will format Flash Drives. I've actually used SDFormatter to repair a Flash Drive that I screwed up with another utility. It wasn't until after the second attempt that I realized it was the other utility messing up the drive. SDFormatter repaired the damage both times, while Windows wouldn't even attempt to format.
- https://sd-card-formatter.en.uptodown.com/windows
- https://www.techspot.com/downloads/5265-low-level-format-tool.html
The low level format shouldn't be necessary but I linked you to the application anyway.