avidvideo
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Hey all,
I'm having a problem with my USB flash drive. It's an 8GB Transcend which I bought new a little over a year ago. I plug it in and while the computer recognizes it and assigns it a drive letter, when I double-click on it from the My Computer window to access it the computer tells me to insert a disk. I right-click on it, go to Properties and I get this:
http://img166.imageshack.**/img166/2132/diskspacedy5.jpg
I've even tried formatting it but it doesn't seem to believe there's anything there to format. I'm inclined to believe it's a problem with the drive itself since I've tried it on three different WinXP computers and an old 98SE computer (which had the appropriate drivers already installed) and I've gotten essentially the same errors on all of them.
Is it salvageable? I only use it to run Firefox and a couple of other portable apps as well as store some of my MP3s. There's nothing on there that I can't afford to lose. I'd rather not go to the expense of getting a new drive if I can help it but if this one is toast then I guess I don't have much choice.
Any help anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated! Cheers!
(PS. I tried finding threads on this subject in both the Technology and Problems forums with no luck. I apologize if this is a repost.)
I'm having a problem with my USB flash drive. It's an 8GB Transcend which I bought new a little over a year ago. I plug it in and while the computer recognizes it and assigns it a drive letter, when I double-click on it from the My Computer window to access it the computer tells me to insert a disk. I right-click on it, go to Properties and I get this:
http://img166.imageshack.**/img166/2132/diskspacedy5.jpg
I've even tried formatting it but it doesn't seem to believe there's anything there to format. I'm inclined to believe it's a problem with the drive itself since I've tried it on three different WinXP computers and an old 98SE computer (which had the appropriate drivers already installed) and I've gotten essentially the same errors on all of them.
Is it salvageable? I only use it to run Firefox and a couple of other portable apps as well as store some of my MP3s. There's nothing on there that I can't afford to lose. I'd rather not go to the expense of getting a new drive if I can help it but if this one is toast then I guess I don't have much choice.
Any help anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated! Cheers!
(PS. I tried finding threads on this subject in both the Technology and Problems forums with no luck. I apologize if this is a repost.)