Two of everything?

[Steve Wade]

Hi guys,

Have an interesting problem after installing a USB Mass-storage device on
98se system - installation went well BUT...

The problem is that in My Computer each partition on the drive gets shown
twice and each gets its own letter.

Any ideas?

[Ron Badour]

How big is the storage device? Run scandisk and see what happens.

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"Steve Wade" > wrote in message
...
>
> Hi guys,
>
> Have an interesting problem after installing a USB Mass-storage device on
> 98se system - installation went well BUT...
>
> The problem is that in My Computer each partition on the drive gets shown
> twice and each gets its own letter.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
>
>

[Steve Wade]

> How big is the storage device? Run scandisk and see what happens.
>
> --

I just bought a caddie and it has happened with various old HD's varying
from 2-6gb, which I wanted to check out before selling on or donating - I
assume that it is not a size issue. I formatted them and scandisked them, so
to give a fresh start and an empty drive.

No such problem on an XP set-up.

[Jeff Richards]

Does the device appear more than once in Device Manager?
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Steve Wade" > wrote in message
...
>> How big is the storage device? Run scandisk and see what happens.
>>
>> --
>
> I just bought a caddie and it has happened with various old HD's varying
> from 2-6gb, which I wanted to check out before selling on or donating - I
> assume that it is not a size issue. I formatted them and scandisked them,
> so
> to give a fresh start and an empty drive.
>
> No such problem on an XP set-up.
>
>
>

[Steve Wade]

"Jeff Richards" > wrote in message
...
> Does the device appear more than once in Device Manager?

Ahaaa!

I notice that I have two sets of USB drivers shown in device manager - could
this be the problem?

Removing one lot seemed to do it.

Thanks!

[Jeff Richards]

Thanks for letting us know that you got it sorted out.
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Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Steve Wade" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Jeff Richards" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Does the device appear more than once in Device Manager?
>
> Ahaaa!
>
> I notice that I have two sets of USB drivers shown in device manager -
> could
> this be the problem?
>
> Removing one lot seemed to do it.
>
> Thanks!