missing removable drive

Hi,

I am new to the forum and am not particularly technical minded when it comes to computers. I hope someone can give me some useful help/advice with my problem.

have a pc which is probably about 2 years old with which I have had no real problems.

Up until recently I had an external cd/rw which I used to burn cds on and that was recognised on my pc as the e:.

I replaced it with an internal dvd/rw which appears to work fine.

I have a 1gb mp3 player (flash) which connects via the usb port on the front of my pc.

Well that was the plan the trouble is when I connect it via the usb port it recognises the device as a mass storage device but that's as good as it gets. It then comes up with a message saying that there was a problem installing the device and it may not work properly (which is correct). I have tried uninstalling all my usb ports and letting the computer reinstall them but I still get this problem. I know it isn't the mp3 player because it works on my pc at work and is located on the e drive there.

Other things I have tried which may be classed as removable storage don't seem to work.

As I said earlier I am a bit of an amateur in this area and any help would be much appreciated.

I hope I have explained myself ok and apologise for the long post.

Thanks

Peter