Well Cindy -

The problem with the Thumbdrive may be related to your OS (Windows 98).
Win98 is ..."shaky"... with these kinds of devices IMO.  So, your best
bet may be to make a shortcut to a folder on your USB drive.
As for the computer having problems with the CD Rom sometimes - it's
likely that your CD Rom drive is on it's way out.  You should replace it
most likely.

Tony Mayer



Cindy Sanderson wrote:

>Hi List,
>
>I recently bought a Memorex USB 128MB ThumbDrive and can't get it to
>work.  In My Computer the driver letter for it doesn't show up and in
>Windows Explorer the drive doesn't show up either but under Device
>Manager under Disk Drives, it shows simply as "Disk Drive" and shows it
>to be a removable device on drive E.  I called Technical Service at
>Memorex and he tells me the device is working fine because under Start,
>Run and I type E: then a box for an E drive pops up.  That told him I
>have a problem with Windows but he couldn't say what kind of a problem or
>give me any hints or suggestions.  I am running Win98.  Any ideas here?
>
>I would have a hard time reloading Windows because my CD drive isn't
>working right (previous post to which I never got any answers).  Whenever
>I try to use a CD, it runs for a short time then my monitor screen goes
>black and the CD stops spinning.  I used to get an "Out of Scan Range"
>message but I have since bought a new LCD flat screen and now the monitor
>just goes black.  Pressing the space bar will bring it back but some
>files do not end up getting loaded on the computer.  Any help would be
>greatly appreciated.
>
>I originally posted this to PCSoft but they told me to post it here.  I
>figured since the problem seems to be with Windows then it was a software
>question but guess not.
>
>Thanks
>
>Cindy Sanderson
>

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