Q: i'm a freakin caveman when it comes to computers. i have a 1g usb chip that has pics i need for work. there is a usb port in the front od my hp tower and i have windows vista. hepl!!!!!!
A: Ok easy setps 1) Put the Chip into the slot 2)Options here:a) Double click the My Computer icon from the desktop, b)Click Start>My Computer (should be seen on the right side from the taskpane that comes up when you click start). 3)When you open My Computer, you will see either the name of the USB chip (if you gave it a name you will see for example, Dave's Drive (K:) otherwise you would see the name of the USB manufacturer (e.g Kingston Drive or San Disk Cruzer Drive (L:) 4) You can either double click to open the drive or you can right click using you mouse, then left click and choose Open option. 5) You should see evrything that you have saved on the usb device appear. If it is only pictures you can change the view by clicking on the View tab just above the files so that you can see the pictures as a group before you open them individually. Note remember to safely remove the usb device when you're finished so that it does not become corrupted and you cannot access the files stored on it. To safely remove, bottom right corner where the time is. Scroll the cursor over it and you should see a new icon. Click on it and select safely remove the letter which follows the name of your device. (e.g if your device is named Kingston Drive (K:), the you choose Safely Remove Kingston Device (K:). Or you can follow the steps from 1 -3, at the third step, RIGHt click on your USB drive and select Safely Remove. A message will pop up stating that it is now safe to remove the USB Storage device. DO NOT EJECT before the message pops up. I did that a couple times and lost irreplaceable information For past people who posted. Vista prompt is not always enabled for USB devices depending on whether you have the 32 bit or 64 bit of Windows Vista. I think it also changes when you update the service pack also but it can always be corrected later. Also Vista does not recognize all USB devices so even after drivers are downloaded you still have to manualy access the drive rather than "expect" a prompt. Hope I was able to help you all. :)