Some USB devices may use special drivers to try to get optimum performance

out of the device. I don't know if LaCie is one of these. Many other devices
use the drivers supplied by the O/S and work fine.

I have a Maxtor external drive that will not work with Windows 98. Yet I can
use my 500 gig drive (installed in a case made by Adaptec) on Windows 98
just fine. This is one of the reasons I highly recommend Adaptec products.
They just work!

Check with the drive manufacturer to see if your external drive needs these
special drivers. Then get the Vista drivers you need.

#3
25-09-2007
Paul Walker Posts: n/a
Re: External USB Hard Drive not working, Vista asking for drivers

Lacie like other USB 2.0 External drive manufacturers offer no

drivers, only for Win98 which is understandable.

The drive is detected and works on other vista systems. I have

Vista Ultimate. I am well aware that threre appears to be a lot of
people with the exact same issue. I have worked through the
suggestions but upto now nothing has worked.

Paul,

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 10:09:55 +0100, Paul Walker <noone@none.com>

wrote:

>
>I have a 500gb Lacie USB 2.0 External Hard Drive and I am trying to
>get it to work with a new Dell Laptop with Windows Vista Ultimate
>installed.
>
>Vista recognises the hardware when plugged in. The add new hardware
>dialog comes up asking for installation of drivers. The drive works
>flawlwessly in XP and has been tested on other Vista Laptop's and
>works flawlessly. In these cases the OS does not ask for any drivers.
>
>I have tried the INFCACHE.1 fix. This allowed the hardware to be
>listed in Hardware manager as correctly installed and working. I could
>access the drive (formated NTFS) and copy/copy from it. However
>Vista was still asking for a driver to be installed. I cancelled this
>and could still access the drive ok.
>
>Once I unplugged the drive however I was back to square one.
>Vista reclassified the drive as other devices and yellow exclamation
>mark. On boot up Vista asks for the device driver.
>
>Paul,

#4
25-09-2007
John Lee Brown Posts: n/a
When it asks for the driver where do you tell it the driver is? Next time
tell it that you want to tell it where the drivers are and enter
C:\Windows\System32\drivers, this has worked for me.

#5
26-09-2007
Paul Walker Posts: n/a
Re: External USB Hard Drive not working, Vista asking for drivers

RE :

Point driver installer to either

C:\Windows\System32\drivers

C:\Windows

I will give these a go and report back.

Thanks

Paul.

#6
01-10-2007
Ali R Posts: n/a
Re: External USB Hard Drive not working, Vista asking for drivers

"Paul Walker" wrote:

>
> RE :
>
> Point driver installer to either
>
> C:\Windows\System32\drivers
>
> C:\Windows
>
> I will give these a go and report back.
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul.
>

I am having the EXACT same problem with the same drive. I tried pointing
Windows to System32\drivers to locate the drivers but it did not find any.
I also have similar problems for a number of USB flash drives. I have 4 in
total, and have only been able to get one of them to work. Even the flash
drives belonging to my colleagues don't get recognized by Vista on my machine.

I too have Vista Ultimate and am experiencing the same issues. Please Help!!

Ali R

#7
01-10-2007
Cal Bear '66 Posts: n/a
Re: External USB Hard Drive not working, Vista asking for drivers
This solution has worked for some people with problematic USB devices:

Locate the file INFCACHE.1 in C:\Windows\inf

Right click on the INFCACHE.1 file, select Properties >Security > Edit, and
give
your account full control.

Delete INFCACHE.1, or rename it to INFCACHE.1.BAK or temporarily move to

your
desktop.

REBOOT

If this works for you, you can delete the INFCACHE.1 file. Windows will not
recreate it.

I Bleed Blue and Gold

GO BEARS!

