Cant access my computer/n900 hdd
 

As title, connect my phone up via usb clcik mass storage and the n900 comes up but when i click to view it it just says "application not found".

Any help? Thanks

Re: Cant access my computer/n900 hdd
 

It would be helpful if you could tell us what operating system you are using.

Linux? Windows? Mac?

Re: Cant access my computer/n900 hdd
 

Windows 7.

Re: Cant access my computer/n900 hdd
 

thanks for the help guys

Re: Cant access my computer/n900 hdd
 

Have you installed PC Suite?
EDIT: You should be able to view MyDocs, even though you do not have PC Suite installed.

Re: Cant access my computer/n900 hdd
 

Nope, ive always used my computer to access the files and folders on the phone..

Re: Cant access my computer/n900 hdd
 

That's a windows 7 issue (what a surprise)..

Method 1 (If autorun.inf file is present)

Go to control panel then folder options. Press tab view and check view hidden files and folders.

Then go to the device not opening and explore it. Look if you see autorun.inf and if present delete it. Then disconnect usb device from system and reconnect it.

Method 2 (If autorun.inf file isn't present)

Go to command prompt and write the following.

attrib -s -r -h X:\autorun.inf

press enter and then write

del X:\autorun.inf

press enter and after this disconnect usb device from system and reconnect it.

Note: Please notice that X means the drive letter (F:\, G:\, etc).

Source and credit: http://www.techsupportforum.com/1574527-post17.html

Re: Cant access my computer/n900 hdd
 

tried all of that and still nothing


although when i do connect the phone to the pc and select mass storage a message comes up saying "cannot connect, device storage in use" "charging".

Re: Cant access my computer/n900 hdd
 

So you're saying you could use this properly at one time, but now you can't?

To me, this sounds like a problem with the computer not the N900. Do you have another usb port to plug into, on this computer or some other one?

Re: Cant access my computer/n900 hdd
 

Sounds like a program other than explorer is trying to view folder, can you right click on n900 drive and click explore?

Re: Cant access my computer/n900 hdd
 

When you connect your N900 to a computer via USB and select Mass Storage Mode, your N900 will try to close any files it has been using on the internal 32 GB storage and any micro SD/SDHC card you have installed. It must do so before it can turn those storage volumes over to Windows. Maemo and Windows can't both use storage on your N900 at the same time.

The particular message of which you've written above indicates the N900 has failed to close all files, so it can't give Windows access to the cards. Therefore, the N900 has stayed in Charging mode rather than switching to Mass Storage.

Some application on your N900 is keeping files open and blocking the switch to Mass Storage. Look at what's running on your N900, and close applications that might be using files on the 32 GB storage or the micro SD/SDHC card. Then, try reconnecting to the computer and choosing Mass Storage again.

Re: Cant access my computer/n900 hdd
 

Strange this started happening to me as well. Been browsing the N900 in pc suite since the time i got it 6months back. Andalso when connected in mass storage i could browse teh external card.

But few days ago i updated the Ovi suite on the computer and everything looked ok but suddenly i noticed n900 is not showing up in Mycomputer. I tried rebooting both pc and n900 but to no avail. So i found this thread. I dont think it has to do with deleting autorun or something.

@adorit by any chance u updatd nokia suite or ovi? I connected my 900 on my laptop and it works there but not on my pc anymore. I've unistalled all nokia s/w and will again reinstall. Will let u know if anything worthwhile.