Step 2 Click "Start," "Computer" and double-click on the flash drive in your drive list. Step 3 Drag and drop any file into the flash drive window to make a copy of the file on the drive.
Step 4 To delete a file, right-click on the file in the flash drive window and select "Delete. Step 5 Click "Start," "Computer" right-click on the flash drive in the drive list, choose "Safely Remove," and unplug the flash drive when a pop-up appears along the taskbar stating that you may safely remove the drive.
Step 2 Click "Start," "Computer," right-click on the flash drive in your drive list and select "Properties. Step 4 Come back to the "ReadyBoost" tab, click "Do not use this device" and click "Apply" when you want to stop using the flash drive with ReadyBoost.
Step 5 Click "Start," "Computer" right-click on the flash drive in the drive list, choose "Safely Remove. References Microsoft: Performance.
When combined with Windows Vista's new underlying SuperFetch memory-management technology, Microsoft's ReadyBoost delivers application performance improvements by automatically loading in flash memory the applications you use most often.
SuperFetch keeps track of the apps you use most frequently, and is even date aware, recognizing the difference between business days and weekends. The 4GB SSD can also work in tandem with a hybrid hard drive -- flash memory combined with spinning disk -- to be used as a secondary source of cached data. The new drive can also be used in applications other than Vista for tasks related to special industrial needs. Here are the latest Insider stories. We will be glad to help you.
How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to Anil Kumar B's post on November 29, Hi Anil, Thanks for your answer. I have to say once again that my flash drive is working tried it today as well in other computers never tried in MAC though : and all my usb ports in my laptop are also running great with other devices.
When I ran the fix-it in the Method 1 you proposed above, I get the following error message:. The driver needs to be. Hardware changes might not have been detectedHardware changes might not. Windows Update configured to never install driversWindows Update. Driver updates aren't automatically installed when detected by Windows.
Reinstall device driverSucceeded. Reinstalling the. In my case volsnap. I was trying to fix those specific files although they weren't the actual trouble makers.
That's why all the online research didn't really help me besides putting me into the right set of mind. My last reinstallation finally worked, which I still can't believe rebooted and tested several times. In my case: rtusbstor Installing a functioning version of the drive that inserts this file into the appropriate folder.
I've been looking for a solution to this problem for two months. I've tried everything else on this page, but this is the one that worked. Thank you for sharing this info. I purchased a computer from a computer fair that had Vista Ultimate OEM with it all sealed ready for me to install.
I have waited for a long time for this product to come out and have been using XP Pro for a very long time. I have only had Vista now for under a year and have been totally dissatisfied with it. There seems to be problem after problem with it. I cant even use my portable hard drive on it! To add insult to injury you have now bought out Windows 7. This is far superior to Vista Ultimate and I feel sure that it can cope with my portable hard drive problem.
You should recall all vista version and replace with Windows 7 regardless of where they came form and how long the person has had the product. Can you give me the address and managers name so I can send my one back for an exchange. Just sent this to Microsoft. We should not have to keep bodging the system up like the above.
It should work out of the box. Vista must have been put together by an imbecile without any testing. Poor show Microsoft! This is a very old thread. But I wanted to make sure I express appreciation for these steps as they fixed an issue I'd been troubleshooting for two months now. I have about 5 different ones; one is a Geek Squad, and it worked flawlessly every time, but every other flash drive refused to load, always prompting the Add Hardware dialog and then failing. A coworker's laptop which is identical in configuration and based on the same image worked just fine.
Google Searches revealed absolutely nothing about this specific issue Following the steps above got me back up and going. So for this For the record, I could not install any new device and could not get my Android phone to link to my PC, plus I had four unknown devices that refused to either go away or have a driver installed.
What worked for me was:. I can do step number 6 and 7. With step number 7, I located three different usbstor. Office Office Exchange Server. Not an IT pro? Windows Client. Sign in. United States English. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows Vista Hardware. Sign in to vote. Almost everything is working fine.
I am having two problems. When I plug in a USB flash drive, or an SD memory card through the internal reader it recognizes the device and goes out to search Windows Update for a driver.
