Usb memory full??

GT60

Hi i have deleted some photos off my usb stick and tryed to save some word docs onto it but i get the message that the stick is full.

When i check it by going through "my computer" it shows that it is 1/4 ful with loads of room.

the stick has never been full and has always shown 1/4 full .
the o/s is vista

Please can someone advise

Thank you Niall

Marty_J

Where did you get the USB stick?

There are lots of cheap knock-offs floating about that don't have anywhere near their advertised capacity.

GT60

I have had it for ages but never delete stuff and had no probs putting stuff on it.

Would it still show loads of free space

londis_lagerhound

If there's nothing important on it, right click and format it. See what happens then.

GT60

I have just found out that my son has used the stick at school and loaded a power point thing on using a newer version of power point than what i have on my pc.
would this affect the stick?

daily_2

Copy the data to c, format stick, copy back.

GT60

daily wrote: »

Copy the data to c, format stick, copy back.

How do i do that?

step by step please

daily_2

Create a folder on your desktop called usb

Go to your usb drive in explorer, Ctrl A, Control C

Go into your usb folder on your desktop, control V

check the data is there.

Go to your usb drive in explorer, right click, format, then check available space.

GT60

Hi Daily done that but the problem is still there
thanks niall
i will try again one day

Money_Grabber13579

You mention that the drive has always been 1/4 full? Have you got any other USB devices plugged in by any chance, such as a modem or another USB drive? Perhaps you're checking the wrong device, or saving to the wrong device? (I don't know what your level of expertise is with a computer, so apologies if I'm being over simplistic.)

£$&*"($£&(

Yes there's clearly something wrong if it always shows 1/4 full - this has to change as you add more stuff. If you put everything into a folder on your PC as described above how big is that folder (right click the folder and choose properties) and how big is the usb stick?