Hard for a girl to deal with!

[marieGB]

Hi. It was great, my USB flash drive. Once without transfereing anything to it. The orange light (it's pqi) went off. After replugging, windows didn't recognize. I followed your FAQ but after that windows recognized it and it was visible in "my computer". But upon double clicking a message appears telling "insert disk into drive k:\" which is the usb drive! It's no virus because it's totally inaccessible to format. ANd the PC won't start when it's plugged after restart.

*** I tried to format it using the HP tool but it tells there's no media in the drive.

*** I uninstalled the HUBs and Controllers...in vain.

*** What is shocking me is that the "unrecognized msg" stopped and everything seems to be OK!

***Every time I plug it in and remove it my other one stops to work but works again from a different USB plug.

If it's fried please tell me!

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[Rik]

Yup, i recon so.

 

[marieGB]

So it's gone rik! Gosh!

 

[Po`Girl]

You could try it in another computer.

If you really need the data on the drive,

there is a company HERE that offers

a "no fix,no fee" policy.However,the fee is $ 150

 

[Samstoned]

check plug(contacts )first
flash drives have a short re-write span
look for commercial products
IE:
standard rewrites 600,000
commercial 2,000,000
commercial are somewhat slower

 

[marieGB]

check plug(contacts )first
flash drives have a short re-write span
look for commercial products
IE:
standard rewrites 600,000
commercial 2,000,000
commercial are somewhat slower

I'm afraid I understood nothing on that Samstoned!

 

[PBNinja101]

inside the USB port, you will see 4 metal connectors, check these for dust - blow dust away. If one is bent up or there is less than 4 you've lost/damaged a pin. This means it is possible to recover the data.

Simon