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USBDEAD
January 16th, 2007, 04:58
MY usb, a sandisk 1gb cruzer micro usb is uselees now, one day i plugged it in my computer and i couldn't add anything to the usb or change only read! when i try adding sometihng it says I/O device error..... HELP ME!!



ps. i tried it on other computers.. no luck

Thx, in advance,

USBDEAD
Secret
January 16th, 2007, 06:25
did you plugged it to another computer before it's broken?
Wojtek
January 16th, 2007, 07:37
Did you try to reformat it?
xd3vilx
January 16th, 2007, 08:58
You might want to try reformatting your thumbdrive. If not, try to use your thumbdrive on another computer.
MonkeyMatt
January 16th, 2007, 12:46
What OS too?

With older operating systems you may have to install drivers.
brutetal
January 16th, 2007, 18:35
I think he killed it by NOT doing the "safely remove hardware"
Cram
January 16th, 2007, 21:11
I think he killed it by NOT doing the "safely remove hardware"

I think that is to make windows not stuff up when you take it out, but i could be wrong.
ReyRey
January 16th, 2007, 21:15
I think that is to make windows not stuff up when you take it out, but i could be wrong.no, if there are open files/files being read from the drive, it'll kill it.
Kratt
January 16th, 2007, 21:59
it will corrupt the file, but it wont stop you from reformatting
Decker
January 17th, 2007, 01:33
If the device and comp require it you must do a 'safely remove' to cut the power to the USB port, some devices are still sensitive to sudden power changes.
Try formatting it, if it won't then you have a small paperweight.
utcrazy
January 17th, 2007, 19:01
My guess is that it died.
brutetal
January 17th, 2007, 21:07
you should take better care of your USB flash drives.
Matt8
January 18th, 2007, 05:25
^^^Wanted to chime in about the above posts about "safely removing hardware"

All that does, is force any files that are in the cache to be written to the drive. If a file was indeed in the midst of a transfer when you pulled the drive, it will not physically damage the drive, HOWEVER, it very well may corrupt some data on the drive or cause errors.

As far as your thumb drive goes, it may just be dead. Flash memory, while a high number, does have a limit to how many read/writes it can survive through. I use two thumb drives on a suite of probably 10 PC's a day and they only last about eight or nine months each for me.
Cram
January 18th, 2007, 19:50
Ah ok, thanks for answering that for me.