"Ali R" <Ali R@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:6664783D-EEEA-477A-AC96-F24A14DC6653@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "Paul Walker" wrote:
>
>>
>> RE :
>>
>> Point driver installer to either
>>
>> C:\Windows\System32\drivers
>>
>> C:\Windows
>>
>> I will give these a go and report back.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Paul.
>>
>
> I am having the EXACT same problem with the same drive. I tried pointing
> Windows to System32\drivers to locate the drivers but it did not find any.
> I also have similar problems for a number of USB flash drives. I have 4 in
> total, and have only been able to get one of them to work. Even the flash
> drives belonging to my colleagues don't get recognized by Vista on my machine.
>
> I too have Vista Ultimate and am experiencing the same issues. Please Help!!
>
> Ali R

#8
04-10-2007
Fevrin Posts: n/a
Re: External USB Hard Drive not working, Vista asking for drivers

I've experienced a similar problem with one of my external hard drives,

except it doesn't seem to work properly on any Vista system, only XP
systems. I got a Western Digital MyBook Essential Edition 250GB
external hard drive in March, and since the very beginning, it takes
over a minute for any Vista system to recognize it and have it usable.
Yet, on every XP system I've tried it on, it's recognized and usable
within 10 or so seconds, which I consider acceptable. In June, I got a
SimpleTech 500GB external hard drive, and in Vista, it's recognized
within 10 seconds like it should be. All of these months, I still
haven't figured out what's different with the Western Digital hard
drive. I exchanged it within the first week because of its problems,
but the new one had the same problems. I had exchanged several emails
with both Western Digital and Microsoft, and neither could give me an
answer. WD said that they don't write the drivers for their hard
drives, and Microsoft eventually said that there may be something wrong
with Microsoft's drivers and that they'll try to fix it. That was back
in April, and there's been no fix. I've tried several different ports
on my computer and monitor, but it still takes over a minute to work
with each one, while the SimpleTech hard drive works right away in the
same ports. Any ideas?

--
Fevrin

#9
20-10-2007
jetkaiser@gmail.com Posts: n/a
Re: External USB Hard Drive not working, Vista asking for drivers
I've been experiencing the same problem with usb storage devices for
the last few weeks and have visited numerous forums discussing it.
After having no joy I decided to take a look around my system folders
and have now got these devices working again. While looking around I
discovered 2 points of interest:

1. In C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository I had two folders

named "usbstor.inf" but each one had a different set of numbers
attached to the end of the folder name. - could this be where part of
the problem lies?
2. When i looked in my C:\Windows\inf folder i discovered the
usbstor.inf and usb stor.pnf files were missing - this definitely had
to be an issue.
Once I discovered these anomalies, I proceeded to copy the pnf and inf
files from the most recently updated usbstor.inf folder to C:\Windows
\inf. I then went back to the update driver wizard, pointed to the inf
folder and what do you know but they all started working again.

Worked for me!

Hope this helps.

..::HERPETON::.

#10
20-10-2007
Fevrin Posts: n/a
Re: External USB Hard Drive not working, Vista asking for drivers

Unfortunately, I have the usbstor.inf file in the right place, and my

problem continues. In fact, my problem occurs even after a clean
install of Vista and even after I use Windows Update to fully update my
system. Something's definitely not right, though, if XP has no problems
with the hard drive while Vista does. I'm not sure how the SimpleTech
drive avoids the problem that the Western Digital one cannot seem
to--I'd imagine they use the same or a similar driver, after all, since
they physically work similarly.

--
Fevrin

#11
27-11-2007
JimV Posts: n/a
RE: External USB Hard Drive not working, Vista asking for drivers
I tried all of the items listed below and above, all to no avail. PNY, the
mfr., didn't have any answers that worked, either.

