So my friend has a computer that got so unbelievably bogged down with spyware and viruses we decided to reinstall windows XP. Its a relatively new (about 1 year old) HP Pavilion pc, everything went fine, installed windows XP, and SP2.
For some reason the usb ports no longer work, they all worked perfectly fine before reinstalling windows. And in the device manager it says that they are all working correctly, However they simply are not. I plug something in, and it does not recognize that anything is plugged in.
How can I fix this?
PS: For some reason, even before I'd have anything plugged in, it would show that I have "Usb mass storage drives F: G: H: I:", which is weird because we didn't have any usb drive plugged in, only a printer.
2007-08-20 18:54:24 · 7 answers · asked by Rockstar from another dimension 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
uninstall all ur usb from device manager and reboot ..
2007-08-20 18:58:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
All I can say is that if you have a memory card reader, that is what the F G H and I drives are. (probably on the printer)
USB ports, did u try disconnection the printer and then trying the other devices. Maybe the printer is overriding the ports.
2007-08-20 19:01:03 · answer #2 · answered by Steve-0 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-16 07:44:06 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
XP1 does not support USB, so even if you installed XP Service pack 2 you still need to go into device manager, your USB drivers, right click and update the drivers, it will do it automatically
2007-08-20 19:16:20 · answer #4 · answered by ninershark 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need the mother board drivers installing. windows is using generic drivers, so best to go and download the motherboard driver from HP.
then install the drivers, DO NOT HAVE ANY USB ITEMS PLUGGED IN while you're installing the drivers. after you have installed the drivers. reboot the system then insert the usb cables to what ever
2007-08-20 19:02:58 · answer #5 · answered by Carling 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You're probably going to need to reinstall the drivers for your usb ports. Hopefully you have a disc but probably not so you'll need to figure out who manufacturers them and check the website for a download.
2007-08-20 18:58:35 · answer #6 · answered by John 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HP Media card reader is what's giving you all those extra drives. I would try reinstalling the USB drivers and see what that does for you.
2007-08-20 18:58:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