SillyDog701

[carmeafi]

I have smart media card reader and other USB mass storage devices.
Initially, windows 2000 recognized them properly. Probably because of a surprise removal (withouth disactivating the device), the system does not allow the mounting of the removable unit.
I know that this is a problem that Microsoft attributes to the various hardware productors, but I wonder if there is any possibility of restoring the plug and play capabilities without having to reinstall the whole system.
Thanks
Carlo

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[Josh]

Did you use the safely remove hardware icon in the taskbar? I have found that using that prevents problems.

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[carmeafi]

Replying to Josh, I probably made a mistake and did not remove the driver safely from the taskbar. However, my prsent problem is what to do now? How can I restore the USB storage device plug-in capability in windows without having to reinstall the whole operating system. I could not find any proper solution to the problem.
Ragards,
Carlo

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[sisyphus88]

If you can't remove (uninstall) the device via "start>settings>control panel>system>hardware>device manager," you will have to go into the registry to remove the entry.

Regards,
Sisyphus

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[carmeafi]

I already went into the registry and tried to remove the driver of the device, but I was not allowed to to that. Always I got an error message. I did that also in the safe mode wit the same result.

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[sisyphus88]

Copy and paste the registry keys you tried to change. Some keys cannot be changed via regedit. Sometimes you first have to use regedt32 [note the spelling is not "regedit32"] to change the permissions on the key, then go to regedit to delete or change the entry.

Regards,
Sisyphus

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