MHR wrote: > I have a brand new, unaltered (as yet) 4Gb USB flash drive from Micro > Center that does not get automounted when I plug it into my 5.2 > desktop (home or work). The 1GB flash drive I got from Micro Center a while ago had was a U3 drive, so it mounts as both a CD-ROM and a R/W drive. I'm not sure if that's the problem here. What happens if you try it on Windows? You can get (Windows) software to turn off the U3 stuff from http://www.u3.com.