GeekSquad 8GB flash drive not showing up in Win 7 Pro

[GTSRguy]

Simple, i have a 8GB GeekSquad Flash drive that works perfectly on the Vista 64 side of my computer, but does nothing on my Win 7 64 side. Nothing shows up anywhere, disk management, my computer, ect. It shows up in device manager.

Any insight would be great

 

[dfuze]

Shot in the dark, but could it be set up as the "ready boost" in 7?

 

[ElenaP]

If it does show up in the Device Manager but nowhere else, try uninstalling it in the Device Manager and reboot, without actually removing the drive.

Also, did you try a diffferent USB port?

 

[corkyg]

Have you tried booting Win 7 w/o the device? Do that, and then hot plug it after W7 is up and running.

 

[GTSRguy]

*sigh*

for some reason the rear of the computer works and not the front only in Win 7. I would have tried this simple option but i didnt think only some USB drives would work...

 

[dfuze]

That is odd.

Go into the Device Manager in 7, see if there are some drivers missing for the fronts.

 

[corkyg]

Probably a connection problem (cabling.)

 

[GTSRguy]

The same port works in Windows Vista, i think its a driver issue. i have a thingy that has USB ports on it that goes into my 2.5" slot, maybe its just out of date

 

[dfuze]

Are your front USB ports an add on card or built into the case?

 

[GTSRguy]

They are add-on. I cant remember at all what the brand is...

Checking newegg history...

1 x BYTECC U2CR-701 IEEE 1394a / USB 2.0 / eSATA Card Reader/Writer & HUB Combo System


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