ebayvictim said:
I just bought a "Sony USB" 2Gb drive from Ebay. It allowed files to be copied to it, but I couldn't access them. I formatted the drive, and copied more files to it. When I went to use it in another computer, the computer said "please insert disk" even when it was inserted. Perhaps it is a faulty drive. Who did you buy it off? Maybe it is the same source?
Alright, so sure enough I don't feel ALONE anymore! Indeed, I also was an ebayvictim and I bought the exact same thing:
SONY VAIO 2GB MICRO VAULT USB 2.0 MEMORY STICK DRIVE
advertised as brand new, not refurbished.
It worked for a little bit. Copied some jpegs over, some opened, some didn't. Then I did a scandisk on it with fix&detect bad sectors. After that, BYE-BYE memory stick! The computer "senses" that it's in, but it can't open it. The LED also just keeps blinking, whereas before, when it was "working," it was a solid light.
What I found out is that the person swapped the guts and for sure, the guts were used and scratched up.
I will not disclose the person JUST YET, as he might be refunding me.
What a scam, and as another pointed out, INDEED, "you get what you pay for!"
I have yet to try the windows98 format.
SO BE CAREFUL ON WHAT YOU BUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!