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Thomas1980
24th January 2009, 06:35 PM
Hello there

As this is my first post here, allow me to thank you all for a great forum, with loads of help and interesting applications. You've certanly made my life better :-)

I've searched for this but had no luck in finding anything similar, so please excuse me if there is an old thread outthere, and help me find it.

My problem is that I've primarily used Active sync to connect to my PC and have transferred much music, programs and other stuff through this channel.

Now I have become interested in using my Diamond as a usb pen drive for my car radio etc. and also want to use it to move files from place to place.
I change the usb connection type to Disk Drive, and connect the wire to the PC, and let it install drivers so that I can access the disk drive it detects.
But then I loose access to the 4 GB memory, and can only access the internal memory of the device. Neither from the phone itself, or from the PC.
I know it have worked previously, because I have tried it some time ago. But now it seems like it's broken down.
When I look at fileexplorer on the phone, the name of the folder just disappears as soon as the cable is attached!

What is wrong, and how do I fix it?

Needless to say the phone freaks out after this, since all my applications are installed on the extended memory, so nothing works anymore, but a soft reset and it's all back to normal. Untill I try the connection again :-/
As mentioned, there is no problem with Active sync connections.

I really hope you can help me with this, because it would make the phone even more useful to me.
That being said I DO love the phone, it really has the ability to do almost anything I'd like it to. Incredible!

Thank you in advance for your help, and for at great source of knowledge.

Best regards

Thomas Hansen

Driskol
24th January 2009, 07:24 PM
It's normal, the phones switchs the memory readable directly from PC, as a pen drive to gain more speed.

If u are using the USB Disk function, u can't read the memory in the phone, bcuz u don't have "inserted" into it...

Bye!

Thomas1980
24th January 2009, 08:15 PM
It's normal, the phones switchs the memory readable directly from PC, as a pen drive to gain more speed.

If u are using the USB Disk function, u can't read the memory in the phone, bcuz u don't have "inserted" into it...

Bye!

Thank you for you answer, but I probably wasn't clear enough about the problem:
The 4 GB flash memory is inaccessable from both PC and phone after I plug in the usb cable (it disappears), but I CAN access the "system memory" (where windows is installed) from both ends.

So no, I dont think that is what I am experiencing. I hope this made it more clear.

How do I fix my problem?

Thank you for your help though.

Best regards

Thomas Hansen

Draque:the_Plaque
24th January 2009, 08:39 PM
sounds like the 1st free drive letter on your system is reserved for a network path.

try to disconnect the network drive or map the USB Drive manually.

regards
Draque

ps: Try it on a complete different system if this doesnt work.

Thomas1980
24th January 2009, 09:36 PM
I had tried it on 4 different PCs, all running XP.
Have no network drives on this one.

But, I'm confused now...
Because now it works correctly...
It opens the correct folder, for the 4 GB storage card...
And the phone doesnt crash afterwards...

I suspect an "Insufficient User IQ" kind of error... I just don't know what I did wrong?
If I learn more about this wierd issue I will post it here, and if you have any info, please post it, because I dont know what went wrong...

But right now my problem is solved! Hope it stays like this!

Well, Thank you for your advise everybody.

Best regards

Thomas Hansen