pny flash drive

Question

I can't get this unit to work on my Dell desktop with vista.. On my Acer laptop, it configured right up no problem.. what do I need to do, supposedly it should be recognized within vista, no luck.. how do I do this? The pny website offers nothing.. thanks

mombodog · Answer

Are you up to date on Windows updates?

Do you have this update installed? See if it corrects the issue.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/941600

With the pen drive plugged in go to device manager, are there any errors in the usb section?

If not go to Disk management, can you see the drive in there?

Message Edited by mombodog on 11-26-2007 12:11 AM

hyperdrive · Answer

I downloaded that update, no difference. I get a message tell me that driver software was found, but an error during install prevented operation.. The driver installation file is missing a necessary entry, supposedly because the INF was written for Win95 or later.. contact the hardware vendor.. this unit fired right up on my new laptop with vista prem, no prob.. It does show up in device manager as 'other devices, unknown device'.. I just deleted it out of there

hyperdrive · Answer

man, sometimes my brain doesn't see the forest for the trees.. I went searching in the laptop for the driver(s) the flash drive was using, copied them over to the system32 drivers folder and presto-change-o-domino(credit 3 stooges), it works

mombodog · Answer

That is a new technique. Where did you find the drivers to copy?

hyperdrive · Answer

They're in C:\windows\system32\drivers\UMDF\....... in my laptop,the file is: WpdFs.dll, windows portable system file device driver.. my Dell desktop had a driver file also in the same folder, different name. I just copied the laptop driver on a floppy and dumped it into the desktop unit UMDF folder, then ran the re-install, set it to search the C:\windows\system32 folder..weird, both systems are Vista prem, different files, maybe one is updated file, I don't know,, little bugger works like a charm now after much angst

mombodog · Answer

Great detective work, glad you solved it.

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