flash drive won't open

[Guest bob-o]

One of my flash drives appears in the my computer folder as a disk drive (F:)

and won't open, while another works fine and appears as a removeable disk

(F:). Any clues?

[Guest David H. Lipman]

Re: flash drive won't open

 

From: "bob-o" <bobo@discussions.microsoft.com>

 

| One of my flash drives appears in the my computer folder as a disk drive (F:)

| and won't open, while another works fine and appears as a removeable disk

(F::). Any clues?

 

Is it formatted ?

 

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Dave

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[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: flash drive won't open

 

 

"bob-o" <bobo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:B62F7238-6C0C-4928-A760-D074C8F7F418@microsoft.com...

> One of my flash drives appears in the my computer folder as a disk drive

> (F:)

> and won't open, while another works fine and appears as a removeable disk

> (F:). Any clues?

 

By Flash drive, do you mean USB thumb-type drives?

 

If so, you should be aware that these do have a habit of suddenly and

irretriveably failing. You can't rely on these for backup or storage for

this reason. They should be regarded only as a convenient tool for moving

files that do exist elsewhere.

 

HTH

-pkj