Please help! I have a USB Memory Stick problem!

bbabe29

Hi there, i have a USB Memory stick problem. My USB Mmeory stick is a New Linkxx Ultra HI-SPEED 512 MB -2.0. I have only had it for about a month. It has been working perfectly uptil now. Whenever I plugged it into my computer the light on the USB stick used to flash, now when i plug it in it does not flash.
I had saved quite a lot of files on there which i cannot access now. When I plug it into the computer the computer recognises it. When I go into My Computer and double-click on "removable disk -disk drive D" i get this error message- "Please insert disk into drive D" . I have never had this problem before and Im not sure whether it is broken. I do have a write-protected slide button on the side of the memory stick but ive made sure it is off. please please please can someone help me

Thank you

Browntoa

I would try it on another PC but I suspect the thing has developed a fault and the files are lost

Quincy_3

Wiggle the button, see if that helps.

Either that right click and format NOTE, Format will erase all info.

aurora_borealis_2

I had the same problem.... I lost a lot of work. I don't trust them now.

bbabe29

Ive tried it on another PC but its still the same, it was working fine yesterday which is why i dont understand what the hell's wrong with it? :mad:

Quincy_3

bbabe29 wrote:

Ive tried it on another PC but its still the same, it was working fine yesterday which is why i dont understand what the hell's wrong with it? :mad:

Lol @ :mad:

Just try a format but like I said it will erase all data.

bbabe29

Quincy wrote:

Wiggle the button, see if that helps.

Either that right click and format NOTE, Format will erase all info.

It won't let me format it or do anything to it as it can't recognise it, ive just tried it on 2 laptops and i tried it on school computers today and it ddnt work!

thecornflake

I was going to say to re-install the drivers if you got any with it, but if it's not working on any other PCs it does sound like it's gone.

Never just keep files on a USB stick if you can help it - always leave a copy on a PC/laptop. I definitely wouldn't trust one to store important files on.

There are data recovery firms that specialise in getting data back but these can be expensive so I wouldn't bother unless the files are REALLY important.

Quincy_3

bbabe29 wrote:

It won't let me format it or do anything to it as it can't recognise it, ive just tried it on 2 laptops and i tried it on school computers today and it ddnt work!

Did ya wiggle the button?

bbabe29

Quincy wrote:

Did ya wiggle the button?

lol yeh i tried but no luck, i mean if the computer registers it why won't it let me look at what ive saved on it, and it appears in my computer, i ddnt get any software with it but does anyone know how i could change the drive from D to any other drive?

Quincy_3

Changing drive letters wont affect anything,

I expect the drive is being read but the info on the drive is not being read, they do have a habit of going wrong thats why CD backup is also a good idea aswell.