driver for my flash drive

preston · 05-19-2008

my flash drive seems to not work when i plug in
it finds a disk drive as a driver
but i can not enter into the removable drive
no driver works for it
windows vista os

**Chappy** · 05-20-2008

Hi Preston

Welcome to the Forums!

Vista will (should) have the drivers needed for this flash drive, since it is "Plug & Play" (isn't it?) but it needs to install them properly. Once you plug the drive in do you get the "Found New Hardware" popup for it?
You say that it does show up in your drives list but you can't access it..right? Has it been assigned a drive letter? That would mean that Vista has properly detected the device and installed drivers for it properly, so if you get all this then it's probably something in the flash drive itself that is locked out.

preston · 05-22-2008

the same thing happens when i put one of my friends pendrives
but then i can get into it
and it works

but mine is TRanscend 2gb
it gives it f drive
but i cant get inside f drive
it just does not open

**Chappy** · 05-22-2008

Have you tried this drive on another computer?
Try it on a friends computer and if you can't access it there either, if not then it's probably a bad flash drive.

05-19-2008	#1 (permalink)
preston Newbie Join Date: May 2008 vista business 32bit 2 posts Rep Power: 3	driver for my flash drive my flash drive seems to not work when i plug in it finds a disk drive as a driver but i can not enter into the removable drive no driver works for it windows vista os
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05-20-2008	#2 (permalink)
Chappy Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Vista Ultimate 64bit 194 posts Canada Rep Power: 37	Re: driver for my flash drive Hi Preston Welcome to the Forums! Vista will (should) have the drivers needed for this flash drive, since it is "Plug & Play" (isn't it?) but it needs to install them properly. Once you plug the drive in do you get the "Found New Hardware" popup for it? You say that it does show up in your drives list but you can't access it..right? Has it been assigned a drive letter? That would mean that Vista has properly detected the device and installed drivers for it properly, so if you get all this then it's probably something in the flash drive itself that is locked out.
My System Specs

05-22-2008	#3 (permalink)
preston Newbie Join Date: May 2008 vista business 32bit 2 posts Rep Power: 3	Re: driver for my flash drive the same thing happens when i put one of my friends pendrives but then i can get into it and it works but mine is TRanscend 2gb it gives it f drive but i cant get inside f drive it just does not open
My System Specs

05-22-2008	#4 (permalink)
Chappy Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Vista Ultimate 64bit 194 posts Canada Rep Power: 37	Re: driver for my flash drive Have you tried this drive on another computer? Try it on a friends computer and if you can't access it there either, if not then it's probably a bad flash drive.
My System Specs

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