USB thumb drives & Vista

I have noticed that even after being told it is "safe to remove hardware"
the light on the thumb drive doesn't go off and the next time I put it into
the USB drive of my Vista machine, it always says that the drive needs to be
scanned and fixed. If it was just one thumb drive, I would think it was the
drive, but I get this with all of them, I have three Dane Elec drives, two
Sony, a Memorex and a SanDisk Cruzer. Is this a bug that hasn't been worked
out yet, or is there something I am missing?

On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 17:07:29 -0700, "Annie Woughman"
<> wrote:

>I have noticed that even after being told it is "safe to remove hardware"
>the light on the thumb drive doesn't go off and the next time I put it into
>the USB drive of my Vista machine, it always says that the drive needs to be
>scanned and fixed.

WHAT says that. Vista? Another program?

Is this a new computer? Did this just start happening after the
drives always worked?

> If it was just one thumb drive, I would think it was the
>drive, but I get this with all of them, I have three Dane Elec drives, two
>Sony, a Memorex and a SanDisk Cruzer. Is this a bug that hasn't been worked
>out yet, or is there something I am missing?

"Nonny" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 17:07:29 -0700, "Annie Woughman"
> <> wrote:
>
>>I have noticed that even after being told it is "safe to remove hardware"
>>the light on the thumb drive doesn't go off and the next time I put it
>>into
>>the USB drive of my Vista machine, it always says that the drive needs to
>>be
>>scanned and fixed.
>
> WHAT says that. Vista? Another program?
>
> Is this a new computer? Did this just start happening after the
> drives always worked?

Vista gives both messages, the one that it is safe to remove and the one
asking if I want the drive scanned and repaired. I've had the machine
about six months. Everything works fine--including the USB drives, it is
just an annoying little quirk. On all the XP machines the light on the
thumb drives always turns off when "it is save to remove hardware". It is
only the Vista machine that does this. (Also, it makes no difference whether
I choose to "have it repaired" or just ignore the message the drives work
fine either way.)


>> If it was just one thumb drive, I would think it was the
>>drive, but I get this with all of them, I have three Dane Elec drives, two
>>Sony, a Memorex and a SanDisk Cruzer. Is this a bug that hasn't been
>>worked
>>out yet, or is there something I am missing?
>

On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 17:37:25 -0700, "Annie Woughman"
<> wrote:

>
>"Nonny" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 17:07:29 -0700, "Annie Woughman"
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>>I have noticed that even after being told it is "safe to remove hardware"
>>>the light on the thumb drive doesn't go off and the next time I put it
>>>into
>>>the USB drive of my Vista machine, it always says that the drive needs to
>>>be
>>>scanned and fixed.
>>
>> WHAT says that. Vista? Another program?
>>
>> Is this a new computer? Did this just start happening after the
>> drives always worked?
>
>Vista gives both messages, the one that it is safe to remove and the one
>asking if I want the drive scanned and repaired. I've had the machine
>about six months. Everything works fine--including the USB drives, it is
>just an annoying little quirk. On all the XP machines the light on the
>thumb drives always turns off when "it is save to remove hardware". It is
>only the Vista machine that does this. (Also, it makes no difference whether
>I choose to "have it repaired" or just ignore the message the drives work
>fine either way.)

Definitely strange. AFAIK you're the first with this.

Hang in there... someone smarter than I am will be along soon ;-)

>>> If it was just one thumb drive, I would think it was the
>>>drive, but I get this with all of them, I have three Dane Elec drives, two
>>>Sony, a Memorex and a SanDisk Cruzer. Is this a bug that hasn't been
>>>worked
>>>out yet, or is there something I am missing?
>>

Hi

Are these USB drives formatted as FAT or NTFS.

Regards
"Nonny" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 17:37:25 -0700, "Annie Woughman"
> <> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Nonny" <> wrote in message
>>news:. ..
>>> On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 17:07:29 -0700, "Annie Woughman"
>>> <> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I have noticed that even after being told it is "safe to remove
>>>>hardware"
>>>>the light on the thumb drive doesn't go off and the next time I put it
>>>>into
>>>>the USB drive of my Vista machine, it always says that the drive needs
>>>>to
>>>>be
>>>>scanned and fixed.
>>>
>>> WHAT says that. Vista? Another program?
>>>
>>> Is this a new computer? Did this just start happening after the
>>> drives always worked?
>>
>>Vista gives both messages, the one that it is safe to remove and the one
>>asking if I want the drive scanned and repaired. I've had the machine
>>about six months. Everything works fine--including the USB drives, it is
>>just an annoying little quirk. On all the XP machines the light on the
>>thumb drives always turns off when "it is save to remove hardware". It is
>>only the Vista machine that does this. (Also, it makes no difference
>>whether
>>I choose to "have it repaired" or just ignore the message the drives work
>>fine either way.)
>
> Definitely strange. AFAIK you're the first with this.
>
> Hang in there... someone smarter than I am will be along soon ;-)
>
>>>> If it was just one thumb drive, I would think it was the
>>>>drive, but I get this with all of them, I have three Dane Elec drives,
>>>>two
>>>>Sony, a Memorex and a SanDisk Cruzer. Is this a bug that hasn't been
>>>>worked
>>>>out yet, or is there something I am missing?
>>>
>

"Michael John Ruff" <> wrote in message
news:SY53k.88090$2...
> Hi
>
> Are these USB drives formatted as FAT or NTFS.
>
> Regards
They are FAT.

