Joe, Are you closing and then re-opening the My Computer window? My laptop does what you describe if I just leave the My Computer window open. If I close it and reopen it, the new drive is there.
Rick --- Joseph Tainter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, Jostein and John. I am using Windows XP. > > I use the little green arrow in the Taskbar, labeled > "Safely Remove > Hardware." I have found that if I doesn't use that, > Windows scolds me. I > have the issue with card readers, thumbdrives, and > the external 250 GB > drive I can use on either Firewire or USB. > > If I remove a CF card (or any of these) through the > "Safely Remove > Hardware" method, I cannot then insert a new card > (or re-insert the > thumbdrive or turn the external hard drive back on) > without rebooting. > Windows just won't recognize it. > > This is mainly an issue when I have several CF cards > worth of images to > transfer. > > Appreciate any advice. I do believe there is a > solution to this. > > Joe > > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
