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pen drive probs :(

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by tipsterb, 27 Mar 2004.

  1. tipsterb

    tipsterb What's a Dremel?

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    hi, i bought my dad a 128 mb pendrive, and for somereason 2day, it stoppped working, on both his and my comps,

    when i connect it, the computer reconises its there, and i get pop ups tellin me its installed,

    tho when i go 2 my computer, click on removeable drive h, and it pops up saying, please insert disk :grr: :(,

    anyone got any ideas y, i checked the lock, tryed with it on, with it off, and no different, its exactly the same on my dads machine,

    is it the case ive got a new paperweight??

    thanks for reading, cya
     
  2. ajack

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    All usb drivers up to date? If so, can you get hold of any drivers specific to the drive (not the generic windows ones)
     
  3. tipsterb

    tipsterb What's a Dremel?

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    erm, no i think were usin the windows ones, tho i will try the specific drivers, its a pqi stick,

    thing is tho, its been workin fine for the last age basicly, and no probs b4 this at all :(, ill edit this when i try the drivers, thanks

    edit - right i dont need a driver cause im runnin xp, but i tryed this other program i got my hands on from the pqi site, and its givin me the option to format it, so i think ill do that, thanks for the help, ill tell yall how it goes in the mornin


    edit 2 - i had ago formattin in windows, but it wouldnt work, but ive formatted it in this other program i got from the pqi site, and its workin now, musta been sum corrupt data

    thanks jack for the help :)
     
    Last edited: 28 Mar 2004

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