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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: MNWC on October 01, 2011, 07:36:49 pm

Title: Windows Fix
Post by: MNWC on October 01, 2011, 07:36:49 pm

Any one know anything about laptops ? Need help desperately. Running windows xp all of a sudden laptop will not recognise anything plugged into usb ports, ie flash drives, Palm etc. Restore wont fix it. Need it for work stuff !!!!!!

Title: Re: Windows Fix
Post by: LWC on October 01, 2011, 07:54:08 pm

Check in your Device Manager, from the Start -> Run - > devmgmt.msc  whether the USB device is listed when you connect it. You can try removing / uninstalling all the USB drivers from there and then scan for hardware changes, so that the drivers are re-installed

At bottom it will have universal serial bus controllers, it usually has an "X" by it if its not working.

If it does right click it and press update driver, maybe the drivers have broken.

Title: Re: Windows Fix
Post by: DaveG on October 01, 2011, 08:02:06 pm

Quote from: Sensai LWC on October 01, 2011, 07:54:08 pm

Check in your Device Manager, from the Start -> Run - > devmgmt.msc  whether the USB device is listed when you connect it. You can try removing / uninstalling all the USB drivers from there and then scan for hardware changes, so that the drivers are re-installed

At bottom it will have universal serial bus controllers, it usually has an "X" by it if its not working.

If it does right click it and press update driver, maybe the drivers have broken.

clever git ;)

Title: Re: Windows Fix
Post by: MNWC on October 01, 2011, 08:14:53 pm

Sensai,
Tried that but everything seems ok.

When i plug flash drive in, laptop recognises it as removable disk but when i try to open it, it just says
The drive in drive E is not formatted, do you want to format now.

When i plug the same flash drive into wifes laptop it works absolutely fine...

Title: Re: Windows Fix
Post by: wpclean on October 01, 2011, 08:34:08 pm

Have you tried turning it off and on again ?

Title: Re: Windows Fix
Post by: H S and Son on October 01, 2011, 08:37:31 pm

Quote from: Marcus Norton on October 01, 2011, 08:14:53 pm

Sensai,
Tried that but everything seems ok.

When i plug flash drive in, laptop recognises it as removable disk but when i try to open it, it just says
The drive in drive E is not formatted, do you want to format now.

When i plug the same flash drive into wifes laptop it works absolutely fine...

Swap puters, she'll never notice. Just make sure all her shopping bookmarks are also on your crappy puter before you swap them over. Simples ;0)

Title: Re: Windows Fix
Post by: brianbarber on October 01, 2011, 08:56:37 pm

Get a mac.....

Title: Re: Windows Fix
Post by: stuart mc on October 01, 2011, 09:04:46 pm

email all your work to your self then do a factory restore, I had to do it a couple of weeks ago

Title: Re: Windows Fix
Post by: Nathanael Jones on October 01, 2011, 09:16:18 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn2FB1P_Mn8

Title: Re: Windows Fix
Post by: LWC on October 01, 2011, 09:28:09 pm

Marcus looks like you may have to format it on your laptop

What i would do...you dont have to

Back it up on your wifes computer...and then format it on yours then put it back on it...simple...

Title: Re: Windows Fix
Post by: bobby p on October 02, 2011, 06:38:39 am

Quote from: stuart m on October 01, 2011, 09:04:46 pm

email all your work to your self then do a factory restore, I had to do it a couple of weeks ago

how do you do a factory restore?    ive paid pc world a few times to do this for me ,it costs about 30 quid each time  ,im thinking maybe not complicated to do?