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New Memory Stick wont work in Windows 7

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  • #2
    chin_grin
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    Operating System: Windows Xp/2000/Me/98/95 And Mac Os 8.6 And Above

    Windows 7 isn't mentioned. Even down in the product description. Although if it says it on the packaging that's false advertising. You could return it.


  • #3
    Eircom_Sucks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Eircom_Sucks


    on my one it does

    thats just showing u the type i have


  • #4
    ironclaw
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    chin_grin wrote: »
    Windows 7 isn't mentioned. Even down in the product description. Although if it says it on the packaging that's false advertising. You could return it.

    Shouldn't make a huge difference. Most USB gear is backwards compatible. Can you format the key in XP? And check its size. Alot of that China stuff says 16GB, its formatted to appear that way, but is actually a 1GB stick.


  • #5
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Eircom_Sucks wrote: »
    on my one it does

    thats just showing u the type i have

    Hmm. Ok.

    Try to go to disk management and see if it shows up. Do you get any message at all that it's "installing new hardware"?

    Also are you 100% sure that the usb port works?


  • #6
    Eircom_Sucks
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Eircom_Sucks


    when u plug in a normal stick you hear the laptop making a noise and then it says installing drivers etc , but nothing happens at all with this


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  • #7
    MASTER...of the bra
    Closed Accounts Posts: 411 ✭✭MASTER...of the bra


    Very long shot but have you updated windows 7, I seen one of the updates on my brothers machine when he bought it was for compatibility with 32GB flash drives, maybe there was one for 16GB.

    Long shot.


  • #8
    The_B_Man
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,893 ✭✭✭The_B_Man


    Are u familiar with the BIOS? If you go in there with the usb stick plugged in, go into the boot order section and it'l; tell u if its picking it up or not.
    If its not picking it up, then its a hardware issue, either the stick itself or the usb port is dodgy.

    if it can pick it up, then it could be something to do with Win7... but unless its a seriously gammy usb stick, then it should be picked up in windows 7.

    Try right clicking "Computer" and go to "Manage". then when the new window opens click on "Disk Management" and see if you can identify it in there.

    you might just need to manually assign a drive letter or something.


  • #9
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,581 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    in linux you could just type lsusb to see the ID of the device
    or dmesg to what happened when you plugged it in


    you could look to see if the device (or an unknown device) is present in device manager , and lookup the ID on the interweb


    devcon can get the device ID from the command line
    http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/how-to-obtain-the-current-version-of-device-console-utility-devcon-exe.aspx


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