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Thank you all.!
But doing all.. still the device is not been shown under WINDOWS EXPLORER..!


I would like to give a brief history of my PC which i feel would assist u in
helping me.

My PC is a year old..n last week i found tht it has been affected by
virus..after a virus scan, i found tht is has affected few dll files in
system32..n automatically my antivirus software removed(deleted) few
important dll files..consequently i...
1.Coud not change the system time..(it said the file ur tryin gto access is
removed or moved into different location)
2.Could not open the Regedit...(it said the file you are tryin gto access is
removed or moved into different location)
3..
n things like tht..
So i thought i should re-install the OS.. But i did not re-install a fresh
copy..instead i used the UPGRADE option in it..!
After doing so everything seemed fine....i could change time..open
regedit..n all looked going well...!
And for the information... before Upgrading, i have seen the description
something like "Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB2 Enhanced Controller..." under
Enhanced Controllers..!
But Now ITS MISSING..!

Whats its showing now is..
I have an option "SERIAL BUS CONTROLLERS" in DEVICE MANAGER..
under this i have..
>>Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller.
>>Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
>>Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
>>USB Root Hub
>>USB Root Hub
>>USB Root Hub

Thats it..!
Before i had something like.. "Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB2 Enhanced
Controller...". with port number n all..!

please let me know how to get back to my old state.. i mean..how can i make
the description appearring in there..?.. what does it mean in my case.. why
is it not showing now?
Hope this would assit u in helping me..!
Thank you..!



"LVTravel" wrote:

> Sometime when a drive is plugged in the system will attempt to assign a
> drive to the new device a letter that is already assigned to another device
> or to a mapped network drive. When you open Windows Explorer, what are your
> drive letters that show?
>
> If you have A: (Floppy), C:(main system drive), and D (CD/DVD drive) this
> probably would not be your situation but you can try the below check anyhow
> on the D: drive.
>
> Any other drives (D: to Z:) try to change the drive letter. Right click on
> My Computer. Left click on Manage, Disk Management. In the Window that
> appears it will have 3 panes. In the bottom right pane, find any drive
> above C: and right click on the drive description. A window will appear
> with the words "Change drive letter and paths". Click on that and then
> click Change. Use the dropdown letter box to change the letter of the drive
> to a higher letter that was unused when you looked in Windows Explorer. Ok
> out.
>
> Close out of all programs and then plug in the HDD again. Open Windows
> Explorer again and see if the drive letter appears. If it appears, you can
> then either leave the letter the same or change the HDD's letter to an
> unused letter and change the original device (that you had just changed to
> free the drive letter) back to it's original letter.
>
> You must plug the drive into the same USB port each time or you stand the
> chance of the same thing happening again when it attempts to install the
> device and assign it a drive letter..
>
> There may be others with other suggestions that will also work.
>
> Hope this helps, please let us know.
>
>
>
>
> "GopalKrishn" wrote in message
> news:A013957B-84D9-490B-8034-C5BF66E22E6C@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have got a portable hard disk..which is 40GB in size.. the problem is my
> > system is not detecting the device...
> >
> > I have installed windows XP, with SP2.
> >
> > The USB ports are working fine with PEN DRIVES n other devices..however
> > its
> > not detecting this HARD DRIVE although the HARD DRIVE was/is working in
> > other
> > systems...!
> >
> > Plz help me out..
> >
> > THANK YOU!
> >
>
>
>