flash drive

[ronopp]

my computer makes the normal "sound" when I plug my flash drive in but I can not see it. I tried it in another system same thing.....I believe there is nothing wrong with drive. did my computer change a setting in the drive? other drives work fine. what do I do?

confused,
Ron

 

[corkyg]

If you get the audiosignal that the drive is recognized, but cannot see it, you might want to check Admin Tools/Disk Management in Control, Panel to make sure it has a distinct drive letter assigned.

 

[Zeldak]

I've had that happen a number of times. Some flash drives are prone to it--especially when they are getting ready to die. Sometimes "auto play" settings are the cause. Some security programs change them. Doing what corkyg said is important.

 

[HOSED]

If corkyg's advise does not help look at event viewer - admin. events. I had a Sandisk Cruiser that showed the following for months:
The driver detected a controller error on \Device\Harddisk2\DR2. Eventually I ran into the same issue as you (issues on 2 systems) and had to toss it. (This is why I always backup my flash drives).