[GRLUG] Windows Thumb Drive Issue

[Eric Beversluis]

The drive in question opens fine under Knoppix on that hp Elitbook
8570p.

So does that make it an HP problem or a Windows problem--given that
windows 7 on a different box opens it fine.

Thanks to all. 

On Fri, 2013-08-30 at 15:33 -0400, Jeff DeMaagd wrote:
> 
> I recall Centon being a somewhat dodgy brand. I don't think it's a house 
> brand, CompUSA also carried it back when they still existed. I'd return 
> it if it's a recent purchase, or set it aside.
> 
> 
> On 8/30/13 1:10 PM, Eric Beversluis 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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