On one W2k PC only, a kingston 4G usb stick cannot be seen in My Computer, but is in Device Manager. In Disk Manager it is Disk 1, size 4G and healthy, but no drive letter. Is in Unplug or Remove Hardware. Using Actions--Change Drive Letter it may be set to "E", but after a restart, as required, it does not change. Tried reformat and also Add/Remove hardware. Another usb stick, 1G, is fine and adopts "E". Any ideas please?

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

Lots of fake USB memory drives are being sold.  Where did you buy it and what price 
did you get it for?  Kingston as well as Sony and others are being hit with fake 
memory problems.  Quite a few posts here with similar problems and most if not all 
were victims of these scams.




This is one example of what you can find if you Google "fake USB memory"..

http://reviews.ebay.com/FAKE-SanDisk-Cruzer-USB-Flash-Drives-Exposed_W0QQugidZ10000000001456613

If it is real, it is probably defective, as evidenced by the 1 gig module working 
correctly..  I've never had to reboot for the drive letter to stick.  Sounds odd 
IME...







On Saturday, April 5, 2008 at 7:29 am, Gordon Lee wrote:

>On one W2k PC only, a kingston 4G usb stick cannot be seen in My Computer, but is 

>in Device Manager.   In Disk Manager it is Disk 1, size 4G and healthy, but no drive 

>letter.  Is in Unplug or Remove Hardware.      Using Actions--Change Drive Letter 

>it may be set to "E", but after a restart, as required, it does not change.    Tried 

>reformat and also Add/Remove hardware. Another usb stick, 1G, is fine and adopts 

>"E". Any ideas please? 

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

Thanks a useful input! I shall visit the retailer I know well. What foxes me is that it works on other W2k PCs

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

• Search this forum
• Start a new thread on a different subject

• Report abuse of the forum