XPost: comp.os.ms-windows.misc, alt.comp.os.windows-7, alt.windows7.general   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On 9 Aug 2025 17:07:52 GMT, Frank Slootweg    
   wrote:   
      
   >Steve Hayes  wrote:   
   >> My Windows XP computer has gradually been losing its connection with   
   >> USB drives and the printer, and now seems to have lost contact   
   >> altogether.   
   >>   
   >> Other USB devices, like mouse and keyboard work OK.   
   >>   
   >> For a while rebooting would make it possible to communicate with USB   
   >> drives, and would cause stuck printer pages to print, but now on   
   >> rebooting it shows the printer as offline, and even if I switch it to   
   >> online, it does not print.   
   >>   
   >> Any suggestions?   
   >   
   >  What does Disk Management say about the USB drives and what does   
   >Device Manager (use 'Action -> Scan for hardware changes' and 'View ->   
   >Show hidden devices') say about the USB drives and the (USB?) printer   
   >(look at the 'Universal Serial Bus controllers' tree and the 'Disk   
   >Drives' and 'Printer queues' trees)?   
   >   
   >  As to general USB troubleshooting, look at Uwe Sieber's USB   
   >utilities at .   
      
   Thanks very much for the advice.   
      
   I fear it may be a hardware problem, as when I booted Linux it too   
   could not find any of the USN drives.   
   >   
   >  When responding, please crosspost to alt.windows7.general. That's of   
   >course not an XP group, but several people there still use XP or also   
   >use XP.   
      
   Thanks, I've done so.   
      
      
      
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   Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa   
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