I recently had a new hard drive added to my computer. The old drive was left in as a slave drive, and a new installation of Windows XP Home SP2 was installed on the new drive. The first thing I did when I got my machine home was to make sure windows was totally updated. Since then, none of my USB devices will work. When I plug any of them in, the computer will make the usual "bling-blong" sound, but nothing else happens. It makes the usual "blong-bling" sound when I remove a device. I am currently using a Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 2.0, a Brother MFC 5440CN, and a TV tuner device. None of them work at all. I tried to go into the Device Manager and update the drivers on the USB controllers, but Windows was unable to find an updated driver. So, I uninstalled the devices and re-booted the machine. I then went into the Device Manager and updated the drivers on the "Unknown Devices" that were there. This worked and Windows successfully installed drivers for all six entries in the device manager. However, after rebooting, I am still having exactly the same problem. There was no change at all.
Additional Comments:
I have a PowerSpec P4 2.5GHz with 700 megs of ram. I have a 160 gig hard drive (master drive with the new Windows installation) and an 80 gig slave hard drive. I use McAfee VirusScan and Firewall, which I update and scan daily. I also run Spybot daily and defrag weekly.
| Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP SP 2
CPU/Processor : Intel Pentium 4 2500 MHz
RAM : Unknown Actual:700 MB Max:1 MB
Motherboard : Unknown 2500MHz
Hard Disk : Samsung, Space: 160 GB
Monitor : Unknown 17"
Video Card : SiS
Video RAM : 5 MB
Sound Card : Creative SoundBlaster Liv
CD Drive : BenQ DVD Burner 12 X
Mouse : Microsoft Wireless Optica
Printer : Brother MFC 5440CN
Additional Comments : I have an 80gig hard drive and then I added a new 160gig hard drive. The technician performed a new Windows XP Home SP2 installation on the new drive and set the old drive as a slave drive.
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