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usb flash drive

bleed.the.mannequin
edited September 2008 in General
Okay so I got my usb flash drive to work. I put that into my laptop after putting in files from my PC to the usb flash drive. I click on the removeable disk and it says i have to format the disk before using it =S what do i do?

Comments

  • vonnie
    edited September 2008
    Then format it lol.
    Right click the drive and there'll be an option to format.
  • NukeChem
    edited September 2008
    That might not be the best idea; the question is, why is the other computer not properly "seeing" the USB drive to begin with?
  • schmoey
    edited September 2008
    Who knows, maybe accidental corruption

    If you still have a copy of the files just reformat the drive (NTFS I guess) and copy everything back over. If the problem keeps occurring maybe it's defective. What brand/model/size btw?
  • primexx
    edited September 2008
    maybe it's formatted as a format the other system can't read?

    it's generally better do do fat32 on flash drives since you plug them into a lot of different systems.
  • hikin
    edited September 2008
    most drives come in fat32 now adays dont they?
  • lazyGUY
    edited September 2008
    not all of them i think the readyboost ones for vista are different
  • bleed.the.mannequin
    edited September 2008
    i reformat it and now my computer and laptop both cant read it. like i plug it in and no folder comes up for me to transfer files. i go to my computer...and nothing there O.o

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