When i insert my pendrive its showing the usb attached to the system is malfunctioned..

1]Go to control pannel
2]Go to System and Security
3]Go to Device Manager
4]Click Universal Serial Bus Controllers
5]Right click the USB
6]Click Uninstall
then Reboot computer while pendrive is inserted in USB
Then connect to the internet.
When you connect to the internet if the said USB is empty
(i.e. no device is inserted in it) they install the device
eventhough the device is not present, causing the said error.

Check this out with another PC and if this shows the same result I am afraid there are errors in the memory. If not remove off bad corrupt files and format the drive before it can be rechecked on your system

USB device is not recognized when you attach it immediately after your Windows XP-based computer

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/871233

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Make sure there is no dust in the USB slot your inserting your pendrive into.

Hope this helps!

Try the drive on different machines. If you get the same error on all machines, you'll have to format the drive to reset the File system

your pendrive is out of order Transcend JetFlash V10 -8GB whenever you purchase a pendrive only
buy a 1,2,4GB

i) try to connect pendrive to the usb ports present at backside of ur computer tower instead of usb ports present at the front panel of ur computer...............


ii) sometimes usb ports present at the front panel ofur computer might have loosen connections............


Thanking you

M. Sridhar

when i connedted my pen drive i show has malfunctioned

pendrive n pc is screwed man....

ic, maybe the usb port of your friend's pc is defective which may cause your pen drive to malfunction, probably a shorted usb port. or just maybe your pendrive was dropped by your friend which damage the drive, it happened to me too before.