flash drive problem

W

Wallace

first time install of a new Lexar JD FireFly 4gb flash drive
old computer with w2k sp4, plugged flash in, driver installs and it's assigned F.
open explorer, click on F, drag and drop or copy/paste and get this msg:
'Cannot copy 'file': Cannot find the specified file. Make sure you specify the
correct path and filename.'

in Administrative Tools/ComputerManagement/Storage
/Removable Storage/Physical Locations the usb device has a red disk with
white X displayed on the listing

also the drive doesn't appear in the disk management utility


have you any ideas what might be causing the above and how to fix it ?
 
hi Hook N. Sinker, done the restart, un/reinstall and tested the flash, not in
another computer but with a small utility program [attached] and it works

it's a computer problem rather than the flash drive. for all the threads i've
read after googling several searches there hasn't been a definitive answer
to the 'cannot find file' problem that many encounter, still checking the 'flash
disabled' icon

the few that solve their flash/computer problem seem to do so accidentally.
the answer/s are going to come from someone who's had the problem and
solved it or someone who's a technical expert and can identify exactly what
is going on, where the fault is and provide a probably simple resolution
 

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Maybe some of your files are corrupt. Run chkdsk from bootup. I don't know how you do this in w2k but in xp you would do start/run then type chkdsk /r and hit Enter. Then reboot the computer. On startup chkdsk will then check the drive and all files, etc.
 
hi pspr, no, there's a PCI Simple Communications Controller with an error 28 which is
no driver for a TelDrive ES56T-PI family V.90 PCI modem which i think is causing the
problem, tried uninstall and disabling the modem but no luck the Lexar still won't work.
going to see if i can find a modem driver in win98 otherwise i'll just forget it
 
This external stuff can be painful... I installed a toaster for backups. Then I made the mistake of opening a word file directly from the toaster and it wiped it out somehow... so now I copy the file back to the desktop and open it from there... I'm happy, the files are happy and the toaster is happy... Windows is here to drive us nuts basically...
 
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