[GRLUG] Windows Thumb Drive Issue

[Eric Beversluis]

Among the 11 entries under USB controllers on "Device Manager" are
--...USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller
--...USB 3.0 Root Hub

There are 4 USB ports. Two seem to have 'SS' before the USB symbol
(3.0?), one seems to have just the USB symbol, and one seems to have the
standard usb symbol followed by a lightening bolt ("charging port"?).
('seems' reflecting my weak eyes.) The only documentation, "Setup
Instructions", just describes them all as USB ports. There's also
something called a combo eSATA/USB port. The drive works on none of
them. I'm going to boot Knoppix on the box and see if it works then.
Stay tuned...

@Lammert: Could be a power thing--if so, a serious design flaw by HP.
Yes about different flash drive--but was hoping maybe not to have to
copy the files off this one. 

On Fri, 2013-08-30 at 15:03 -0400, megadave wrote:
> Is this a USB3 device? Even if it isn't, do any of the machines you
> are trying it with have USB3?
> 
> There could be some sort of compatbility issue there.
> 
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 2:51 PM, Eric Beversluis
> <ebever at researchintegration.org> wrote:
> > Yeah--works fine on the linux box as well.
> >
> > On Fri, 2013-08-30 at 13:48 -0400, megadave wrote:
> >> Does it work on a linux box? (Partial serious question, partial
> >> humorous "is this on topic for this list") :P
> >>
> >> My suspicion would be some issue with the USB ports on the problem machine.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Eric Beversluis
> >> <ebever at researchintegration.org> wrote:
> >> > I've got a thumb drive formatted FAT32. It works fine on one Win7 box--I
> >> > just copied files to it there. When I plug it into a new HP Elite Book
> >> > 8570p running Win 7 Professional, it can't read it. It's a DataStickPro
> >> > 30GB by Centon (that may be a MicroCenter brand?).
> >> >
> >> > When I go into Disk Management on that box it shows a D: drive but shows
> >> > it having no media.
> >> >
> >> > I've tried several other thumb drives and they all seem to open up right
> >> > away.
> >> >
> >> > Any ideas?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks
> >> >
> >> >
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