usb flash pen incorrectly recognise

numberonepipboy wrote:
 > usb memory flash pen was working fine until the system crashed when
 > using the pen.
 >
 > Now when plugged in windows 2000 identifies it as a security device
 > and looks for software for this instead of locating correct driver by
 > plug & play. The same happens on any pc that I try it on. Any
 > clues? Many thanks
 >
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Time to do a FORMAT!
Yes, USB sticks can lose their format.
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/filex/655.html" target="_blank">http://www.livejournal.com/users/filex/655.html</a>
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This is how to format one in GNU/Linux, as I use Knoppix installed into
all of mey systems as Debian Linux.

Everything is faster, burns CDs, and DVDs lots faster than in Microsoft
XP, too! All the precious time I used to devote to patches,
anti-virus, updates, spyware, on XP is now spent in total productivity,
in GNU/Linux! <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://knopper.net/knoppix" target="_blank">http://knopper.net/knoppix</a>

Here are over 90+ distros of Knoppix! Even make up your own!
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"patrick" <uce.TakeThisOut@ftc.gov> wrote in message
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 > numberonepipboy wrote:
  > > usb memory flash pen was working fine until the system crashed when
  > > using the pen.
  > >
  > > Now when plugged in windows 2000 identifies it as a security device
  > > and looks for software for this instead of locating correct driver by
  > > plug & play. The same happens on any pc that I try it on. Any
  > > clues? Many thanks
  > >
  > > ==============
  > > Posted through <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb" target="_blank">www.HowToFixComputers.com/bb</a> - free access to hardware
troubleshooting newsgroups.
 > Time to do a FORMAT!
 > Yes, USB sticks can lose their format.
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<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://weblogs.asp.net/oldnewthing/archive/2004/04/05/108205.aspx</font" target="_blank">http://weblogs.asp.net/oldnewthing/archive/2004/04/05/108205.aspx</font</a>>
 >
 > This is how to format one in GNU/Linux, as I use Knoppix installed into
 > all of mey systems as Debian Linux.

But if the drive is not reconised as a drive, how can you format it?

I tried my faulty pen drive in Red Hat and it refused to see it at all, at
least MS crap systems saw the drive, they just didn't know what it was. Red
Hat didn't even take a guess as to what it was, let alone try to install it.

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