"Paul Walker" wrote:

>
> I have a 500gb Lacie USB 2.0 External Hard Drive and I am trying to
> get it to work with a new Dell Laptop with Windows Vista Ultimate
> installed.
>
> Vista recognises the hardware when plugged in. The add new hardware
> dialog comes up asking for installation of drivers. The drive works
> flawlwessly in XP and has been tested on other Vista Laptop's and
> works flawlessly. In these cases the OS does not ask for any drivers.
>
> I have tried the INFCACHE.1 fix. This allowed the hardware to be
> listed in Hardware manager as correctly installed and working. I could
> access the drive (formated NTFS) and copy/copy from it. However
> Vista was still asking for a driver to be installed. I cancelled this
> and could still access the drive ok.
>
> Once I unplugged the drive however I was back to square one.
> Vista reclassified the drive as other devices and yellow exclamation
> mark. On boot up Vista asks for the device driver.
>
> Paul,
>

#12
06-12-2007
Join Date: Dec 2007
Dave Malster Posts: 1
Member
try updating the usb drivers from the device manager.
regards
dave

#13
11-02-2008
Zingaro Posts: n/a
Re: External USB Hard Drive not working, Vista asking for drivers
Hi, I have the same problem with my lacie 500gig drive on Vista Pro. However,
I could not find the file USBSTOR.INF on my computer. Where can I get this
file?
Thanks Rolf

"Ali R" wrote:

