Scan USB Drive

J · External Since: Jun 21, 2006 Posts: 21

How do I keep this message from displaying everytime I plug in a USB flash
drive?

"Do you want to scan and fix *name of thumb drive*"
My 2 options are "Scan and Fix" or "Continue without scanning."
I have tried the scan and fix but it shows up the nexttime I plug in the
drive.

Don · External Since: Mar 05, 2007 Posts: 515

J wrote:
> How do I keep this message from displaying everytime I plug in a USB flash
> drive?
>
> "Do you want to scan and fix *name of thumb drive*"
> My 2 options are "Scan and Fix" or "Continue without scanning."
> I have tried the scan and fix but it shows up the nexttime I plug in the
> drive.

I wish I had the answer, but I've never seen that dialog. Have you
re-formatted your flash drive? Does the message pop up with different
flash drives?

J · External Since: Jun 21, 2006 Posts: 21

I have tried 5 different flash drives, all different sizes and brands. I
have reformated and still get the message.

"Don" wrote:

> J wrote:
> > How do I keep this message from displaying everytime I plug in a USB flash
> > drive?
> >
> > "Do you want to scan and fix *name of thumb drive*"
> > My 2 options are "Scan and Fix" or "Continue without scanning."
> > I have tried the scan and fix but it shows up the nexttime I plug in the
> > drive.
>
> I wish I had the answer, but I've never seen that dialog. Have you
> re-formatted your flash drive? Does the message pop up with different
> flash drives?
>
>
>

freddy · External Since: May 31, 2007 Posts: 1177

J,

Try downloading and installing all updates available at the Microsoft update
site, if you haven't already done this. Updates oftentimes contain fixes for
problems one has as well as for problems you didn't know existed.
--
freddy

"J" wrote:

> I have tried 5 different flash drives, all different sizes and brands. I
> have reformated and still get the message.
>
> "Don" wrote:
>
> > J wrote:
> > > How do I keep this message from displaying everytime I plug in a USB flash
> > > drive?
> > >
> > > "Do you want to scan and fix *name of thumb drive*"
> > > My 2 options are "Scan and Fix" or "Continue without scanning."
> > > I have tried the scan and fix but it shows up the nexttime I plug in the
> > > drive.
> >
> > I wish I had the answer, but I've never seen that dialog. Have you
> > re-formatted your flash drive? Does the message pop up with different
> > flash drives?
> >
> >
> >

ander · External Since: Feb 15, 2009 Posts: 2

No, it's a bug in Vista—and there's no known way to avoid it, so far.

It always reminds me of that scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey, where the
HAL 9000 computer starts cracking up and says, "I've detected a flaw in
the AE-35 unit."

--
ander

Wim Hekken ;-) · External Since: Feb 15, 2009 Posts: 1

ander wrote:
> No, it's a bug in Vista—and there's no known way to avoid it, so far.
>
> It always reminds me of that scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey, where the
> HAL 9000 computer starts cracking up and says, "I've detected a flaw in
> the AE-35 unit."

Blame it on IBM Smile

--

Wim Heekn Wink

Carpe Diem

ander · External Since: Feb 15, 2009 Posts: 2

But then, if everything made sense, wouldn't that be boring?

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ander

merid · External Since: Jul 24, 2009 Posts: 1

ander;968336 Wrote:
> No, it's a bug in Vista—and there's no known way to avoid it, so far.
>
> It always reminds me of that scene in 2001: A Space Odyssey, where the
> HAL 9000 computer starts cracking up and says, "I've detected a flaw in
> the AE-35 unit."

Actually I have found a way. There is a post on my blog that explains
it. 'Vista Scan and Fix Error for USB devices « The Tech Talk Blog'
(http://thetechtalkblog.com/index.php/windows/vista-scan-and-fix-error/)

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merid