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anil9637

September 8th, 2007, 12:53 AM

hi
i am using umax 128 mb flash drive from past 1 year. but all of sudden, last week all computers identify it as "unknown usb device detected, unable to install". tell is the drivers corrupt. what to do next.

NooNoo

September 8th, 2007, 06:06 AM

Welcome to Windrivers anil9637

I am sorry to say that flash drives, like hard drives, die without warning. I hope you have a back up of what was on it. If the drive behaves the same on many different ME or 2000 or XP computers, it needs to be thrown away.