> So I FINALLY solved my problem! I sent a request to the HD manufacturer,

> Lacie, and they solved my problem on their first shot!! I was rather
> impressed, seeing how much back & forth was going on here.
>
> Anyway, in my case, the problem was a missing usbstor.inf file under the
> C:\Windows\Inf folder. I just searched my computer for it, copied to the
> Windows\Inf directory, and voila, everything works! Even all the USB flash
> drives that weren't working initially are all functional now.
>
> If anyone else is having a similar problem with their USB devices, I suggest
> they try this quick fix first.
>
> Ali
>
> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>
> > What services have you possibly turned off to "save" resources? Have you
> > disconnected all other USB devices and then tried your USB drive in various
> > other ports, rebooting in between tests?
> >
> > I have a scanner that is "very" selective about which USB port it is
> > connected to. It is NOT Vista! It is the hardware implementation of the M/B
> > and the ports interaction with Vista. What works with XP had to be changed
> > physically to function with Vista. Is it a Vista problem in my case? NO! NO!
> > NO! I have another computer with the same M/B that does ***NOT*** exhibit
> > the same problems. - this on a clean install. On one computer the scanner
> > works in a certain port. On the other computer - nothing.
> >
> > I shut down both computers and switched M/B's. The problem transferred to
> > the computer that showed no problem previously. Yes. It took me a few hours
> > to perform this check but no big deal. I am retired and have plenty of free
> > time.
> >
> > On further checking I found that there were vastly different resistance
> > readings from that particular USB ports pins - to ground - when the two
> > computers were compared electrically.
> >
> > There is so much you can do in troubleshooting. That is why a good tech gets
> > more per hour than a poor tech (usually). (-:
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Richard Urban
> > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> > (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
> >
> >
> > "Ali R" <AliR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:A57F0851-1D65-44AA-A939-709181A857DE@microsoft.com...
> > > Oridnarilly I'd agree with you to some extent. However I experience the
> > > same
> > > problem when I plug in a large number of different USB flash drives. Of
> > > the
> > > 3 flash drives I own, my Vista only recognizes one. All 3 were detected
> > > with
> > > no additional drivers back when I had XP. In addition, I've tried all of
> > > the
> > > flash drives my friends own and NONE of those have worked either. From
> > > the
> > > no name brands, right up to the Kingston and Sony.
> > >
> > > For that reason, I don't think it's a problem with my HD itself, but
> > > rather
> > > something related to Vista's interraction with the USB jacks.
> > >
> > > Ali
> > >
> > > "Richard Urban" wrote:
> > >
> > >> Gee. Why not just get an external drive case that will use the default
> > >> drivers in Vista correctly. All cases are NOT equal! The electronic IDE
> > >> to
> > >> USB interface within the case may not be designed correctly or may, in
> > >> fact,
> > >> be defective.
> > >>
> > >> I have an external Maxtor that will not work with Vista. I'll be damned
> > >> if I
> > >> am going back to XP because of it. I just use my 500 gig Seagate hard
> > >> drive
> > >> that is mounted in my Adaptec external box. I have not found a single
> > >> instance where it will not function as it is supposed to.
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Regards,
> > >>
> > >> Richard Urban
> > >> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
> > >> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> "Ali R" <AliR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:258D8224-FE84-4FD2-8527-E539285CE2BD@microsoft.com...
> > >> > Yes, I tried connecting directly to the computer. Also, that hotfix
> > >> > you
> > >> > suggest is not intended for the problem that I'm experiencing. I did
> > >> > see
> > >> >a
> > >> > hotfix for the problem that I am experiencing, but that also did not
> > >> > work.
> > >> >
> > >> > Other suggestions?? Really on the brink of switching back to XP if I
> > >> > can't
> > >> > resolve this soon.
> > >> >
> > >> > "JW" wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> Are you connecting the USB drives directly to computer or to a USB
> > >> >> hub?
> > >> >> If
> > >> >> not it may be the HUB driver that is the problem.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> Also you might try the following Hot fix.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> http://support.microsoft.com/default...en-us%3b936003
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >> >> "Ali R" <AliR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> >> news:5055067A-0FD0-44FE-A35F-F75A3D7BAE01@microsoft.com...
> > >> >> >I tried the hotfix.
> > >> >> > When I plug in my USB HD, I no longer get the message that driver is
> > >> >> > not
