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[elizalavelle]

ARGH! Zion (roommate's kitty... now my foster kitty I suppose) was walking on my computer keyboard last night which I think is his fun way of waking me up in the middle of the night. It definitely works. But last night I had my computer on when he did it and now it won't recognize any USB device that I plug in. This of course includes my new external harddrive with all of my music and fun stuff on it AND my new DVD burner that I've not even had the time to try out yet! FRELL!

Ideas anyone? I know I'm probably going to have to take the computer into a shop somewhere but it's not under warentee anymore and the idea of trekking a desktop all over town is not a happy one at all.

Comments

[browncoat2x2]

Are you using Windows XP?

You could try and do a system restore to a point before the cat walked on the computer...

Go to Control Panel and Selece Performance and Maintenance. On the left hand side, under See Also, there will be a link for System Restore. Click that.

I dialogue window will appear with the option to 'Restore my computer to an earlier time.' Make sure that's selected and click next, and follow the instructions.

Might work... Back up any data that you can't lose just to be safe, though it shouldn't affect anything like that... but be safe :oD

[elizalavelle.livejournal.com]

That's a good plan, I'll try that :) Anything's worth a shot. If it doesn't work my little brother says he'll come over in a week or so and see what he can do.

[jacquelene.livejournal.com]

Its not recognizing USB? I don't think you need to take it to a tech to fix it. First try a complete shutdown of your computer (pc, monitor, modem & router). I doubt anything's broken. More than likely your cat knocked the setting. Also - when you plug in a USB a little icon pops up on your task bar. You're supposed to use this icon to eject the usb before unplugging the cord. TRy clicking on it and seeing which options are highlighted.

[andromakie.livejournal.com]

Computers are evil