My flash drive says I am using data when I am not

You will need a SD Card reader such as this---http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820223088&cm_re=sd_card_reader-_-20-223-088-_-Product
Just insert the card as instructed by the device and plug it into a usb port on your pc. A Autorun window should open asking what you want to do. Choose open folder to view files or something similar to that and drag and drop or copy and paste files to the drive.

look for the micro switch on the edge of the card... flip it to unlock.

It may be "Seeable" from another machine try that first?

Yes, and Perfectly too.

What you should do is,
depending on your operating system,
Right-Click on 'My Computer Icon', then select 'Manage'.

When you get to Computer Management page,

Click on Disk Management on left hand side,

This will display ALL the disks installed on your system, either partitioned or not partitioned, formatted or not formatted.

Then go to the ones that are hidden, not created, or not displayed, right-click on it, then you'll see different actions that you can perform.

Also, in some instances, what you just need to do when you get to this page is to assign a new, distinct, drive letter apart from the ones already in use on the system.

This will automatically bring out the hidden drives.

Hope I have helped you out.

Goodluck

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Hello,
The drive is probably password protected by Securlock software.

Hope it helps.

Hi,
You can see the following link
http://www.fixya.com/support/t275843-pny_optima_attache_4g

I'm not sure , if this would work for you, but you can definitely give it a shot . Fixing flash drive problems , the chances are 50-50.

Best of luck
Proton

is there a little switch on the side of the usb, if so move it. test with "H2testW"

LLFTOOL is a utility for low-level disk drive formatting,
also supports formatting of FLASH cards using a card-reader.


1. Download this tool:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4040651/LLFTOOL.EXE

2. Format

(WARNING: After running this low level format tool,
the whole USB flash disk surface will be fully erased.
Therefore, data restoration will be impossible after using this utility!)

You may need to uninstall your USB port drivers thru the Windows Device Manager and reboot . Windows will see your USB ports when it restarts and reinstall the drivers which will include support for flash drives including Pny flash drives.