Vista Pen drive problems

Bluemike · 12 Feb 2007 at 14:40

Hi

I have pen drivers that do not work with vista. Vista keeps saying can not find drivers.

Really need help because got college work on it

masslac · 12 Feb 2007 at 14:43

Go to an XP machine. Drag and drop files onto drive C. Burn files onto CD. Insert CD into Vista machine.

I don't actually mean to sound arsey - that's probably the quickest short-term solution.

Bluemike · 12 Feb 2007 at 14:51

lol so mircosoft spent 5 years making this vista and it cant even have standard pen drive working in it

what a waste of time they are

stoofa · 12 Feb 2007 at 15:03

Bluemike said:
lol so mircosoft spent 5 years making this vista and it cant even have standard pen drive working in it

what a waste of time they are

No - basically you asked for "a solution" as you've got college work to do.
Pen Drives as a rule work absolutely fine under Vista - I've tested no less than about four brands (PNY, Crucial, Dabs Value, Corsair) whilst testing for Ready Boost compatability and each of them has simply worked as it did under WinXP.

Cosimo · 12 Feb 2007 at 15:22

If you have a U3 pen drive then that is the issue. A U3 pen drive only loads the U3 CD emulator and the data partition will not mount and keeps asking for a driver in Vista.

Two solutions if you have a U3 pen drive, get rid of the U3 stuff and wait for a U3 fix or get a branded pen drive without the software.

Bluemike · 12 Feb 2007 at 18:00

arr thats the thing u see the pen drivers are colleges ones with college name on them they just a cheap make pen drive

sorry for being an a**