> "Nonny" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 17:37:25 -0700, "Annie Woughman"
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Nonny" <> wrote in message
>>>news: ...
>>>> On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 17:07:29 -0700, "Annie Woughman"
>>>> <> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I have noticed that even after being told it is "safe to remove
>>>>>hardware"
>>>>>the light on the thumb drive doesn't go off and the next time I put it
>>>>>into
>>>>>the USB drive of my Vista machine, it always says that the drive needs
>>>>>to
>>>>>be
>>>>>scanned and fixed.
>>>>
>>>> WHAT says that. Vista? Another program?
>>>>
>>>> Is this a new computer? Did this just start happening after the
>>>> drives always worked?
>>>
>>>Vista gives both messages, the one that it is safe to remove and the one
>>>asking if I want the drive scanned and repaired. I've had the machine
>>>about six months. Everything works fine--including the USB drives, it is
>>>just an annoying little quirk. On all the XP machines the light on the
>>>thumb drives always turns off when "it is save to remove hardware". It is
>>>only the Vista machine that does this. (Also, it makes no difference
>>>whether
>>>I choose to "have it repaired" or just ignore the message the drives work
>>>fine either way.)
>>
>> Definitely strange. AFAIK you're the first with this.
>>
>> Hang in there... someone smarter than I am will be along soon ;-)
>>
>>>>> If it was just one thumb drive, I would think it was the
>>>>>drive, but I get this with all of them, I have three Dane Elec drives,
>>>>>two
>>>>>Sony, a Memorex and a SanDisk Cruzer. Is this a bug that hasn't been
>>>>>worked
>>>>>out yet, or is there something I am missing?
>>>>
>>
>
>

On Jun 9, 11:03*am, "Annie Woughman" <anniewough...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> "Michael John Ruff" <mr002i1...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in messagenews:SY53k.88090$2... > Hi
>
> > Are these USB drives formatted as FAT or NTFS.
>
> > Regards
>
> They are FAT.
>
>
>
> > "Nonny" <nonnymo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >news:.. .
> >> On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 17:37:25 -0700, "Annie Woughman"
> >> <anniewough...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>"Nonny" <nonnymo...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >>>news: ...
> >>>> On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 17:07:29 -0700, "Annie Woughman"
> >>>> <anniewough...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>>I have noticed that even after being told it is "safe to remove
> >>>>>hardware"
> >>>>>the light on the thumb drive doesn't go off and the next time I put it
> >>>>>into
> >>>>>the USB drive of my Vista machine, it always says that the drive needs
> >>>>>to
> >>>>>be
> >>>>>scanned and fixed.
>
> >>>> WHAT says that. Vista? *Another program?
>
> >>>> Is this a new computer? *Did this just start happening after the
> >>>> drives always worked?
>
> >>>Vista gives both messages, the one that it is safe to remove and the one
> >>>asking if I want the drive scanned and repaired. * I've had the machine
> >>>about six months. *Everything works fine--including the USB drives, it is
> >>>just an annoying little quirk. *On all the XP machines the light on the
> >>>thumb drives always turns off when "it is save to remove hardware". It is
> >>>only the Vista machine that does this. (Also, it makes no difference
> >>>whether
> >>>I choose to "have it repaired" or just ignore the message the drives work
> >>>fine either way.)
>
> >> Definitely strange. *AFAIK you're the first with this.
>
> >> Hang in there... someone smarter than I am will be along soon ;-)
>
> >>>>> If it was just one thumb drive, I would think it was the
> >>>>>drive, but I get this with all of them, I have three Dane Elec drives,
> >>>>>two
> >>>>>Sony, a Memorex and a SanDisk Cruzer. *Is this a bug that hasn't been
> >>>>>worked
> >>>>>out yet, or is there something I am missing?- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

The SanDisk Cruzer comes with U3 on it. Do you run U3 on any of your
USB jump drives? If you do, and you don't use the U3 'Eject' then you
will get the message each time you put them back in even though you
used the Vista 'Safely Remove Hardware'.

You wouldn't have any data loss, so you needn't worry about that, but
the U3 Launchpad thinks that you dissed her/him and complains.

-solon fox

I found this question through google searching for a resolution of m
own

I have the same problem, My system is a Dell Vostro 400 running Vist
Business Ed. The problem has been present before and after SP1. Th
only thing I notice from some of the questions/answers above is tha
all my drives are Sandisk also. But I have removed the U3 software fro
all of them.

I found a hot fix for what seems to be causing the problem but it note
its only for nVidia USB host controllers
'Stop errors occur on a Windows-based computer that has 2GB or more o
RAM and is using an NVIDIA nForce USB controller
(http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=925528
(discussed here: 'Usb flash drive removal - Vista Forums
(http://tinyurl.com/5x34hf)
Unfortunately mine is a Intel host controller

--
Coyote