belham2 wrote:fiskrond wrote:
VII) Go into Disks, click on the drive, and tell Windows to format it to Fat32 or NTFS.
It's not there... :-/
This is what I don't understand... works fine in Puppy, used to work fine in Windows until few days ago when I used it to re-start my migration to Linux. Only presence now showing in Windows is in Device Manager.. but in the wrong category.. is showing under 'Disk Drives' whereas it should be under 'Portable Devices'.
It no longer shows anywhere else.. not in Explorer, not in Disk Manager.. nowhere!
Ok, you're telling me, if I understand correctly, that the USB works fine & dandy (whatever you do) in Puppy but that the moment you plug it in to Windows, it is non-functional and not recognized by Windows except that is shows in "Device Manager" only? And this would be true even if you HAD formatted the device to Fat 16/32 or NTFS while it was still in Gparted (which we didn't do for this test)??
Can I ask, if you do format it to Fat 16, try, then try FAt 32, try, then try NTFS (all done in Puppy), the USB in each case still only shows in "Device Manager" only? And for each format try, you left the device plugged into Windows and rebooted???
Also, in Device Manager, is a yellow exclamation beside the listed USB in each format attempt?
Whoop!
As you said.. we didn't format it in Gparted.. so, as advised above>
Formatted to FAT16 using Gparted
Insert USB to Windows PC
Still only showing in Device Manager
>Properties "No driver installed"
>Update driver
>"Best driver already installed"
>Properties "No driver installed"... ???wtf
>Properties > Uninstall device
>Scan for hardware changes. Yellow! flashed briefly in Portable Storage and disappeared.
USB stick now showing in all Windows places as expected & working fine!
(I had tried the Properties>Update>Uninstall method previously to no avail!)
That was some serious voodoo you pulled out of the bag there fella! Much kudos indeed!
Maybe a sticky.. I can't be the only person who has mangled a USB... then again.. lol
Advanced lesson in USB recovery!
THANK YOU doesn't quite cover it...