Windows vista flash drive problems

Press the Power button and subsequently hold down the Command-Option-P-R This should be done before the grey screen appears. Your Mac should reboot itself. Let it go after the start-up chime.

Press the Command-Spacebar buttons simultaneously, plug in the flash drive and go to the Application Click on the Disk Utility option. You will be able to find the flash drives that need to be fixed in the left panel. Click on the Erase button to complete the process. USB recovery formatted. Data recovery flash drive.

Data recovery pen drive. Data recovery memory stick. Unformat USB device. USB not recognized? Fix unknown USB device. Pendrive not detected. What size of USB you need. Encrypt your flash drive. You Might Also Like. Other popular Articles From Wondershare. I get the same with a new usb hub, i bought but this one I didn't try it on other computers.

I have tried run the "microsoft fix it" for this kind of cases but without any luck. I have unplugged all the usb devices, uninstalling all the usb drivers, restart, install them again but still no luck. Please help as I am driving my self crazy with this thing. This thread is locked. You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question 0. Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Anil Kumar B.

Hi Kimonasab,. What happens when you try to connect any USB device to the computer? I know the drive is not faulty as when I plug it into my desktop running Vista Business as well detects the same flash drive and etc. As well, I plugged in my Memorex MB flash drive pretty generic one with no readyboost support and that works too. I believe I can point that the drivers installed is on a "per initial connection" installation.

If you guys could help me manually revert the driver for the USB flash drive via some method, that would be awesome. It would be most appreciated. Have you tried plugging it into some other USB port? Fire up device manager and check if you have any yellow or red icons I have tried all 4 USB ports on my laptop. All have the same problem. I even get a "not recognized" pop up now.

I have tried to run device manager and uninstalling the driver overnight but it has not worked at all, the status bar just keeps scrolling. Sykotic , Jan 31, When you plug in the stick, does it prompt you to install the driver? Also, check Device Manager. I'm not sure exactly why it started working again, but it may be that the original USB setup for that particular device got corrupted. Hi Michael, I found a few forum postings that seem like then can help you. Please let me know what happens.

You have plenty of company. Pluged in a 2GB flash drive to run readyboost. The drive would disapear. Called tech and they said that vista turns off USB when it goes to sleep. The fix is to go to power management click on advanced and click on USB.