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pesky drive hog
Name: darrel d. Date: December 12, 2003 at 01:45:16 Pacific OS: Win ME CPU/Ram: AMD 1.33G/768MB
Comment:
I have been having the worst results with USB card readers. I had installed a ZIO! smart card reader a while back and was never able to get it to work. I did, however, manage to allow that supposed drive to permanently capture drive letter H: !! Then, whenever I attempt to access that drive or utilize the reader, the entire system locks up tight. Ctl/Alt/Del can't even help me -- it's a hard reboot, nothing less. Then, ever since, the Zio!(H:) appears in the My Computer listing of available drives (although it really isn't accessible) Does this sound familiar to anyone? Is there any simple solution to this problem?
Name: Ed in Texas. Date: December 12, 2003 at 03:38:08 Pacific
Reply:
darrel d., may not help at all...worth a try. Windows can detect new hardware that it didn't know about during the boot process. Be sure the drive in question is connected and shut down the computer. Re-boot and see if it detects the 'H' drive and go from there. HTH. Ed in Texas.
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