I had a similar problem where my system with XP home kept freezing everytime 
I inserted the flash drive.  The flash drive manufacturer said that some 
program at Startup is conflicting with it.  Through trial and error 
disabling programs 2-3 at a time in Startup in MSCONFIG, I finally landed on 
the culprit - a file called "mimboot.exe".  It is for Musicmatch Jukebox. 
When I disable it at startup, the flash drive works fine.  Just in case this 
fix works...


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim McCrary" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 6:11 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] USB Flash Drives Sometimes Not Seen by XP Home PC


>I am having quite a time trying to reliably connect to USB Flash Drives.
>  Reguarly they are not seen by the system.
>
>  I have had to uninstall the usb devices reboot the system.
>  This worked for a while.
>
>  Now, I sometimes have to reboot the system with the flash drive in the PC 
> for them to be seen (even after an uninstall/reboot sequence).
>
>  This behavior happens on my home and work PC.
>  Suggestions are welcome.
>
>  Home PC is XP and is kept up to date.
>  I do have an PCI - NEC 2.0 USB adapter on the home PC.
>
>  Thanks for any feedback.
>  Jim
>
>
>
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