Accidently remove USB with out Safely Remove

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TWINKIT

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#69120 3-Oct-2010 11:19

Hi, I selected Safetly Remove a device, but pulled out the wrong one( Don't ask how I was very Tired at the time) now my Kingston Data Traveler 16 Gig is corrupted and my computer won't display it when I select Computer it show all Drives but not this one, I'm running Vista Home Premium. I think I have damaged the MBR. Under Hardware it shows as sss6668 USB2.0 USB Device (Which I'm sure is not the correct Driver) under Disk Management It doesn't show at all, How can I fix this would a magnet wipe it clean so I can reformat it as i'm not given the choice to reformat it at the moment. I notice when I plug it in the led comes on then it starts flashing at which time my computer freezes unless I remove it again. Please help, I would have thought a reformat or low level format would do the job but the drive doesn't even show when I select Computer for the start menu, all other drives do

ZollyMonsta

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#387359 3-Oct-2010 12:06

A magnet won't erase the usb drive, since it's solid state.

Have you tried power cycling the PC and then plugging the USB stick in?

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TWINKIT

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#388079 5-Oct-2010 09:52

I don't know what the term Power Cycling means, Is it turning on and off my computer several times? as that sounds dangerous, I don't want to corrupt my main drive

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#388080 5-Oct-2010 09:58

Power cycling is simply turning your computer off and on. Do it the normal way using windows shutdown.

wreck90

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#388111 5-Oct-2010 11:11

I rarely use the safely remove device feature (only when moving data where I cannot easily retry).

Never had a problem to date. Fingers crossed :)

They should make it easier to trigger the 'safely remove' function. I hate searching for it in the tray , and I always have problems finding the icon among the bunch that are presented.

In fact, why is it there at all? Surely it would be better for the OS to disable memory caching for removable devices?

Not sure how it would actually corrupt a device to that extent. I could understand maybe a file or 2, but not the entire stick.

TWINKIT

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#391568 13-Oct-2010 22:26

I recently found if you right click on the drive click properties,click Hardware tab,click properties near the bottom of the window,click Policies tab there is an option that disables disk cache. (optomise for quick removal NB this is ghosted out on fixed drives), Wish I new that before.