flash drive problem

[Guest gobis]

Hello everyone,

 

I have a 4GB Sandisk flash drive that I used to store and transfer

large documents that I downloaded from my office computer to home

computer (the office computer does not have a DVD burner)

 

The office computer now takes a looong time to `feel` the presence of

the flash drive (that did not happen in the first few weeks when I

used the flash drive on thatcomputer). Extremely slow data transfers

invariably end with I/O error messages.

 

That office computer does have USB 2.0 support and has no problems

with other USB drives; my flash drive has no problems with other

computers, either. They just don't like each other, for some reason.

 

The only thing I remembers is that, the first time I used the flash

drive on my office computer, there were some .sys or exe files, but I

deleted them, thinking that they were unnecessary. I can't say whether

the problems developed after I deleted that stuff.

 

Virus scans, chkdsk runs, etc. did not reveal any problems (I must

admit that the virus scan software was a campus-wide software that

some people find inefficient and useless)

 

If anyone has any idea, please reply to this message. Without a DVD

burner, I have no other practical means to carry large files around.

 

Best wishes for everyone,

Hurol Aslan

[Guest Newbie Coder]

Re: flash drive problem

 

Gobis,

 

I have a 4 GB U3 Scandisk Flash Drive. Is yours a U3 too?

 

Go to http://www.u3.com for software...

Have you changed drive letters on the machine it's slow on?

What do the Event Logs say?

 

Please advise

 

--

Newbie Coder

(It's just a name)

 

"gobis" <hurol_aslan@mersin.edu.tr> wrote in message

news:1190112880.895274.308740@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com...

> Hello everyone,

>

> I have a 4GB Sandisk flash drive that I used to store and transfer

> large documents that I downloaded from my office computer to home

> computer (the office computer does not have a DVD burner)

>

> The office computer now takes a looong time to `feel` the presence of

> the flash drive (that did not happen in the first few weeks when I

> used the flash drive on thatcomputer). Extremely slow data transfers

> invariably end with I/O error messages.

>

> That office computer does have USB 2.0 support and has no problems

> with other USB drives; my flash drive has no problems with other

> computers, either. They just don't like each other, for some reason.

>

> The only thing I remembers is that, the first time I used the flash

> drive on my office computer, there were some .sys or exe files, but I

> deleted them, thinking that they were unnecessary. I can't say whether

> the problems developed after I deleted that stuff.

>

> Virus scans, chkdsk runs, etc. did not reveal any problems (I must

> admit that the virus scan software was a campus-wide software that

> some people find inefficient and useless)

>

> If anyone has any idea, please reply to this message. Without a DVD

> burner, I have no other practical means to carry large files around.

>

> Best wishes for everyone,

> Hurol Aslan

>