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August 08, 2008
Diagnosing USB Storage problems
A Wow! find after I completed my most recent post. I've been keeping an eye and an ear open for USB diagnostic utilities ever since my early (bad) experiences with USB hard disks and USB Flash storage devices year. Free Download A Day spotted software called USB Drive Letter Manager - the thing looks interesting enough to try out this wet and cold Sunday. However, Uwe Sieber's other Troubleshooting USB pen drives under Windows XP webpage is fantabulous - it's exhaustively researched, rich with hyperlinks to command line Device Manager info, Filter Drivers, managing AutoRun (pretty useful when the USB Flash malware is virulating through computer labs used in training and teaching). Do be clear about disabling AutoRun though - it's a prudent security measure but it also breaks user expectations of "shove in a device, something happens".
Posted by Anandasim at August 8, 2008 09:17 PM
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