honolulujames
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I have a HP Pavilion zv6000 notebook computer running Windows XP home edition. I recently had to repair my Windows installation (using the original Windows XP install CD), and after 'repairing' Windows, I am no longer able to view either a USB flash drive (a SanDisk Cruzer) or a SD card in 'my computer'. I have tried any and all of the common fixes I could find. I have tried reassigning the drive letter for each item (through Administrative Tools). The devices appear in the disk manager, and seem to accept the drive letters I try to assign to them, but the devices still do not appear in 'My Computer'. Additionally, any drive letter I assign does not unassigned itself if I unplug the device -- so I can't assign the same drive letter to the same device if I unplug it and then plug it in again. I can use the command prompt to view (using DIR) and modify the files, as can I do so in the drive manager (using the right-click 'explore' option. Certainly, I can use the disk manager to access and manage these devices, but it seems cumbersome to do so, and I hope for some sort of fix for this problem short of reinstalling Windows XP in its entirety. Thank you all in advance for any help you might be able to throw my way.