Usb Pen Drive Not Detected Vista

Best Hd Player For Pc here. 'Trekdigit' wrote in message news: >I have recently upgraded from XP to Vista and my Pen Drives have stopped >working. They still work on other computers. But when inserted in to my >Vista machine it say new hardware detected and invites me to load drivers!

>The USB ports work with other devices, even other storage devices such as >cameras and mp3 players. Any suggestions? >>Thanks >>Trekdigit >>The solution to this annoying problem (I have it on one PC), seems to be to locate and delete the file INFCACHE.1, which may be corrupted and causing the problem.

To delete this file, you will first have to modify its permissions so the users group can access it (right-click on the file->Properties->Security). INFCACHE.1 file. It's located at C: Windows inf (scroll down to the file). It didn't work for me, but appears to have worked for many. Aloha, I just wanted to thank you for this solution to the flash/pen drive problem. Windows Vista Ultimate was freezing everytime I tried to use a USB port and I almost gave up on it.

The only thing it affected were the flash drives. Everything else worked fine. The first time I used the flash drives, they worked fine. It was configured to allow removal without 'safely removing hardware'.

External storage devices such as USB flash drives are commonly used to store and share data across computers. USB Flash Drive Not Detected in Windows. What to do when your USB pen drive is not detected by your computer? When you insert a Pen-drive or a USB drive in your computer, you will notice that your computer.

All of a sudden, Windows started freezing and since following your advice, everything works fine. The only difference was that the option of removing without permission is grayed out. Now I must use the 'safely remove hardware' option when using the flash drive. Again, thank you. 'PvdG42' wrote in message news:OBh% >>'Trekdigit' wrote in message >news: >>I have recently upgraded from XP to Vista and my Pen Drives have stopped >>working.

They still work on other computers. But when inserted in to my >>Vista machine it say new hardware detected and invites me to load >>drivers!

>>The USB ports work with other devices, even other storage devices such as >>cameras and mp3 players. Any suggestions?

>>>>Thanks >>>>Trekdigit >>>>>>The solution to this annoying problem (I have it on one PC), seems to be >to locate and delete the file INFCACHE.1, which may be corrupted and >causing the problem. To delete this file, you will first have to modify >its permissions so the users group can access it (right-click on the >file->Properties->Security). >>INFCACHE.1 file. It's located at C: Windows inf (scroll down to the >file). >>That said. It didn't work for me, but appears to have worked for many. >>Good luck!.