Help with Sandisk Compactflash Reader in Win 2k !!

[bjassin]

Ok, I am sure many people here with digital cameras must have this Compactflash card reader installed. The problem I am having is that every time I restart the computer (in Win 2k), a message comes up telling me that I failed to properly eject the device before shutting down. I then click "OK" and it disappears. The compactflash reader works fine. It's just that the damn message is annoying.

This happens even when I NEVER put a compactflash card in the reader. Everytime I restart I get that damn message. Is there a way to get rid of it? I don't want to have to "eject" the device every single time before I restart the computer or shut down. This never happens under Win ME...any ideas??

PS...looking in device manager it appears that the drivers installed for this device are Microsoft drivers---not the drivers from the Sandisk CDROM. When I try to force installation of the Sandisk drivers (specify drivers...have disk), Win 2k says that no drivers were found in the Sandisk Drivers CD-ROM !! wtf???


Thanks,

BJ

 

[bjassin]

ttt

 

[vailman]

I have a USB Sandisk (the newer SDD-31 model) compactfash card reader and win2k and I have never experienced anything like that. It might help if you included more info: is the reader usb or parallel port?, if usb - is it on the mb or an addon card?, what drivers is it using and what versions?

Have you tried running the setup program off of the CD? Do you get the Sandisk icon it the taskbar?

HTH

 

[bjassin]

Hi, thanks for replying.

I have the same model you have--the USB version of SDDR-31. The drivers I installed are the ones I downloaded from the Sandisk site--although I also have the installation CD. I have tried both...still get the same problem. Here the best way of explaining the problem. Go ahead and unplug the compactflash reader from the USB port right now. A dialog box will pop up telling you that a device has been removed without being eject. You can just click ok. If you replug the drive, it will work fine.

The problem I have is that I get that dialog box every single time I restart the computer--and I have not unplugged the device at all....I just want to get rid of that dialog box and I don't want to have to "eject" the device every single time before I restart.

PS. I have the drive on a USB hub. I tried putting it on the main motherboard usb slot--same problem.

Thanks,

BJ