PC not pickin up my USB key

fifib

Can anyone help me please?
My computer is not picking up my usb key anymore. it worked fine last week but now theres nothing!
when i stick it in the usb port it used to pop up sayin new device installed or whatever that message was but not anymore and when i go into my computer theres no removable drive there... but when i click on Safely Remove Hardware from my taskbar it shows my usb key there on the F drive
Ive also tried using Run from the start menu but it just says... "this file does not have a program associated with it for permitting this action.Create an association in the Folder Options control panel"

Also i used the key last nite on my laptop and home pc so nothing wrong with the usb key.

is there anything else i can try?
thanks in advance

petes

Try this.

Right click on My Computer on the desktop. Select Manage.

In there select Disk Management. If you can see it in there right click it and select change drive letter. Change it to something down the list a bit and click okay. It will ask you if you are sure you want to change the drive letter. Select yes.

fifib

i did all that but still nothing

Anti

Sounds like its dead Not really much you can do im affraid.

Also just in case it isn't, can you check the key on another pc?

fifib

thers nothing wrong with the key. i was using it last nite at home.
there better not be..my thesis is on it :eek:

ive ben gettin into it through the command line cept im not that up to date on the ole commands...but the key is fine

Anti

Tried different usb ports i guess?

petes

fifib wrote:

i did all that but still nothing

Does it recognise the disk in disk management?

fifib

its actually a laptop but its got dockin station, keyboard, monitor etc.. so regard it as PC cos dont bring it home.......but anyways......
thought there were only 2 usb ports...both of which didnt work but i just found another round the other side that works!!
so thanks for your genius idea Anti!
must get onto manager tho bout it...its only new, had it just bout month now!

Anti

fifib wrote:

its actually a laptop but its got dockin station, keyboard, monitor etc.. so regard it as PC cos dont bring it home.......but anyways......
thought there were only 2 usb ports...both of which didnt work but i just found another round the other side that works!!
so thanks for your genius idea Anti!
must get onto manager tho bout it...its only new, had it just bout month now!

Yore welcome.

Duggy747

I have similiar problem with my work PC, what you have to do (no point now since you're logically using the laptop's usb) is when you insert the USB, just log out and log back in again. You laptop will then pick it up through the dockstation.

Just something handy to know in the future, that'll be €48.50 please.

Anti

In most cases you should not use the laptops usb ports when using a docking station.

Beano

I hope you've backed up your thesis after this little scare.

fifib

Anti wrote:

In most cases you should not use the laptops usb ports when using a docking station.

theres no usb ports on the dockin station tho and its worked fine for me for the past month

Beano wrote:

I hope you've backed up your thesis after this little scare..

yea i have it backed up now, not that i have a huge amount of it done tho :rolleyes: but still wud be major pain in arse if i lost it!

fifib

Duggy747 wrote:

I have similiar problem with my work PC, what you have to do (no point now since you're logically using the laptop's usb) is when you insert the USB, just log out and log back in again. You laptop will then pick it up through the dockstation.

Just something handy to know in the future, that'll be €48.50 please.

i tried what you said there in the ports i thought were faulty and it worked but when i removed it and put it back in again, nothing showed up
what pain in arse havin to log in and out everytime
av laptop at home and never had this sorta thing happen
oh well....

thanks for all the advice everyone