Removing USB Hardware Prohibits Connecting New USB Device
Apr 14, 2007
If I unplug a USB device--say my Plextor CD/DVD burner or a memory stick--from the USB connection on the front of my Dell Dimension. The drive icon does not disappear from Window's Explorer. And any other device plugged into the front port is not recognized. I have to reboot to free up the ports. The same thing happens with a USB hard drive connected to the a port on the back if I turn it off (I only use it for long term storage of old work projects). Might this be related to the fact that the Remove Hardware icon disappeared from my system tray some time ago after an automatic Windows fix? And Remove Hardware does not appear in the customize notifications list in Taskbar properties.
Might this also be related to the fact that I recently used the Manager program to change drive letters on several USB drives that I use for different projects? I would hate to have to go back to the more or less random assignment of drive letters based that I've been working with for a while. Further possibly pertinent info. My Dell is several years old, and misbehaved badly when I installed XP Service Pack 2 from the MS web site. Twice I tried and twice I uninstalled SP2. A month ago, a local computer store tech gave me another version of the SP2 to try. It's been working fine, until this USB problem arose. I hope I don't have to uninstall SP2, because we upgraded to Office 07, and that requires SP2.
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Dec 14, 2007
I have Windows XP Profesional SP2 system. I'm encountering a problem with the 'Safely Remove Hardware' feature. When I insert a USB Flash Drive or any other USB Mass Storage device, it functions properly. But, when i Safely Remove that USB device(From the Safely Remove Hardware icon on the Taskbar) and then insert it again ,i get the usual 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon at the Taskbar but the device does get displayed in 'My Computer' or any other place and i can't access the USB Mass storage Device. So i have to restart my PC and then only the USB Device becomes accessible from 'My Computer'.
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Insert any USB device to this computer, Computer keeps restarting and it wont stop doing that until I remove the usb device. I tried with all the usb ports on this computer and problem is the same. Even by hooking up a usb keyboard or mouse, computer wont get to the login screen. it keeps on restarting. It wont even go into 'safe mode'.Anyone have any clue whats going on and the solution to fix it?
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