Comments on: USB Drive not showing in MY COMPUTER on Windows Vista computer

By: Jonesy

Jonesy — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:42:11 +0000

Glad to hear it Jonathan.

All the best,
Jonesy

By: jonathan

jonathan — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:29:39 +0000

Works well with my Vista Business SP2. Many thanks.

By: Mark Ingle

Mark Ingle — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:43:40 +0000

this is exactly the same issue I got, the flash drive not showing up and then when I disconnected the other drives they still showed up on my computer…and the pictures on it…until you tried to view the pictures that is…

Many reboots later am trying again…seems like vista can get its knickers in a twist sometimes

By: someone

someone — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:01:03 +0000

when I plug in my USB drives, some autoplay, some don’t, in fact those that don’t never even show up in my computer or in disk management. but the “safely remove hardware” icon still comes on.
i used the USBDeview you mentioned, and it detects that all the drives are connected. but why don’t they show up in my computer? I think there’s something wrong with the drive naming, because sometimes one of my usb drives shows up in under the drive letter of my network drive!

By: Jonesy

Jonesy — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 18:00:32 +0000

Hi Michael,

Thanks for the taking the time to read the post and respond with your own question. In this post I mention the DISK MANAGEMENT area within VISTA. This should tell you what removable drives are currently attached to your computer.

That being said, I also did some searching myself so that I could provide a bit more comprehensive an answer, and I came across this sweet little piece of freeware: USBDeview – it is from a company called NirSoft and it is a simply little program that shows all current connected USB drives, as well as drives that have been connected in the past. From here you can disable, uninstall, etc. I would definitely say give this program a try and see if it helps you.

Cheers,
Jonesy

By: PC Arbor

PC Arbor — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:31:23 +0000

Interesting.

Times are a changing.

I like XP but it can be tough to fix sometimes. (But it is still easier for me to understand than NT!)

Thanks for posting.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:12:14 +0000

I have Vista 32 on a laptop with an external Maxtor One-Touch 4 external drive (F). I try and faithfully use the “safely remove” feature before disconnectng that drive. But sometimes when I plug it back in my computer does not see it. The rive light is ON. And I plugged it’s USB cable in while the CPU was shut down (the correct procedure). I can get it recognized if I keep fiddling with shutting down and restarting – but wat a pain. Isn’t there some other way to get the CPU to scan for external drives? (like there was in my old SCSI drive days) Or is ther someting else I shouldd try.

By: Jonesy

Jonesy — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:33:16 +0000

Hi Anthony,

Glad to hear that it worked out for you.

Jonesy

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:46:52 +0000

Thanks! worked exactly like you described. Tried to end processes through ctrl-alt-delete and msconfig in safe mode but nothing helped. THANKS!

By: Jonesy

Jonesy — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:02:54 +0000

No problem Gareth. Good luck.