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USB external flash drive is not recognized on my PB
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Hi all, just got an external usb flash drive and i'm trying to copy some data but I see nothing on my laptop screen (I check my usb port by using other device like printer and they work fine). I don't have any driver that comes with this usb flash drive. Any idea what should I do? thanks for the help!.
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Moderator  Join Date: Oct 2001
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What do you mean you "see nothing on my laptop screen?" Do you mean that you don't see the drive mount on the desktop? Have you tried a different USB port? Is this a little flash stick or is it an actual drive? More details about the device would help.
Steve
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Yes, exactly no drive mount on the desktop. Both usb ports are fine as I tried my printer or psp/phone on them. This is flash stick (8GB) USB drive.
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Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001
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It's possible, though highly improbable, that the USB ports are not supplying enough power for an 8GB stick. Is there a light on this thing that comes on? Do you have a powered external hub that you can try it in? Do you have other USB devices on the chain that are drawing a lot of power?
Steve
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Launch Disk Utility and report back whether the drive shows up.
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I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
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Originally Posted by OreoCookie 
Launch Disk Utility and report back whether the drive shows up.
Thanks here's what I found
Verifying volume “NO NAME”
** /dev/disk1s1
Filesystem too big (256863 clusters) for non-FAT32 partition
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 non HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
I dunno what it means but could it be the USB stick has internal error or broken?
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I found another info on that as follow:
Name : Generic USB Flash Drive Media
Type : Disk
Disk Identifier : disk1
Media Name : Generic USB Flash Drive Media
Media Type : Generic
Connection Bus : USB
Connection Type : External
USB Serial Number : 200701142997
Partition Type : FDisk_partition_scheme
Writable : Yes
Ejectable : Yes
Mac OS 9 Drivers Installed : No
Location : External
Total Capacity : 7.8 GB (8,417,968,128 Bytes)
S.M.A.R.T. Status : Not Supported
Disk Number : 1
Partition Number : 0
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Erase/format the disk using disk utility! sam
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Originally Posted by SVass
Erase/format the disk using disk utility! sam
Thanks Sam, got it now. Have a nice weekend!!! 
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