After I use the "safely remore hardware" icon to remove a memory card, my HP desktop with its 8-in-one card reader always requires a computer restart before it can read another card. Once I properly remove a card, Device Manager shows the USB Mass Storage device disabled with an exclamation point. Reenabling the device has no effect. Only a complete restart brings it back up and running. Is that the way it must work?
2007-11-01 02:29:20 · 2 answers · asked by Steve71 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
To Yoi_55: My only choice is to remove the entire reader. A left-click gives "Safely remove USB Mass Storage Device - Drives(F:, G:, I:, J:)" A right-click leads to a tree-structure where I can select "Generic volume - (F:) on USB Reader USB Device" but the result is the same- no more reader!
2007-11-01 02:53:06 · update #1
Any device that can be stopped with a software command should be able to restart with another command. That's what I'm hoping someone can provide.
2007-11-03 02:44:03 · update #2
If you are only removing the card, the only reason for using the safely remove is to ensure it finishes writing any data. If you wait a short while after any file transfer you can just remove it. Then cancel the notice. The card will then be seen when re-inserted.
2007-11-01 02:36:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are not only removing the card, but the whole card reader. Make sure that you are only removing the drive that the card is set to.
2007-11-01 09:33:11 · answer #2 · answered by Yoi_55 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