Memory stick

Hi all
could you please tell me why a memory stick that worked on my old pc using windows xp now is not recognised on my new dell laptop which uses windows vista
Please advise how i can access my memory stick
Thanks
Simon

 

when you plug the usb stick in, does it show anything on the computer?

does the light on the usb stick flash?

 

yes.....what sheep said..........but i dont see why it wont recignize b/c i have a 4 gig flash stick and i swap files between a computer running visa ultimate and a computer running xp as well whats the name of your flash stick and how big is it???:major

 

guys
the stick works fine on my sons dell pc running windows xp
It doesnt even get recognised on my dell laptop running windows vista
its a 16gb stick
cant rember what brand
when its plugged into my laptop it has no lights showing no flickering no nothing
please help

 

Does anything else work when you plug it in to that USB port? If it does, test that USB stick in every other port on the laptop, and do it when the laptop runs off of AC power. It might be set to turning off the USB ports to save battery.

Basically, if the stick works on every other computer and not this one, find out what's wrong with this computer.

 

Every thing else works in all its usb ports
it works on battery and mains
its just this memory stick that doesnt seem to want to work on my laptop.
this memory stick is doing my head in

 

ok just as a quick thought.......if u can find the manufacturer of the stic.....go on line and see if they offer a driver that might help with this problem......just a thought.hope this helps.major

 

The only drivers for USB sticks are for windows 98. I know because I have over 20 USB sticks in the house and I was running windows 98.

What is the brand and model of the stick? I want to see if it has "speed boost" and/or U3 software. Either of those might create a problem.

 

Oh, and does the USB stick show up in Disk Management? (Right-click computer, select Manage, and wait for the window to open and finish scanning. Then expand Storage and click on Disk Management.) The USB stick might not be correctly labeled, if it's there, so look for an external disk with the right capacity.

 

By chance could this memory stick be old enough that it's it's not Vista capatible

 

Nah, USB is backwards compatible. It might be old enough to be dead, but it works on other computers, so I doubt that.

 

Hi guys and gals
thanks for all the replies
This stick is still causing me huge probs and not working on my vista powered laptop
still works on all other computers
every thing else works on my vista laptop
Web cam
other sticks
phones
you name it it all works on here
I have no idea what brand the stick is
do u think if i was to put it into one of my other computers with xp on and format it it might work on my vista laptop??
:confused

 

It's certainly worth a try. Make sure you format it in NTFS.

 

Hi all
i have news
I have formatted my memory stick on one of my sons computers which runs xp
i have now put the memory stick into my dell laptop and it still is not recognised.
However i now believe the stick is a realtek memory stick 16gb i think
so can someone tell me how to make my dell laptop running vista recognise my meory stick
Thanks
Simon