> > >> >> > found, checking online for a driver etc.
> > >> >> > HOWEVER, the device is still NOT RECOGNIZED by Vista. In Device
> > >> >> > Manager,
> > >> >> > it
> > >> >> > still has a yellow caution symbol next to the device, and the drive
> > >> >> > does
> > >> >> > not
> > >> >> > show up in My Computer.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > Any other suggestions? I'm seriously considering downgrading back
> > >> >> > to
> > >> >> > Windows XP as a result of this. This is NOT the first time that
> > >> >> > this
> > >> >> > has
> > >> >> > happened. I have the same problem with MANY of the USB Flash Drives
> > >> >> >I
> > >> >> > use
> > >> >> > too, rendering them useless to me.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > Not sure what the problem is, but this is definitely not acceptable
> > >> >> > from
> > >> >> > an
> > >> >> > OS. As much as I like the new look & feel, and new functionality of
> > >> >> > Vista,
> > >> >> > I'm really left with no choice but to go back to XP so that I can
> > >> >> > use
> > >> >> > my
> > >> >> > peripherals etc., unless there is still a way to fix this situation.
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> >> Is this of any help:
> > >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> http://support.microsoft.com/default...EN-US%3B937187
> > >> >> >>
> > >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> > >> >> >> GO BEARS!
> > >> >> >>
> > >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> "Ali R" <AliR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> >> >> news:A60DBE0F-8F18-4337-B6B2-41D86139E305@microsoft.com...
> > >> >> >> >I gave this a shot and it didn't work either. Presents the same
> > >> >> >> >problem
> > >> >> >> >as
> > >> >> >> > before.
> > >> >> >> >
> > >> >> >> > any other suggestions? I'm especially confused as to why
> > >> >> >> > (according
> > >> >> >> > to
> > >> >> >> > the
> > >> >> >> > initial post) this would work on SOME Vista machines, but not ALL
> > >> >> >> > Vista
> > >> >> >> > machines.
> > >> >> >> >
> > >> >> >> > Ali R
> > >> >> >> >
> > >> >> >> > "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
> > >> >> >> >
> > >> >> >> >> This solution has worked for some people with problematic USB
> > >> >> >> >> devices:
> > >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >> Locate the file INFCACHE.1 in C:\Windows\inf
> > >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >> Right click on the INFCACHE.1 file, select Properties >Security
> > >> >> >> >> >
> > >> >> >> >> Edit, and
> > >> >> >> >> give
> > >> >> >> >> your account full control.
> > >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >> Delete INFCACHE.1, or rename it to INFCACHE.1.BAK or
temporarily
> > >> >> >> >> move
> > >> >> >> >> to your
> > >> >> >> >> desktop.
> > >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >> REBOOT
> > >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >> If this works for you, you can delete the INFCACHE.1 file.
> > >> >> >> >> Windows
> > >> >> >> >> will not
> > >> >> >> >> recreate it.
> > >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> > >> >> >> >> GO BEARS!
> > >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >> "Ali R" <Ali R@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> >> >> >> news:6664783D-EEEA-477A-AC96-
F24A14DC6653@microsoft.com...
> > >> >> >> >> >
> > >> >> >> >> >
> > >> >> >> >> > "Paul Walker" wrote:
> > >> >> >> >> >
> > >> >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >> >> RE :
> > >> >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >> >> Point driver installer to either
> > >> >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >> >> C:\Windows\System32\drivers
> > >> >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >> >> C:\Windows
> > >> >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >> >> I will give these a go and report back.
> > >> >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >> >> Thanks
> > >> >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >> >> Paul.
> > >> >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >> >
> > >> >> >> >> > I am having the EXACT same problem with the same drive. I
> > >> >> >> >> > tried
> > >> >> >> >> > pointing
> > >> >> >> >> > Windows to System32\drivers to locate the drivers but it did
> > >> >> >> >> > not
> > >> >> >> >> > find any.
> > >> >> >> >> > I also have similar problems for a number of USB flash drives.
> > >> >> >> >> > I
> > >> >> >> >> > have 4 in
> > >> >> >> >> > total, and have only been able to get one of them to work.
> > >> >> >> >> > Even
> > >> >> >> >> > the
> > >> >> >> >> > flash
> > >> >> >> >> > drives belonging to my colleagues don't get recognized by
> > >> >> >> >> > Vista
> > >> >> >> >> > on
> > >> >> >> >> > my
> > >> >> >> >> > machine.
> > >> >> >> >> >
> > >> >> >> >> > I too have Vista Ultimate and am experiencing the same issues.
> > >> >> >> >> > Please
> > >> >> >> >> > Help!!
> > >> >> >> >> >
> > >> >> >> >> > Ali R
> > >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >> >>
> > >> >> >>
> > >> >> >>
> > >> >>
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >

