09-16-2007, 08:58 PM
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Major Leaguer
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Surrey, UK
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Dead memory stick?
Hey guys,
My 2GB Samsung memory stick has been playing up recently and has now become read-only, and unformattable by Disk Utility - all the buttons in the 'Erase' tab are greyed out ..... Is there anything I can do to save it? Fortunately there's no valuable data on it .... but it's annoying nonetheless  Cheers, David 
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09-17-2007, 09:55 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Melbourne, Australia
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USB flash drives are very popular in the schools where I work. They fail like this all the time. There are many articles on tech pages (Google for them) but few work reliably. About the only failure mode that has a good chance of repair is if it is the lock switch that has failed. These switches are not common any more so I don't like your chances.
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09-18-2007, 12:36 AM
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MVP
Join Date: Jan 2004
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Have you tried it on at least 2 computers? If so, save your data and get a new stick. Yep, these things are fussy sometimes so I just get the cheap ones.
You can also use the ipod as a flash drive.
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09-21-2007, 06:29 AM
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Major Leaguer
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Surrey, UK
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Thanks for the feedback
I'm glad I had nothing vital on there at the time .... This one's served me well for a few years and the prices have really fallen recently David |
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