My flash drive stopped working on Mac. Do you know why? (flash drive, jump drive, usb key... its all the same?
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Check to see if its full, if you want to erase all of the data on it ,, just grab a magnet and drag it across
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Could be it is not detecting the hardware?  Also could be that it already detected same; i.e. the first time you use a flash drive you get the "new hardware" popup.  After that it just loads as it was previously detected.
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I only have an iMac G5, and that's slot loading, so I haven't had the same problem.  However, Apple keyboards have the "Eject" button on the top right, next to the volume and mute keys -- could that key be stuck?  You might also have programmed another "Hot Key" to eject, so check that option out, too.\n\nOtherwise, I'd suggest you ask others who are more likely to have an answer because they have the same hardware, at the Apple Discussions Pages:\nhttp://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=108
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Check your 'eject hardware' icon to see if the flash drive is showing there. If it isn't, it sounds as though the drivers and software for your USB are out of date or have been corrupted in some way. This can sometimes happen when you install Windows updates or software that conflicts (upon installation) with your hardware drivers. Check to see if there are up to date drivers for your flash drive on the manufacturer's website. If not, you will need to uninstall the software and reinstall the flash drive again using the original installation disc. \n\nBefore doing this, check Device Manager to see if it is flagging up any conflicts. If everything is okay, remove the flash drive from your USB port. Check your 'add/remove programs' list in Control Panel to see if the software for your flash drive is showing up. If it is, uninstall it. Reboot your computer. Then re-attach your flash drive to your USB port. With a bit of luck, the hardware installation wizard should recognise it as new hardware and open. If it does this, re-install the drivers for your flash drive and you should be away.\n\nIf it doesn't, you may need to do a manual install, although this reduces the chances of the flash drive working.
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Do you have a floppy disc in the drive?  Check that first, if not, then:\nhttp://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch000465.htm
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sounds like an un usual issue you have there, have you got USB enabled all the way in the bios ie usb keyboard, usb mouse as enabled and usb enabled ?\n\nAlso www.usbman.com have a very good FAQ which would defintly be worth while checking out. Also if you right click my computer --> manage --> disk management ( that is how I am assuming you are deciphering if it detects it or not ? ) As for not mounting it, have you formatted the disk  / memory stick or whatever it is ?
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Looks like you need a new dvd drive.  It should play with not a problem.\n\nOh, wait.  Did your computer come with OSX?  If not, and you upgraded, then you could need either more Ram, or a faster processor.  You can replace the ram, but most macs can't have their processor upgraded.\n\nTo find out better info, go to MacOSXHints.com ( i think that's it.  it's been a while.)  They have loads of mac genius' that can help.
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yes i have seen people use them before on Macs\n\nhttp://www.trust.com/ should have the drivers you need.
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That'll most often happen under Windows 2000 and earlier. Windows also will try to index the files on any media too causing a delay. Most USB keys have a light on them. As long as that light isn't blinking just pull the key out. Blinking indicates read/write activity and you could lose data pulling it when it's blinking. If you get an error telling you the device was removed tell Windows that you're a big person and you can handle things by yourself.
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Don't know if this'll work on an Apple, but I sometimes have that happen on a pc with optical mouse, mouses, mices.....\n\nIf it has a usb connection, simply unplugging and replugging gets it to work.\n\nWhen it's a a ps2 connection, I usually have to reboot.\n\nThese are all things to try before concluding the mouse has gone bad.\n\nThen..... if it's a ball mouse, try cleaning the ball and the roller bearings it rides against using rubbing alcohol and a q-tip.\n\nTest the mouse on another system if you can. Test another mouse on your system. These are ascending levels of trouble-shooting that help isolate the trouble spot. If something works, stop there. If it doesn't, then go on to the next thing.\n\nHope it's solved by the time you read this! Good luck.