#14
11-02-2008
Colin Barnhorst Posts: n/a
Re: External USB Hard Drive not working, Vista asking for drivers
http://www.infdump.com/download-inf-.../download.html

"Zingaro" <Zingaro@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:2937725D-6D1E-42F6-A7B7-0CAB5D668A20@microsoft.com...
> Hi, I have the same problem with my lacie 500gig drive on Vista Pro.
> However,
> I could not find the file USBSTOR.INF on my computer. Where can I get this
> file?
> Thanks Rolf
>
> "Ali R" wrote:
>
>> So I FINALLY solved my problem! I sent a request to the HD manufacturer,
>> Lacie, and they solved my problem on their first shot!! I was rather
>> impressed, seeing how much back & forth was going on here.
>>
>> Anyway, in my case, the problem was a missing usbstor.inf file under the
>> C:\Windows\Inf folder. I just searched my computer for it, copied to the
>> Windows\Inf directory, and voila, everything works! Even all the USB
>> flash
>> drives that weren't working initially are all functional now.
>>
>> If anyone else is having a similar problem with their USB devices, I
>> suggest
>> they try this quick fix first.
>>
>> Ali
>>
>> "Richard Urban" wrote:
>>
>> > What services have you possibly turned off to "save" resources? Have
>> > you
>> > disconnected all other USB devices and then tried your USB drive in
>> > various
>> > other ports, rebooting in between tests?
>> >
>> > I have a scanner that is "very" selective about which USB port it is
>> > connected to. It is NOT Vista! It is the hardware implementation of the
>> > M/B
>> > and the ports interaction with Vista. What works with XP had to be
>> > changed
>> > physically to function with Vista. Is it a Vista problem in my case?
>> > NO! NO!
>> > NO! I have another computer with the same M/B that does ***NOT***
>> > exhibit
>> > the same problems. - this on a clean install. On one computer the
>> > scanner
>> > works in a certain port. On the other computer - nothing.
>> >
>> > I shut down both computers and switched M/B's. The problem transferred
>> > to
>> > the computer that showed no problem previously. Yes. It took me a few
>> > hours
>> > to perform this check but no big deal. I am retired and have plenty of
>> > free
>> > time.
>> >
>> > On further checking I found that there were vastly different resistance
>> > readings from that particular USB ports pins - to ground - when the two
>> > computers were compared electrically.
>> >
>> > There is so much you can do in troubleshooting. That is why a good tech
>> > gets
>> > more per hour than a poor tech (usually). (-:
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Richard Urban
>> > Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>> > (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>> >
>> >
>> > "Ali R" <AliR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:A57F0851-1D65-44AA-A939-709181A857DE@microsoft.com...
>> > > Oridnarilly I'd agree with you to some extent. However I experience
>> > > the
>> > > same
>> > > problem when I plug in a large number of different USB flash drives.
>> > > Of
>> > > the
>> > > 3 flash drives I own, my Vista only recognizes one. All 3 were
>> > > detected
>> > > with
>> > > no additional drivers back when I had XP. In addition, I've tried
>> > > all of
>> > > the
>> > > flash drives my friends own and NONE of those have worked either.
>> > > From
>> > > the
>> > > no name brands, right up to the Kingston and Sony.
>> > >
>> > > For that reason, I don't think it's a problem with my HD itself, but
>> > > rather
>> > > something related to Vista's interraction with the USB jacks.
>> > >
>> > > Ali
>> > >
>> > > "Richard Urban" wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Gee. Why not just get an external drive case that will use the
>> > >> default
>> > >> drivers in Vista correctly. All cases are NOT equal! The electronic
>> > >> IDE
>> > >> to
>> > >> USB interface within the case may not be designed correctly or may,
>> > >> in
>> > >> fact,
>> > >> be defective.
>> > >>
>> > >> I have an external Maxtor that will not work with Vista. I'll be
>> > >> damned
>> > >> if I
>> > >> am going back to XP because of it. I just use my 500 gig Seagate
>> > >> hard
>> > >> drive
>> > >> that is mounted in my Adaptec external box. I have not found a
>> > >> single
>> > >> instance where it will not function as it is supposed to.
>> > >>
>> > >> --
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> Regards,
>> > >>
>> > >> Richard Urban
>> > >> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>> > >> (For email, remove the obvious from my address)
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> "Ali R" <AliR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > >> news:258D8224-FE84-4FD2-8527-E539285CE2BD@microsoft.com...
>> > >> > Yes, I tried connecting directly to the computer. Also, that
>> > >> > hotfix
>> > >> > you
>> > >> > suggest is not intended for the problem that I'm experiencing. I
>> > >> > did
>> > >> > see
>> > >> >a
>> > >> > hotfix for the problem that I am experiencing, but that also did
>> > >> > not
>> > >> > work.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Other suggestions?? Really on the brink of switching back to XP
>> > >> > if I
>> > >> > can't
>> > >> > resolve this soon.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > "JW" wrote:
