[GRLUG] Windows Thumb Drive Issue

[Jeff DeMaagd]

It could be an odd interaction. My understanding is Elitebooks are 
generally very good.

Have you ever experienced this problem with any other USB devices on 
said HP (any OS) when it's fine on other computers?



On 8/30/13 3:43 PM, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> 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?).



-- 
Jeff