USB Pen Drive Problems

[SkyHi]

Format it about now, and it shouldn't happen, when was the last time you DID format it?

 

[AND_YOU_ARE]

This pen drive is great. At college I use it a lot, transfering data files form the lab, to my pc, and to print stuff off. Its better than a zip disk or a floppy.

Its working thus far, strangest thing I have seen. I hope it doesnt happen again.

 

[NewCents05]

yea how about just a normal flash drive and have a pen completly seperate. those 2 things shouldnt go together.

 

[The51]

if you cant re-partition it, see if you can get some sort of zero-fill tools.

Also, if that fails, get a magnet!

USB drives don't use spindles......they use light to write data to the drive, A magnet wouldn't work!

 

[waynejkruse10]

really, im sure a magnet would either ruin the drive or wipe it. Can we get a third opinion on this?

 

[AND_YOU_ARE]

Any one want to put up some $ for a replacement if anything goes wrong? I'll do it if some one can put up some $.

 

[waynejkruse10]

no, sorry, its up to you.

 

[AND_YOU_ARE]

any other takers?

 

[GrayWolf]

A USB drive uses flash memory, thus it isn't magnetic media but even so I wouldn't stick a magnet up to it.

-GrayWolf

 

[xAnDyCx]

Yer if you stick a magnet on it all your problems will be fixed

not really