>> > >> >
>> > >> >> Are you connecting the USB drives directly to computer or to a
>> > >> >> USB
>> > >> >> hub?
>> > >> >> If
>> > >> >> not it may be the HUB driver that is the problem.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Also you might try the following Hot fix.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> http://support.microsoft.com/default...en-us%3b936003
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> "Ali R" <AliR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > >> >> news:5055067A-0FD0-44FE-A35F-F75A3D7BAE01@microsoft.com...
>> > >> >> >I tried the hotfix.
>> > >> >> > When I plug in my USB HD, I no longer get the message that
>> > >> >> > driver is
>> > >> >> > not
>> > >> >> > found, checking online for a driver etc.
>> > >> >> > HOWEVER, the device is still NOT RECOGNIZED by Vista. In
>> > >> >> > Device
>> > >> >> > Manager,
>> > >> >> > it
>> > >> >> > still has a yellow caution symbol next to the device, and the
>> > >> >> > drive
>> > >> >> > does
>> > >> >> > not
>> > >> >> > show up in My Computer.
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > Any other suggestions? I'm seriously considering downgrading
>> > >> >> > back
>> > >> >> > to
>> > >> >> > Windows XP as a result of this. This is NOT the first time
>> > >> >> > that
>> > >> >> > this
>> > >> >> > has
>> > >> >> > happened. I have the same problem with MANY of the USB Flash
>> > >> >> > Drives
>> > >> >> >I
>> > >> >> > use
>> > >> >> > too, rendering them useless to me.
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > Not sure what the problem is, but this is definitely not
>> > >> >> > acceptable
>> > >> >> > from
>> > >> >> > an
>> > >> >> > OS. As much as I like the new look & feel, and new
>> > >> >> > functionality of
>> > >> >> > Vista,
>> > >> >> > I'm really left with no choice but to go back to XP so that I
>> > >> >> > can
>> > >> >> > use
>> > >> >> > my
>> > >> >> > peripherals etc., unless there is still a way to fix this
>> > >> >> > situation.
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> Is this of any help:
>> > >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> http://support.microsoft.com/default...EN-US%3B937187
>> > >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> > >> >> >> GO BEARS!
>> > >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> "Ali R" <AliR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > >> >> >> news:A60DBE0F-8F18-4337-B6B2-41D86139E305@microsoft.com...
>> > >> >> >> >I gave this a shot and it didn't work either. Presents the
>> > >> >> >> >same
>> > >> >> >> >problem
>> > >> >> >> >as
>> > >> >> >> > before.
>> > >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> > any other suggestions? I'm especially confused as to why
>> > >> >> >> > (according
>> > >> >> >> > to
>> > >> >> >> > the
>> > >> >> >> > initial post) this would work on SOME Vista machines, but
>> > >> >> >> > not ALL
>> > >> >> >> > Vista
>> > >> >> >> > machines.
>> > >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> > Ali R
>> > >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> > "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
>> > >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> >> This solution has worked for some people with problematic
>> > >> >> >> >> USB
>> > >> >> >> >> devices:
>> > >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> Locate the file INFCACHE.1 in C:\Windows\inf
>> > >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> Right click on the INFCACHE.1 file, select Properties
>> > >> >> >> >> >Security
>> > >> >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> >> Edit, and
>> > >> >> >> >> give
>> > >> >> >> >> your account full control.
>> > >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> Delete INFCACHE.1, or rename it to INFCACHE.1.BAK or
>> > >> >> >> >> temporarily
>> > >> >> >> >> move
>> > >> >> >> >> to your
>> > >> >> >> >> desktop.
>> > >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> REBOOT
>> > >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> If this works for you, you can delete the INFCACHE.1 file.
>> > >> >> >> >> Windows
>> > >> >> >> >> will not
>> > >> >> >> >> recreate it.
>> > >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> > >> >> >> >> GO BEARS!
>> > >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> "Ali R" <Ali R@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > >> >> >> >> news:6664783D-EEEA-477A-AC96-
F24A14DC6653@microsoft.com...
>> > >> >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> >> > "Paul Walker" wrote:
>> > >> >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> >> RE :
>> > >> >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> >> Point driver installer to either
>> > >> >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> >> C:\Windows\System32\drivers
>> > >> >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> >> C:\Windows
>> > >> >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> >> I will give these a go and report back.
>> > >> >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> >> Thanks
>> > >> >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> >> Paul.
>> > >> >> >> >> >>
>> > >> >> >> >> >
>> > >> >> >> >> >I am having the EXACT same problem with the same drive.
>> >