It finds a driver and begins to install it. It always fails and says "the parameter is incorrect". I have tried all of the solutions I can find so far, but I can't seem to get it working. I did an upgrade install of Vista. I cannot do a clean install without losing all the HP provided software on my machine. I have tried uninstalling all of the USB and memory devices in the device manager.
I have tried to install different drivers, manually, for the SD card. I'm out of ideas. Can someone please help me with this? Wednesday, February 21, PM. Open device manager, uninstall all unknown devices right click, uninstall so they all disappear from the list 9.
Reboot the computer Wednesday, November 21, AM. Have you tried the HP website for Vista drivers for your model laptop? I've installed all updates from HP and MS, both. It is now also impossible to go into the registry and edit out the devices so that they are picked up as "new" I have tried the point the driver search to various location "fix" but this has no effect. Any solutions? Tuesday, February 27, PM. Have you tried uninstalling the devices in Device manager? It was suggested that I uninstall them in safe mode, reboot, and let Windows reinstall them.
I've done this before with XP successfully. However, when I tried this with Vista, it imediately reinstalled them even in safe mode and I still have the same problem. Friday, March 2, PM. I am having the exact same problem with all of my USB flash drives -- I've tried a Sandisk Cruzer Profile, several generic flash drives and all with the same result. Every single one of them wants a driver, which it cannot locate either locally or online.
What the heck is the deal? Wednesday, March 7, PM. I am having USB problems too. I will put in a support ticket tomorrow or somfin and see what happens. Thursday, March 8, AM. I keep getting the message "windows encountered a problem installing the driver software for your device. Monday, March 12, PM. Yep, I've tried that too. No change. Thanks for all the input so far I too had the same problem. I followed the thread on the following forum: "Parameter is incorrect" installing driver for any USB storage device A solution was posted by darkprojekt.
I uninstalled the Netgear software and deleted the Netgear SC folder to prevent automatic reinstall, and all my USB thumb drives are now working fine Neil. Thursday, March 15, PM. That appears to have worked! I noticed when trying to install the driver, Windows initially sees it as USB 2. Anyone else having similar issues?
Sunday, March 18, PM. Tuesday, March 20, AM. Thursday, April 5, AM. I had the exact problem. Thursday, April 12, AM. For what it's worth, the error message is as follows: Cannot initialize application. Device not found. Monday, April 16, PM. Saturday, May 19, AM. Monday, May 21, PM. Well MAZ, the story of my life.
My Dell Latitude D gets a rating of 3. Well thank you for your detailed description of not only the right solution but a clear exsample of my own frustration pitty to little foul lang.
Bottom line the solution works and now I can carry on with my life. Friday, May 25, AM. I just got a new e-machines T with vista home premium. Pluged in a 2GB flash drive to run readyboost. The drive would dissapere.
Called tech and they said that vista turns off USB when it goes to sleep. It will probably say disable , click enable and close. If this works for you too let me know?
Thursday, May 31, PM. I must be doing something wrong as to these postings! Firstly I am running Windows Home Premium 64 bit which might make a difference.
Rebooted, and re-plugged in my Flash Drive, device recognised BUT I get an error message "Windows found Driver software for this device but encountered error whilst trying to install it - USB Mass storage Device - The system cannot find the file specified. I have been in contact with the supplier of the Flash Disk who referred me to this forum. Thirdly, I have checked within Vista as to Power Management, well my Vista 64 bit edition doesn't have such a setting, plus the power setting I can access say nothing about USB etc, just how long the monitor or drive should be on before entering sleep mode.
Friday, June 1, PM. I got the same problem, but nothing seems to work Can someone please help? My laptop does recognizes the hardware photo camera, sd card. Please help, I'm desperate The problem is that all NEW hardware which uses the vista standard driver don't get installed anymore. But ALL als tried a joystick new hardware I attach is recognized but vista can't find the driver.
I guess we thought that it was a usb problem because most new hardware uses hardware Thursday, June 14, PM. I read this solution that seems to have worked for me Seems to be a Vista bug Saturday, June 16, AM. Mark Haggitt wrote: I read this solution that seems to have worked for me Tuesday, June 19, PM.
Thursday, June 21, AM. Hi pipc, Well I had similar issues the only difference was that I did a clean installation. Have you tried the solution supplied by MAZ in this forum?
