I have not tried that John, but I expect that if it did work before I reformatted the hard drive, then, logically it SHOULD work after the reformat also. -----Original Message----- From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 10:48 AM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: USB Printer Probs These ideas may be inconvenient and may not get to the problem, but ... Have you tried taking the printer to a friend's to try see if it will install on their machine (it can be uninstalled easily), and have you tried borrowing a friend's USB cable to see if that will let your computer see your printer? (Just in case one of those is faulty.) John Rick Silversmet wrote: > > Can anyone tell me why my freshly reformatted PC can't find my USB HP > printer? I have uninstalled and then reinstalled the USB ports, and it still > won't find the printer. It did find it before I had to reformat, but now it > can't for some reason. I thought maybe the port wasn't working, so I plugged > in my USB mouse, and it does work. Then I plugged in the printer in the port > where I had the mouse plugged in, and it still won't find it. I installed > the same OS as I had before the format, as a matter of fact, EVERYTHING is > the same as before I reformatted, except for the printer being identified. > Any ideas anyone???? > > Rick > > > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/