HELP! 2 of my usb drives have completely disappeared!

[Dopamino]

they can't be found in windows explorer OR disk manager. when i plug in my flash drive to one, it lights up and my computer makes the "ba-dump!" nice like it knows it got plugged in. the light on my flash drive turns on at first but turns off right away, like the computer isn't reading the drive. i tried plugging in my mp3 player, and i got the same response. it charged my player, but it didn't read it. please help. anything i missed feel free to ask.

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[DBoy1612]

Well to start, try a different USB drive on your computer. (If your using ones in the front of your computer, try the ones in the back)

Let me know after that, if your still having problems I'll look in to it more.

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[Dopamino]

tried that. no flash drive works in the front, and though the back ones show up in "my computer", they don't do anything when a drive - or my mp3 player - are plugged in.

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[McNeo]

Well, that must mean that the power cable is connected to your USBs fine, but the data cable must have a break in it or somthing. If you can, see if the cables are loose at either end, grab a soldering iron, and solder them back on. Chances are though, that you might just have to buy a USB hub and plug it into USB which does work.

[Dopamino]

arg my parents wont appreciate me openin up the computer. i'll try it if nothing else works though. i posted the same thread on cnet too, and theyr usually pretty good

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[Death Shadow]

if youve tried all the above things, and they dont work. you can buy a usb card and plug that into a PCI slot, thatll give you a few usb slots in the back.

[Korrd]

a ba-dump or a ba-ba-dump?

The second one means that the device failed to connect.

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[Dopamino]

ba dump, the one that means that its connected.

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[yurineova]

not an expert on hardware, but are you 100% sure your usb stuff aint corrupted? happened to an old flashdrive of mine, pain in the *** to fix... Thats why I rarely use my flash drive (Until recently):P

also, do you have anything like a usb mouse or keyboard to try in the slot? That could confirm if its a problem with your drives.

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[Dopamino]

i've checked my flash drives on other computers, and they're fine. plugging in a mouse is a good ieda. i'll post the results.

edit: the mouse worked, no storage device has so far. i've tried 2 different types of sandisk flash drives, a sony flash drive, my creative zen mp3 player and my dad's sansa mp3 player.

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