That worked for me perhaps have a look at that one. Maybe Vista SP1 will resolve these issues Only time will tell. Uninstalling the Netgear software worked for me. I still have a problem with a PC Card serial port, but everything else seems to be working fine. I was just told about a hot fix that might help the serial port, but haven't had a chance to track it down yet. Thursday, June 21, PM. If you're not comfortable with the registry, don't do this!
Solution: 1. My problem is once it finds the drivers it is unable to install it- particularly USB Mass Storage driver. Still under my 90 days of support, so I'm hoping eventually MS figures it out, and I'll post the solution here. AntonS55 wrote: I had the exact problem. Friday, June 22, PM. Thank you Maz and the rest, search windows c system 32 manually Sunday, June 24, PM. I too am having problems with USB Drives.
I have a 2GB drive that works fine with no issue. However, when I attempted to plug another USB Drive in, I had the same issues described above, with Windows failing to find the driver. I have tried pointing it at the System32 folder Vista claims to have found the driver but then says: "Windows found the driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install it. The system cannot find the file specified".
Ive tried doing everything three times and nothing, and tried deleting the. It seems that both laptops can only handle a single USB drive. Anyway, any solutions to this problem would be very much appreciated. I wanted to let everyone know that the solution MS came up with was an "in-place" upgrade.
Basically a non-destructive re-install from the original DVD. Everything is working great. All my USB devices including my iPod. Still seems to be a major bug in Vista- hopefully they figure this out so others don't go through this hassle. Monday, June 25, PM. Damn, still no solutions that worked for me.
Since MS is not looking at this problem I give it up. I'm gonna format and install the old XP tomorrow. Monday, July 2, PM. There are two ways to get the usbstor. I remember it being in the driver store cache somewhere on the HDD Cheers. Wednesday, July 4, AM.
PC Tester, I just wanted to say that your fix for this problem worked for me. I copied the usbstor. I have been searching for a solution for about a week or more now. I've tried some many solutions, I was about to reinstall Vista Ultimate and I had already done that several times for other reasons I won't go into. Now I just have to figure out why Vista reboots randomly on my computer and I might start to like it. When your system reboots randomly, after getting to the desktop, are you presented with a message "the system has recovered from a serious error"?
If so, are you opting to send your crash information via the internet to Microsoft? If you do, you may get a response telling you what the fix it. Thursday, July 5, AM. You are my here!! I was about to format my pc and install XP. Now all usb sticks work flawless! Thursday, July 5, PM. Now I can get my external laptop drive to work again. Friday, July 6, PM. Yes, I send the crash info most of the time but not always.
All of the answers from Microsoft say they don't know what the problem is and don't help at all. It hasn't been a big problem yet. The Vista machine will be on for a day or two and reboot when I'm not there. It may also be possible that since I fixed the USB problem that the problem has gone away. Vista has way more problems that I have experienced than any other Windows versions. I really hate that Microsoft has messed up the sound.
I have an X-Fi Fatal1ty card and even with the new Vista drivers installed, I have problems and it doesn't work like it should. Talked to Creative and it seems that they no longer support MP3 without first purchasing their mp3 add-on pack. But support for the WMA format is available. Guess this isn't much different than XP. I remember it had problems and I guess once the SP came out it finally became something worth using.
Well, that's enough ranting on for me and I apologize for posting this without setting up another post. Thanks for the tip. That worked for me. I did see in the INF directory in Windows directory that there was nothing with the name of usbstor. I downloaded the usbstor. Thanks for the tip and ending one month of gala frustration. Now on to other problems. Sunday, July 8, AM. Thanks, this was helpful. Did you used to teach at ECPI. Sunday, July 8, PM.
I am having similar problems, but even stranger. All my flash drives work on XP. It says it can't find the drivers insert the install CD - don't have any - and then I tell it to search the C: drive, including sub folders, still can't find it.
Really frustrating - it seems to be hit and miss. Saturday, July 14, PM. Any ideas? Friday, July 20, PM. Monday, July 23, AM. Hi PC Tester, Thanks to your posting I have been able to access my two flash drives and my card reader again. Muchas gracias mi amigo. Saturday, July 28, AM. I have a TomTom and vista will not install the driver for it. Monday, July 30, AM.
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