HP ProBook 6570b with Windows 7 x64 (less then a week old)
USB Flash Drive (based on some software it is SMI chipset if that helps/makes a difference)
Insert drive (have tried all USB Ports) drive is detected as Removable Disk.
If you try to do anything it says there is no media in the drive.
I've tried uninstall the drivers and let the reinstall
I've tried changing the drive letter.
I've tried booting with the drive connected
I've tried disabling USB Legacy Support.
I've tried reinstalling the latest BIOS and DRIVERS from HP
I am able to use the drive on other HP laptops and other brands without problems. I even deleted the partition and recreated and formated it using a laptop that it did work in.
All tested laptops were with Windows 7 x64. We have an additional laptop of this same model and it shows the same problem.
HP wants me to format the drive and reinstall the OS from the recovery disk. I have a hard time believing that will fix it and will only cause me more work to reconfigure and setup all of my software and work space.
When the drive is plugged in to the laptop that is not working it flashes very fast as if it's being accessed.
When plugged into working laptops it's solid unless it's being accessed and then it flashes.
Searching google it seems others have had this type of issue but no one comes out and gives a resolution that has worked.
Everyone seems to say just create the partition and format it but the issue is all I see is a drive with no media so it won't let me do anything to it at all.
Hopefully someone here will have some idea on what I should try next because formatting and re-installing the OS from the HP recovery disk just seems like it would be a wasted effort.
USB Flash Drive (based on some software it is SMI chipset if that helps/makes a difference)
Insert drive (have tried all USB Ports) drive is detected as Removable Disk.
If you try to do anything it says there is no media in the drive.
I've tried uninstall the drivers and let the reinstall
I've tried changing the drive letter.
I've tried booting with the drive connected
I've tried disabling USB Legacy Support.
I've tried reinstalling the latest BIOS and DRIVERS from HP
I am able to use the drive on other HP laptops and other brands without problems. I even deleted the partition and recreated and formated it using a laptop that it did work in.
All tested laptops were with Windows 7 x64. We have an additional laptop of this same model and it shows the same problem.
HP wants me to format the drive and reinstall the OS from the recovery disk. I have a hard time believing that will fix it and will only cause me more work to reconfigure and setup all of my software and work space.
When the drive is plugged in to the laptop that is not working it flashes very fast as if it's being accessed.
When plugged into working laptops it's solid unless it's being accessed and then it flashes.
Searching google it seems others have had this type of issue but no one comes out and gives a resolution that has worked.
Everyone seems to say just create the partition and format it but the issue is all I see is a drive with no media so it won't let me do anything to it at all.
Hopefully someone here will have some idea on what I should try next because formatting and re-installing the OS from the HP recovery disk just seems like it would be a wasted effort.