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flash drive

Sep 5, 2006 12:06AM PDT

when I plug my new flash drive into a usb port it shows up ok as a removable drive but when I try to access the contents, I get the msg "device not ready"
Apparently the computer cannot read the drive.
Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.

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flash drive ps
Sep 5, 2006 12:09AM PDT

I forgot to include that I am running winXP home sp2

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A stumper.
Sep 5, 2006 12:23AM PDT

While I would try the stick on another machine to see if it's a good one, the lack of machine details as well was if you tried it on the rear USB ports could help.

Bob