USB Flash Drives Questions and Answers

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USB device issues

I am a green IT employee. And, have had an issue with several laptops not recognizing USB thumbdrives. When the user inserts the thumb drive the system recognizes it but        in "My Computer" it does not show up. But, when I go to "Device Manager" I see the device, re assign an available...

View Answer   |  Nov 14 2009  2:10 PM GMT
USB devices, USB Flash drives, Windows XP Professional
asked by Ncalo2009

  5 pts.

Password Protect Thumb Drive

Is there software to password protect CURRENT thumb drives you have or do you have to buy the thumb drive with the software on it?

View Answer   |  Sep 11 2009  10:46 PM GMT
Thumb Drive Passwords, Thumb drive, USB Flash drives
asked by Lob46

  5 pts.

Flash Drive syntax error

I have a flash drive with very precious information on it, but today when I went to edit a document on it evey file I have on there comes up in jiberish computer language. when I try to open a file to get to some of my documents it says this file has a "syntax error" I've been looking around on the...

View Answer   |  Aug 6 2009  9:39 PM GMT
Flash drive, USB Flash drives
asked by Madpawn

  215 pts.

Flash drive usage policy

Has anyone created a flash drive usage policy?

View Answer   |  Aug 6 2009  12:36 AM GMT
Flash drive, USB Flash drives, Acceptable Use Policy
asked by Vwalters35

  5 pts.

Accessing Data from Dead Thumb Drive

What do I need to access data from a dead Firefly Thumb Drive? - it contains a Toshiba Disk Drive MK2004GAL. Another number is HDD1422 A ZF03?

View Answer   |  Jul 13 2009  2:43 PM GMT
Access Data Volume, Firefly thumb drive, Thumb drive
asked by Jacquester

  5 pts.

SANDISK data life span

Is it possible to get data corruption on a sandisk compact flash if it has been stored without power for 4 or 5 years.

View Answer   |  Jun 5 2009  6:38 PM GMT
SanDisk CompactFlash, SanDisk, Flash drive
asked by A238574

  5 pts.

Restrict my clients to use USB flash disk

To whom may it concerns, Currently, I'm running a server 2003 enterprise for my domain ( DC) and for now, want to restrict my clients to use USB flash disk but not sure how to do it. pls show my how to do it. Thank you. Regards Harry

asked by Harrythong

  15 pts.

Disabling USB flash drive use via group policy

Do you know of a way to effectively disable USB flash drives while permitting other USB devices on client computers through a group policy ? Our systems administrator has tried a couple of alternatives, but some of them completely disable the USB ports, and others just block some specific types or...

View Answer   |  Apr 30 2009  6:07 PM GMT
Group Policy, USB Flash drives, Windows Server 2003
asked by Carlosdl

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USB Pen Drive is detected but not listed in My Computer

This is a brand new HP Compaq Business Desktop DX2810 MT PC.i plug in my USB Pen Drive.it detect and show in the bottom of the desktop. but, when i click on My Computer it didnt show up. i check with the Disk Management. it is empty. only show DVD ROM drive. C, D drive is gone as well. i can see...

asked by Ryangiam

  55 pts.

Group Policy to disable portable storage devices

Hi, I have one question here. Can Ad group policy disable auto reading for external drive for example tumb drive, protable HDD? Please advice. Thanks

View Answer   |  Mar 11 2009  4:50 AM GMT
Group Policy, Endpoint security, Security policies
asked by Mfedli

  5 pts.

Thumb drives on thin clients connected to Server 2008

I am having an issue with thumb drives working on HP thin clients connected to Server 2008. We have cheked the bring drives from local on the Thin Clients and can not see why they will not connect. They do appear on the thin clients butnotin the TS session. Any guidance would be helpfull.

View Answer   |  Mar 9 2009  2:50 PM GMT
Terminal Server, Thumb drive, USB Flash drives
asked by AndOrTech

  515 pts.

How to recover data from damaged USB drive?

I just accidentally sat on my USB storage stick whilst it was still in the port of my PC. It is now bent and the connections may have been damaged. My PC does not detect the USB drive. How can I recover the data on the drive?

View Answer   |  Nov 25 2008  9:57 PM GMT
Data Recovery, USB Flash drives, USB hard drives
asked by SearchStorageATE

  215 pts.

Thumb drive formatting

I have a thumb drive with items saved on it. All of a sudden my computer is saying the drive is not formatted and wants to do so. How can I open the thumb drive and will I lose the information saved on it?

View Answer   |  Nov 21 2008  8:37 PM GMT
USB Flash drives, Thumb drive, Thumb Drive Formatting
asked by MasonLane

  5 pts.

Is there a network storage system that can be connected to a non networked PC?

I use a PC to control machinery at a factory. The PC is not on the network and that is how I want to keep it. I would like to be able to access the data that is saved and could easily change the application to save the data to a USB hard drive. Is there a network storage system (NAS NDAS) that...

View Answer   |  Nov 14 2008  7:51 PM GMT
NAS, Network storage, USB Flash drives
asked by SearchStorageATE

  215 pts.

USB 2.0 Flash Drive compatable with Windows 98 / Vista

I am looking for a flash drive that will support Windows 98 thru Vista. On some devices they say a driver is needed for Windows 98. Where do I find one of those. Do any devices have all the drivers needed

View Answer   |  Sep 20 2008  5:22 PM GMT
Windows 98, Vista, USB Flash drives
asked by Kamcginnis

  5 pts.

limit access to usb in windows-server2003

how can we restrict the domain user to access the usb or cdrom only admin can use it

View Answer   |  Jul 30 2008  7:59 AM GMT
Windows Server 2003, Removable storage, USB Flash drives
asked by RHCE

  5 pts.

Usb adapter for legacy laptop?

I have an older laptop with no usb ports. Is there an adapter that will extend any standard port (printer or comm) out to a USB port configuration. Princably to use a flash drive with a USB style connection on this older computer without a usb port.

View Answer   |  Jul 21 2008  4:12 PM GMT
USB, USB Flash drives
asked by Rickgrea

  15 pts.

U3 drive assigned drive letter permently

I use U3 USB to run some programs from it. Windows assigned the drive letter. Then I ejected it and unplug it. Then I plug my external hard drive to make the back-up by SyncToy. But SyncToy can't find the drive to do sync. When I check in My Computer, that portable drive is assigned by other...

View Answer   |  Jul 16 2008  8:20 PM GMT
USB Flash drives, Backup, SyncToy
asked by Dweuwe

  5 pts.

Stop using USB in office computers

How can I define a GP so that users cannot use their USB Flash disks??

View Answer   |  Jul 9 2008  7:51 AM GMT
Active Directory, Group Policy, USB Flash drives
asked by Aspire

  80 pts.

Removable storage

Disable removable storage and flash memory on the network through the server

View Answer   |  Jun 17 2008  8:26 AM GMT
Flash memory, Removable storage, USB Flash drives
asked by Sedikahmed

  5 pts.

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