I know that sounds counter-intuitive but a certain registry entry does hide drive letters from Explorer (My Computer) but you can still use the drive.
Let's do a google on that?
-> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/hide-drives-from-your-computer-in-windows-vista/
Prior to doing a full system restore (factory settings) I could see my usb flash drives in my computer and now I can't. They are accessible but they don't show in my computer.
Norton Security Suite
Windows 7
6 gigs of ram
Gateway wants me to do another full factory restore. They don't think a driver installed properly. How can it be accessible but the driver installed wrong? They are on the computer. They just are not showing in my computer. How can it be a driver problem? Thank you.
Michelle

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