Can't read removable drive on Droid with Windows Vista? [Archive]

bravo4

11-07-2009, 12:43 AM

Hi All,

I just got a Droid, pretty happy with it so far. However, I plugged it in to my computer and the "Removable Disk" shows up in Explorer but I can't access it, it says "Please insert a disk into removable disk" when I try to open it. Any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks!

simms22

11-07-2009, 12:47 AM

pull down the notification bar when your droid is plugged into your computer . press on the usb notification , press mount

bravo4

11-07-2009, 12:48 AM

pull down the notification bar when your droid is plugged into your computer . press on the usb notification , press mount

DOH! That was easy. Thanks. Do you have to do that each time??

TheJuan

11-07-2009, 12:49 AM

lol yes, its cool tho its safer

simms22

11-07-2009, 01:02 AM

DOH! That was easy. Thanks. Do you have to do that each time??

yea , you do . its actually a nice feature once you get used to it ;)

bravo4

11-07-2009, 01:14 AM

lol yes, its cool tho its safer

yea , you do . its actually a nice feature once you get used to it ;)

Hmmm... not sure why that would be nice, would rather not have to actually. I hate giving props to the iphone, but they have it here to, much less of a PITA, IMO.

thecrazing

11-07-2009, 01:20 AM

I suspect it has something to do with making sure the data on the SD isn't getting mixed up by having the computer and the droid reading/writing/moving/deleting simultaneously.

simms22

11-07-2009, 01:44 AM

Hmmm... not sure why that would be nice, would rather not have to actually. I hate giving props to the iphone, but they have it here to, much less of a PITA, IMO.
for example . i have usb tethering . it cant be mounted and tethered at the same time . one or the other can use the usb , not both at the same time .

njbob

11-08-2009, 10:04 AM

I have the exact same issue! Dives shows up but cannot access it.

njbob

11-08-2009, 11:35 AM

OK, Just got off the phone with Motorola. I had to drag the usb icon on the phone down. Top left corner. Then a dilaog box comes up to mount the drive. It works now. About 20 min wait. Not native english speaker but he was excellent!

I did find a user manual on the web, I never got one with the phone. And it descibes tapping the usb icon, not dragging thats where I fould up.
Not sure why I didn't see the other posts sloving the issue. Thanks

simms22

11-08-2009, 11:37 AM

OK, Just got off the phone with Motorola. I had to drag the usb icon on the phone down. Top left corner. Then a dilaog box comes up to mount the drive. It works now. About 20 min wait. Not native english speaker but he was excellent!

I did find a user manual on the web, I never got one with the phone. And it descibes tapping the usb icon, not dragging thats where I fould up.
Not sure why I didn't see the other posts sloving the issue. Thanks

lol , should have read the thread . post #2