Minisd removable drive not showing

[ya1theman]

I did what you said, even after logging out i still dont see the removable drive on my computer. And even after starting the smar card service, i still cant see the removable drive. Any more suggestions. Thnkyou very much for trying to help me, much appreciated

[cauzomb]

The only other common issue I find is; if the sd card is 2gb, it's not recognized properly because of the card reader and or; the card is not formatted to fat 32. Other than that, ensure that the card works in other devices to rule out the possibility of it being a bad card. If it is 2gb or over 512Mb and if you get it to work in another device, try re-formatting it to fat 32, then check it in the computer that it is/was not working in. You should also try formatting it to FAT or FAT 16 if FAT 32 does not help, process of ellimination etc..

[ya1theman]

the minisd card reads fine in my digital camera. I think the computer is reading it as well, its just not showing as a removable drive anymore. I dont think theres a problem with my drivers or card reader, i think it could have something to do with windows itself. any ideas? thanks

[ya1theman]

HEY i went on disk management, and saw the removable rive. I right click and explore, and i see all my files in the minisd, but then it quickly switches to my computer again . Somthings is blocking me from viewing these files. I have assigned the drive letter to N: but i still cant see it on my computer. Any ideas? Thanks

[cauzomb]

That's good news, does disk management give the removable drive a letter?

go to the command prompt and type

cacls /T /E /R Everyone [drive letter]:

Cacls will remove all permissions for the 'Everyone' group in all files and subfolders of the [drive letter]:\ drive

where you see drive letter, put in the drive letter you see for your removable media... don't include the brackets, it should look like this:
>cacls /t /e /r everyone N:

where N: is the drive letter you see in disk management

then type:
>cacls /t /e /f everyone N:

this replaces the /r "remove all permissions" with /f "full controll" for the everyone group.

[ya1theman]

thanks for the reply, no it still doesnt seem to appear on my computer. I think the commands you gave me might be wrong, ill copy and paste:
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>cacls [/T] [/E] [/R] N:
Displays or modifies access control lists (ACLs) of files

CACLS filename [/T] [/E] [/C] [/G usererm] [/R user [...]]
[/P usererm [...]] [/D user [...]]
filename Displays ACLs.
/T Changes ACLs of specified files in
the current directory and all subdirectories.
/E Edit ACL instead of replacing it.
/C Continue on access denied errors.
/G usererm Grant specified user access rights.
Perm can be: R Read
W Write
C Change (write)
F Full control
/R user Revoke specified user's access rights (only valid
/P usererm Replace specified user's access rights.
Perm can be: N None
R Read
W Write
C Change (write)
F Full control
/D user Deny specified user access.
Wildcards can be used to specify more that one file in a command.
You can specify more than one user in a command.

Abbreviations:
CI - Container Inherit.
The ACE will be inherited by directories.
OI - Object Inherit.
The ACE will be inherited by files.
IO - Inherit Only.
The ACE does not apply to the current file/directory.

[ya1theman]

C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>cacls [/T] [/E] [/R] N:
Displays or modifies access control lists (ACLs) of files

CACLS filename [/T] [/E] [/C] [/G usererm] [/R user [...]]
[/P usererm [...]] [/D user [...]]
filename Displays ACLs.
/T Changes ACLs of specified files in
the current directory and all subdirectories.
/E Edit ACL instead of replacing it.
/C Continue on access denied errors.
/G usererm Grant specified user access rights.
Perm can be: R Read
W Write
C Change (write)
F Full control
/R user Revoke specified user's access rights (only valid
/P usererm Replace specified user's access rights.
Perm can be: N None
R Read
W Write
C Change (write)
F Full control
/D user Deny specified user access.
Wildcards can be used to specify more that one file in a command.
You can specify more than one user in a command.

Abbreviations:
CI - Container Inherit.
The ACE will be inherited by directories.
OI - Object Inherit.
The ACE will be inherited by files.
IO - Inherit Only.
The ACE does not apply to the current file/directory.


Sorry had to double post, it said i was using 8 images :S

[TurcoLoco]

Just wanted to lend a hand....to grant full access for everyone to a drive, the complete command line should read:

cacls (Drive Letter) /t /e /g username:access level so if the removable drive letter is N, then:

cacls_N:_/t_/e_/g_Everyone:F (please note: underscore is a space)

I wonder if there is some sort of a policy entry that is the cause of this. I would also suggest downloading and installing TweakUI.
Then run TweakUI and check the 'Drives' under My Computer branch to see if the drive has a check mark or not (see screenshot).

I wonder if the drive itself has a proprietary encryption or formatting on it that is not allowing Windows from 'exploring' it?



Hope this helps,

~TL

[cauzomb]

Thank you turco! I wasn't sure about the syntax, I reviewed some examples that showed the prompt the way I posted, so I was miss-informed, sorry about that Ya1theman.

It does act like a user policy, try logging in as administrator then view group policy or user permissions for removable media. The disk may be inheriting access permissions from a policy, you gotta be logged into the administrator account to check/change the policy if you have one.

To check if you have a policy in effect for removable media go to

system | USER | Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Microsoft Management Console\Restricted/Permitted snap-ins

If there is a policy in effect you will see "Removable Storage Management" under "Restricted/Permitted snap-ins"

The policy can also be enabled from the
USER | Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Microsoft Management Console\Restricted/Permitted snap-ins

I am still reading up on this one.

[TurcoLoco]

Thank you turco! I wasn't sure about the syntax, I reviewed some examples that showed the prompt the way I posted, so I was miss-informed.

It does act like a user policy, Try logging in as administrator then view permissions for the removable media.

No worries, I had to include the darn thing in one of the batch files for a backup script I made at work, that is how I knew.

Btw, I prefer using the freebie called ACL View, it also doesn't require booting in Safe Mode, as long as the user has the proper user rights, the program makes the process much easier than the command line alternative.

~TL