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Hi there:\n\nI answer this question all the time.\n\nHERE is a complete copy and paste of the last ANSWER I gave, which has all the information you need. As you state, you DO NOT WANT to format or scandisk or defrag, or anything that touches the tracks on your floppy !\n\nSEE below:\n\n@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@\n\nI lost my data I saved on floppy?\n\nI saved some email messages on a floppy disc and brought it home from work and went to look at them on my computer at home and when I tried to open the floppy it said disco not formatted would you like to format now yes no. Have I lost my data? What should I do?\nAdditional Details\n\nthey are no longer in my email. just on floppy. If i take it back to work will it work there it did the other day.\n\nBest Answer - Chosen by Asker\n\nHi there:\n\nYou have probably NOT lost any data.\nFloppy copy and read problems are VERY common, and people have forgotten how to use them and maintain them.\n\nI looked at the two other answers before mine. The first states that you lost everything. _ WRONG !!\nThe second states that you are using a different operating system ( WRONG -- a floppy is a floppy is floppy unless you are using a MAC vs PC, and even you would be smart enough to know that they are differnt !)\n[[ Another rare situation is where you are using an OLD, 3 1/4 inch floppy on one machine, and a "new" 3 1/4 inch floppy drive on another machine, since the DRIVES Themselves, are different FORMATS ( the operating systems ( DOS, WIndows would be the same, and understand both formatting systems, but the mechanical heads and tracks are different ! ) There a dozens of different Floppy read/writers, and different FORMATs and sizes. The first IBM PC shipped with no harddrive, no floppy, and 16K of ram. There was a big DIN plug identical to the old keyboard plug, that you plugged in a cable that went to your Audio Cassette player, to load programs.. Then came the full height, single sided, low density, 5 1/2 inch floppy, then the high density, then the low density, two sided floppy, then the two sided High density floppy. Then all of these were replaced with the LOW density 3 1/4 inch floppy, and later the High Density 3 1/4 inch.\nIFF you have a normal, modern 3 1/4 inch HIGH density disk writer at the office, and try to use it in the ancient 3 1/4 LOW density disk unit at home, the older low density machine will not know what the tracks on the floppy are - it will be reading two tinier high density tracks at the same time and get garbage data.\nThe odds of you having a 720 K floppy Machine at home, and a 1.44 Meg floppy Unit at work, are almost zero, but I thought I would mention it ! ) ]]\nThe second answer states to but the floppy BACK in the orginating computer, and this actually WOULD have a high success rate.\n\nTHE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO " NOT " scandisk, or defrag or touch the floppy in ANY WAY.\nMake your disk ' holy " at once, and prevent any writing of any kind, by flipping the little tab down so that BOTH HOLES on the corners are open ( holy disk ), so that your disk is protected from evil ( programs that WRITE or try to repair it- which would destroy YOUR data in the process of " repairing " the tracks -- they do not give a hoot about YOUR data, only in re-viving the useability of the disk -- BEWARE ! ! )\n\nThere are many precautions in using floppies. The first, is to ALWAYS FULL FORMAT ( not the silly "quick format" ) the disk before writing to it, even if it is NEW and out of the package...\n\nThe other problem is the LACK of use of ordinary floppy drive machines. They continually build up layers of dust, and when people DO go to use them, they gum up the heads with dirt. There are floppy cleaner disks available at most computer stores and dollar stores, and you SHOULD clean them if they have not been in use very much...\n\nAnother problem is the slight variation in the HEAD size, and the HEAD alignment, of different flop
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When connected the Jump Stick should appear as an additional 'drive' allowing simple 'drag and drop'.\n\nI have had trouble installing devices like this in systems other than XP so a bit of perseverance may be required (ad the right drivers).\n\nHope this helps
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Is the drive USB or firewire? You may have a bad port on the desktop. To check this:\ngo to the apple menu in the top left corner\nchoose about this mac. when the window pops up, select more info...\nthis opens System profiler\nclick on usb and firewire to see if they register. If it says nothing, there's your problem.\n\nIf all ports are working, try this:\ngo to applications - utilities and open disk utility\nplug in your drive and see if it appears\n\nif it still doesn't appear, choose mount drive from the menus at the top while in disk utilityq
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Try this free software for file recovery, install it first, learn how to use it, then plug the flash drive and start the program for recovery\nhttp://www.convar.de
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You have to make sure you eject it for safe removal to avoid corruption.  Some rescue applications may work. Support is best in XP and 2000, if you're using ME or 98, spend some money. Mac works fine as well.
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I would suggest you right click on my computer and go to manage and then that will bring up a console and you go to disk management and you should be able to see what it says about your external drive ie if its un allocated or w/e. Post back with that info, btw did this hard drive work correctly in your other computer before it broke down or did it break down because the hard drive broke down or what ?
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The hardware itself should work for both but I have seen hard drives that said MAC formatted on it (From a really old Mac) Just make sure it is formatted to Windows compatible (Fat32 or NTFS)and it should work.