I did a GOOGLE search and none of the issues ere similar enough to mine...


Okay so my specs are in the bubble, and included is this 4GB Laser USB thumb-drive.

The problem is every now and again, if the thumb drive is plugged in, windows will "hang"

Open applications will continue to process stuff, eg, Winamp keeps playing but I cannot pause, stop, change song etc...My computer will refuse to open, the task bar locks and I can open one task manager window, and then explorer will not respond either.

If I then try to 'browse' with Task Manager, it locks too, and all I am left with is Winamp playing through my play list, until I remove the drive, or restart the computer with the button.

Just recently I could not even login with the USB drive plugged in, it would automatically log me in like it usually does, but then go no further. Explorer would be open in the task list, and I could not even open firefox through task manager by manually typing out the path.

I have tried uninstalling/reinstalling USB hubs & controllers, no avail

Anybody know what the heck is causing this?When did this start?

Does the Flash Drive have an autorun (or U3)?It did have an autorun for Portable Apps Launcher but I got rid of it the first time it happened and it still occurred

I don't think it has U3, how could I check?If you have U3, it would start automatically when you plug the drive in.

Can you double check there isn't an autorun file in the USB.

What Filesystem is it? (right click the drive and go to Properties - should be either FAT or FAT32)FAT32,

And the autorun that was there, would never ACTUALLY work, it would still use the windows one and I would have to select it from there. Two folder, two files in root directory, Documents, Portable apps, Icon.ico and portableappslauncher.exeGet rid of the autorun for now. If you don't want to delete it, rename it to something like autorunbackup.inf or something.

Just to check, do these symptoms appear if you use the Flash drive on another computer?I got rid of the autorun a few days ago.

there isn't one at the moment, I am still on holiday and won't be at home around my other computer for 3 days yet.

(Yes I know I'm terrible I took my computer with me on Holiday for 4 weeks)

But what else is there for a 17 year old at his grandma's??

It only seems at RANDOM times too, it has happened once today, 3-4 times a few days ago, and also a while backI would try copying what you need off of it and do a clean format...ALRIGHT, will do

by the way patio...2 posts away from being the super devil lol

6666 postsQuote from: patio on January 11, 2009, 03:06:15 AM

I would try copying what you need off of it and do a clean format...