Sandisk USB Error - PLEASE help
Nov 12, 2005 | 9:09 pm
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Originally Posted by ScottC
They only seem to mention "digital media", and IMHO their USB drives are just that. The internals are pretty much the same as any other kind of card (sd, CF etc...). I'd say call them ASAP.
Sorry if I'm asking too many questions and not making too much sense. It's just that this whole thing has REALLY stressed me out
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Nov 12, 2005 | 9:10 pm
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Originally Posted by sadiqhassan
^ Thanks. That makes sense. I'll try calling them on Monday when they open.
Sorry if I'm asking too many questions and not making too much sense. It's just that this whole thing has REALLY stressed me out
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Sorry if I'm asking too many questions and not making too much sense. It's just that this whole thing has REALLY stressed me out
Cheers
I do advise against doing anything else with the drive. From what I can read online the controller is damaged (I've got 3 Sandisk SD's here with the same problem), they should be able to lift off the memory chip(s) and empty them.
Nov 12, 2005 | 9:21 pm
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Originally Posted by ScottC
USB sticks under 2000 and XP don't use drivers, there are no Sandisk drivers for these systems as they are simply seen as USB ATAPI devices.
Nov 12, 2005 | 9:23 pm
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Originally Posted by Lehava
Weird my Sandisk did come with a CD with it (for XP), but this was a while ago.
Nov 12, 2005 | 9:25 pm
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Originally Posted by sadiqhassan
was it a USB memory stick?
Nov 12, 2005 | 9:30 pm
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Originally Posted by Lehava
Yes a pitifully small one when they first came out. Since then have not bought Sandisk brand.
Nov 12, 2005 | 9:57 pm
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Originally Posted by sadiqhassan
I can see why
Nov 12, 2005 | 10:01 pm
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Originally Posted by ScottC
Quite frankly, I am amazed Sandisk is still around, I'd expect they would be put out of business after class actions due to their faulty products
Nov 13, 2005 | 7:46 am
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Originally Posted by Lehava
They should be a back up copy not your only copy. If you have data that critical have you considered getting something like a maxtor external drive to use as a backup site?
Microsoft has a PowerToy, available for free, that can be used to sync up things like flash drives with a laptop or desktop. Here's a white paper on SyncToy.
You can download the app at SyncToy Download.
Another product that I use for file synchronization while traveling is FolderShare. The nice thing is that it works for both Windows and OS X. It works behind the scenes and doesn't require as much user interaction as SyncToy. The downside is that to really use it's functionality you have to pay. Second possible downside is that it was just bought by Microsoft last week. Word on the street is MS intends to add FolderShare's technolgy into it's next generation Windows product.
Nov 13, 2005 | 11:53 am
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Some USB drives come with encryption software, which may be on a separate CD. More commonly, though, it's just preloaded on the drive.
You shouldn't need a separate driver for XP. The problem is the drive is misidentifying itself to Windows.
You shouldn't need a separate driver for XP. The problem is the drive is misidentifying itself to Windows.