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 Mar 4 2007, 05:19 AM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: 3-April 05 From: Le Mans, France Member No.: 16,081  |
Tbh, i think her pen drive is bleeped up. But who knows, maybe you people has other idea. So, any idea? --------------------  For the team from the Eternal City, 90 minutes at Old Trafford must have seemed an eternity indeed. |
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Mar 4 2007, 04:38 PM
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Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 232 Joined: 22-October 04 Member No.: 3,937 |
I'm inclined to agree with you, ibmoisin, though it's unusual for flash memory to "die" unless it's poor quality and the thumb drive is some obscure make. Having already tried it on several PCs there's not much else to be done.
My sympathy if anything really important was on it. I just want to suggest your friend buys a good quality replacement such as Verbatim or a Lexar. |
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Mar 4 2007, 05:37 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: 3-April 05 From: Le Mans, France Member No.: 16,081 |
Yeah, i guess so. Thanks for the reply anyway.
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Mar 5 2007, 03:06 PM
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 Bleepin' WormBreath Group: Moderator Posts: 2,390 Joined: 28-January 06 From: Upstate NY Member No.: 52,789 |
Can winodows even see it? If it can, you can try to reformat the drive (it will delete everything that's on the card) in hopes that it will help to fix it. Was there any installation software that came with it?
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Mar 5 2007, 03:20 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 69 Joined: 3-April 05 From: Le Mans, France Member No.: 16,081 |
QUOTE(stevealmighty @ Mar 5 2007, 03:06 PM)  Can winodows even see it? If it can, you can try to reformat the drive (it will delete everything that's on the card) in hopes that it will help to fix it. Was there any installation software that came with it? No, it's not detected at all. And i don't think it came with a software. -------------------- For the team from the Eternal City, 90 minutes at Old Trafford must have seemed an eternity indeed. |
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Mar 5 2007, 03:29 PM
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 Forum Regular Group: Members Posts: 295 Joined: 25-January 07 Member No.: 108,272 |
Do you know what computers she has tried it in? WinME/2k/XP don't need drivers but Win98 does.
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Mar 5 2007, 06:36 PM
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 Bleepin' Night Watchman Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,762 Joined: 5-December 05 From: The City of Saint Francis, by the western sea Member No.: 43,307 |
Some shady flash drive makes actually use ROM chips, these chips die after only a few read/write sessions. How long has she had the drive? If it's reletively new, have her return it to the store for a refund.
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Mar 5 2007, 06:59 PM
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 aut viam inveniam aut faciam Group: Members Posts: 3,510 Joined: 14-November 06 From: Ossendrecht/The Netherlands Member No.: 95,557 |
What about to reboot when it is still connected?
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Mar 5 2007, 07:55 PM
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Bleepin' WormBreath Group: Moderator Posts: 2,390 Joined: 28-January 06 From: Upstate NY Member No.: 52,789 |
QUOTE(jbmoisin @ Mar 5 2007, 03:20 PM) QUOTE(stevealmighty @ Mar 5 2007, 03:06 PM) Can winodows even see it? If it can, you can try to reformat the drive (it will delete everything that's on the card) in hopes that it will help to fix it. Was there any installation software that came with it? No, it's not detected at all. And i don't think it came with a software. Try to find out if it came with software. Some (very few) drives are "secure", meaning that you need software to be able to read/write from/to it. I've only run into this once though, but I couldn't do anything with the drive because I didn't have the software. If all else fails (as it seems to have) I'd follow Amazing Andrew's advice and return it for a refund (not an exchange if possible). -------------------- War produces veterans, wounded both physically and mentally. They have sacrificed for us.....and it is now our job to help these veterans, as they have already helped us in ways we will never know, in ways that we cannot fathom, and in ways that we take granted every day.
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