20 Most Recent SanDisk Cruzer Micro 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive - Page 7 Questions & Answers

You probably have the habit of unplugging it without using Windows USB removal tool, and you probably corrupted the FAT (File Allocation Table) plug it in than when the drive appears under MY COMPUTER, right click the DRIVE, than go to properties, select TOOLS than perform a CHECK of the drive, if all is good than each time you want to remove it USE THE REMOVE OPTION by clicking on the USB icon in the system tray (bottom right corner of the task bar) and than select SAFELY REMOVE DEVICE, when a (YOU CAN SAFELY REMOVE) window appears, THAN YOU CAN REMOVE IT, this procedure will save you a lot of headaches... If the drive check is not successful you can always use FILE SCAVENGER to recover the data, than perform a complete re-format...

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lesson learnt. never trust a usb drive.

instead of deleting the files its better you format the pen drive. Formatting can be done by > my computer-> right click on pen drive> format >start.

Try right clicking it and see if there are any options under addministrator that pertain to formatting

It is plug in play, so usually no need for software. Go to My Computer and once you've connected the usb flash drive, a new drive will come up in there. You double click into it and you can copy files over. That's it. :)

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1. Try the other USB slots to see it the board is ok. Most modern pcs have two slots in the front and two to four slots in the back, try them all.

2. Do you have another pc that you can plug it into? If it works on that one you may have driver problem or the board is bad on the other one.

3. Have you tried to plug other USB devices into the slot(s) to see if the port is ok?

I have the same one and have had to mess it sometimes. Have to right clicked the "Safely Remove Hardware" in the right corner of the task bar. Right click and then left click the Safely Remove Hardware. That will show you all USB devices loaded. If you see the Flash Drive, click it and when you see the next prompt to remove it wait a few seconds and then plug it back in. If that does not work, reboot and leave the Flash Drive plugged in and see if it loads when the pc fully is loaded.

4. Goto the Control Panel> System > Hardware > Device Manager. Look for your drive in the list of Disk Drives. Pick it and then pick the Action Menu and Scan for hardware changes. If the Flash Drive is working properly you should not see any errors. You should also be able to see the drive in explorer.

5. If you still do not see the Flash Drive in explorer but you do see it in Device Manager, right click it in Device Manger and unstall it and reboot and let windows search and reinstall the device drives.

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Have you tried a virus scan. if not try that, if the problem still appears, boot your pc in safe mode, and format vai that route.

Some Flash Drives don't come with an "autorun" installed in it, if you have a Windows 7 Operative System, it might be installing the driver for it. If it's already installed, go to your computer menu and check if the drive shows up there (In the "removable drives/devices" area).If it doesn't show up, try plugin it in another USB port, your port might be the on not working.

Reformat the Drive so it deletes the Software that came with the device It makes it so the Drive is just a normal drive and it works like it should Low level format the Drive also

The memory chip inside your stick has failed, the stick is dead. Junk this and get a new one.

Files on a flash drive canbe corrupted if it is not removed from the USB port properly.
Before removing the flash drive click on the Safely Remove Hardware icon andthen click on the flash drive you want to remove and then remove the flashdrive when the computer message says it is Safe to remove.
To restore the flash drive to working order you need to format the flash drive,BUT you will lose the data stored on the flash drive.
If you need the data on the flash drive these WEB sites may help: -
Data and Digital Photo Recovery
www.artplus.hr/adapps/eng/dpr.htm www.CardRecovery.com

Files on a flash drive canbe corrupted if it is not removed from the USB port properly.
Before removing the flash drive click on the Safely Remove Hardware icon andthen click on the flash drive you want to remove and then remove the flashdrive when the computer message says it is Safe to remove.
To restore the flash drive to working order you need to format the flash drive,BUT you will lose the data stored on the flash drive.
If you need the data on the flash drive these WEB sites may help: -
Data and Digital Photo Recovery
www.artplus.hr/adapps/eng/dpr.htm www.CardRecovery.com

try removing and reinsterting the memory stick.if still you seem to have a problem then dont worry just install the driver for the memory stick.you can dind the driver in the sandisk website and is available for free download.

Most likey yes. If you have been using the thumb drive frequesntly and with large volumes of data or as a live boot USB then yes. As these devices are used they can wear out just like a hard drive. These devices though are not built to handle it as well as a hard drive. You could say they are a lot like VHS and cassette tapes.

Try reformatting it:

**THIS WILL DELETE ALL THE DATA ON THE DRIVE**

1. Open Finder
2. Applications 3. On the left column, you should see your thumb drive. Click on it.
4. Click on the "Erase" tab near the top
5. For "Format:" select "FAT32"
6. Click on the "Erase..." button

It should appear in the sidebar of the Finder.

If not, then you have to reformat it:

**THIS WILL DELETE ALL THE DATA ON THE DRIVE**

1. Open Finder
2. Applications 3. On the left column, you should see your thumb drive. Click on it.
4. Click on the "Erase" tab near the top
5. For "Format:" select "FAT32"
6. Click on the "Erase..." button

Try reformatting your thumb drive. Here's how to do it on a Mac:

**THIS WILL DELETE ALL THE DATA ON THE DRIVE**

1. Open Finder
2. Applications 3. On the left column, you should see your thumb drive. Click on it.
4. Click on the "Erase" tab near the top
5. For "Format:" select "FAT32"
6. Click on the "Erase..." button

sandisc drives have a load of advertising blurb on them. just delete it all and you have what you wanted in the first place.

You could crack it open and resolder all the broken connections in it.. but.. your better off buying a new one. their a pita to repair.

I found you and excellent article that gives you a step by step on how to load files or pictures on a flash drive . Click the link or copy and paste it into your web browser. Here is the article:

http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_6462561_load-files-flash-drive.html

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