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For the last several weeks, I thought that Windows 10 had a problem with detecting mobile devices when connected via a USB cable.  First I thought it had something to do with Windows 10 not having the latest driver for mobile devices.  But when I connected the same mobile devices on my Windows 7 machines, the same error message popped up.

I’ve never seen this problem before, but one thing for sure…the common denominator between the Windows 10 and Windows 7 computers is the USB cable.  Fortunately, I had another USB cable to try out.  Low and behold, all my mobile devices started to connect with all my computer!

As it turns out, the issue wasn’t driver related, but was the USB cable.

I was starting to lose hope until today, trying different things to somehow get the driver working.

The moral of the story…don’t miscount anything, even when it doesn’t look broken.

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Samsung USB Floppy Disk Drive (FDD)

Samsung USB Floppy Disk Drive (FDD)

I was doing some clean up in my computer room and low and behold I find several 1.44MB 3.5 in floppy disks with various labels indicating they have pictures and document files I may still need.

Unfortunately all my computers do not have a floppy drive.

Luckily I found a Samsung USB Floppy Disk Drive (FDD).  Specifically it has the model number SFD-321U/HP.  I plugged it into a USB port on my Windows 7 computer and it would not recognize the device.  After a few days of searching the web, I found the right driver at usb-drivers.org–SamsungSFD-321UUSB4Floppy.zip [http://goo.gl/1HYH3L].  I unzipped and updated my device driver.

Anyway, to use it, simply unzip it and remember where you unzipped it.

Next, open the device manager in Windows 7 (at Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\System) and find the device entry that has the exclamation mark on it and right click it.  Select “Update Driver Software” from the menu that pops up.  Then click “Browse my computer for driver software.”  When you do, make sure to select the folder where you unzipped the driver you downloaded.  It should have the name “SamsungSFD-321UUSB4Floppy” if you didn’t change the unzip destination folder.  From there, click the Next button and follow the prompts from there until the driver is installed.

Once the driver is installed, Windows 7 will begin to recognize the floppy drive as Floppy drive A:.

I now have a floppy disk drive A.  I feel like I’m back in the late 80’s.

Floppy Disk Drive A

Floppy Disk Drive A

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Zune with HTC HD7

Zune with HTC HD7

I have a HTC HD7 for a phone.  I’ve been synchronizing it with my Windows 7 laptop, until my laptop’s disk drive got corrupted, and I had to re-install the original manufacturer’s image on it.  When I did, I had to re-install a few things to get my HTC HD7 phone to work with my laptop again.  For my benefit, I document what I had to do and where I obtained the software to make things work again.

  1. Download and install Microsoft’s Zune software.
  2. Download and install the HTC Sync Manager.

Install these and your phone will be detected by Zune when it is plugged into your computer.

At this point, follow the setup prompts from the Zune screen:

Click Next.

Zune start of setup

Zune start of setup

Name your phone, and click Next.

Zune Name Phone

Zune Name Phone

As soon as it links with your phone, it will start doing some initial synchronization.

Zune synch info

Zune initial synch

Now click Settings.

Zune Settings

Zune Settings

You’ll see a detailed synchronization settings page.

Detailed Synch Setttings

Detailed Synch Setttings

Once you’ve made your choices, click OK and you will see the updated synchronization to match your specifications.

Zune Now Synching

Zune Now Synchronizing

That’s it!