SanDisk U3 Cruzer 4.0 GB Stopped Working

I have been working with my SanDisk U3 Cruzer 4.0 GB for a month on a MAC and PC running Windows XP at the office. The Flash disk worked OK with the other MAC at home. Yesterday, I tried tranfer data to my Dell Laptop with Windows XP and the light couldn't stop flashing for a long time until the system reported an error. Since then, the flash disk is not working on all of my computers (MAC or No MAC). There is a whole lot of data on the disk that I badly need to save (literally). All I need is to access that data once and then I will through away the disk and not buy another SanDisk ever again. Please help if there is anyone who has managed to sort out this problem. I will watch the site for kind suggesting. EC

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bestcare Nov 15, 2007

My U3 Cruzer 4.0 gig stopped as well. Now when I plug it into any computer the light comes on for an instant and then goes out. The computer says unkown usb device.
Anonymous Jan 17, 2008

yea my Sandisk Cruzer U3 has stopped working when i plug it in the light flashes once but the computer does not recognize it
lindseymia Jun 11, 2008

I have been using my Cruzer micro 2GB for a few months now for music in my car radio that is USB compatible. For no reason at all it just stopped working in the middle of playing the other day.
dennis franz Jun 12, 2008

My Cruzer 4.0 GB stopped working sudennly. I get an error from the Windows Operating System (XP) - USB Device Not Recognized . It had been working fine for asbout six months

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Have you tried using linux live cd's to access the usb device?
You can download a small linux distribution called puppy, burn the iso onto a cd, boot from the cd, at the keyboard prompt go to whatever language and style you are using (US- QWERTY)
then select VESA for display properties, choose the resolution your monitor will support 1024X768X32 etc. on the desktop single click on drives/storage "mount" the usb drive, mount the hard drive, copy files from usb to hard drive.

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Download "recover my files" torrent from torrentz.com and you can recover your files.

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Try putting in the deep freeze over night and see if it fires up next day.- they do go down these things. I have seen one get so hot the casing started to melt - but it still worked OK

Posted on May 26, 2007

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