Oh Man, what a pain in the butt...

I was just wondering... I recently purchased a 2gb flash drive and I noticed that you have to restart your computer whenever you want to transfer data and such, PAIN! I was just wondering is that because I have a lousy computer? or is there a usb flash drive that doesnt require restarting your computer?

All the flash drives I've ever used just plug in and out of the USB port while the PC is running without a hitch.

same as OvenMaster, i never have to restart my comp when i plug a flash drive in/out

I'm guessing, not sure though, that you might have to format it.

seeing as you are running win xp pro,.. you shouldnt be needing to restart it all the time. what happens when you plug it in? (describe it step by step please )

Oh, maybe it was just the first time around.... this time they didnt ask me to restart computer, Doh! maybe its because it was the first time this system used a usb flash drive?

Might have been, but flash drives shouldn't need a reboot ever but as long as it's working now it doesn't matter too much.