Stopped Recognizing My USB Pen Drive 1

[sonnysavage]

I have a 512 MB USB flash drive. The first time I plugged it in, it was recognized, it installed, and I was able to transfer files to it.

The second time I plugged it in, an error message came up (and I didn't write it down - d'oh!) about some device error or malfunction. Now when I plug it in, nothing happens!

Is there any way I can reset something so Windows will try to recognize it again, and I can determine whether it was a fluke, or there's really something wrong with this brand-new device?

 

[koresnordic]

have you looked in your device manager to se if it is stuck in there? If so, remove it and try again.



Graham

 

[sonnysavage]

No, it wasn't listed in the device manager. I did find the answer however. Mine is a unique situation.

I have two front-access USB ports on my case. The center "pin" of one of them broke off a while back. I had pushed the USB mass storage drive into the broken port, and then pulled it out an pushed it into the good one. Well, I shorted the contacts when I did that. What alerted me to this is that all my USB devices stopped working.

I used a plastic rod to fix the short, and then re-booted my machine. It works now!

Thank you for your good advice though, koresnordic!