Vista - USB Ports not working properly

I have upgraded HP Pavilion a1129n and now some of my USB ports don't work,
and the ones that work doesn't pick up usb 2.0 for removable USB flashdrives,
I have reblasted my harddrive many times, still nothing. I have also
noticed that my Hard drive of 200GB has been reduced to 186GB,

Is there a driver for my USB ports that I need or something? and for the 14
GB i'm missing, I don't mind it right now as I am having such a headache. I
have contacted HP and they weren't much use as I had done all the suggestions
they mentioned.

Can someone please help me. you may contact me at rdjanvier@sasktel.net

Go into Device Manager, then right-click on the problem hardware, and select
properties. From there, you can get vista to look on the Net for updated
drivers, to upgrade from USB 1.0 to 2.0.
Re the capacity of your hard drive, that is a common problem. It is caused
by the way Gigs are measured. They used to be 1024MBs to a Gig. BUT, these
days the standard SEEMS to have become 1000MBs to a Gig. I bought an 80G, and
it is 74.5G

mick

"Roger Janvier" wrote:

> I have upgraded HP Pavilion a1129n and now some of my USB ports don't work,
> and the ones that work doesn't pick up usb 2.0 for removable USB flashdrives,
> I have reblasted my harddrive many times, still nothing. I have also
> noticed that my Hard drive of 200GB has been reduced to 186GB,
>
> Is there a driver for my USB ports that I need or something? and for the 14
> GB i'm missing, I don't mind it right now as I am having such a headache. I
> have contacted HP and they weren't much use as I had done all the suggestions
> they mentioned.
>
> Can someone please help me. you may contact me at rdjanvier@sasktel.net

"Mick" <Mick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B39BE992-660B-41AD-8AE4-424279B47F1F@microsoft.com...
> Go into Device Manager, then right-click on the problem hardware, and
> select
> properties. From there, you can get vista to look on the Net for updated
> drivers, to upgrade from USB 1.0 to 2.0.
> Re the capacity of your hard drive, that is a common problem. It is caused
> by the way Gigs are measured. They used to be 1024MBs to a Gig. BUT, these
> days the standard SEEMS to have become 1000MBs to a Gig. I bought an 80G,
> and
> it is 74.5G

Computers count thousands as 1024. People count thousands as 1000.

So a saleman says it's 200gig, meaning 200x1000x1000, which is 200,000,00.
Then the computer reads the drive and comes up with 190.7gig, which is
200,000,000/1024/1024.

Do you just post anything anywhere, do you?

"Don" wrote:

> Roger Janvier wrote:
> > I have upgraded HP Pavilion a1129n and now some of my USB ports don't work,
> > and the ones that work doesn't pick up usb 2.0 for removable USB flashdrives...
>
> I'm reposting this advice frequently -- if it works for you, please help
> by spreading the word to others with similar problems )
>
> The problem is that C:\windows\inf\INFCACHE.1 becomes corrupted. The
> fix is to delete that file. The trick is that you must first edit its
> file permissions to grant Full Control to the Users group before you
> will be allowed to delete it.
>
>
>