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ofiaich Posts: > 500

Hi everyone!

that's it in a nutshell!

Friends Iomega usb drive was working perfectly and now she gets the emssage t format it,

Any ideas on what to do, besides pressing yes to format

Ofiaich
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Posted: 2010-12-06 20:49:30
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tranced Posts: > 500

Tried another computer?

You can try scandisk to fix it.
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Posted: 2010-12-06 20:52:36
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ofiaich Posts: > 500

Hi tranced!

Yes,

tried on my own computer,

and Scandisk will not run,

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Posted: 2010-12-06 20:59:27
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tranced Posts: > 500

How come it won't run? Is yours broken?

Try to restart the computer with the usb plugged in. It might prompt to run the scandisk when starting up windows.

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Posted: 2010-12-06 21:09:26
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lukechris Posts: > 500

If it is asking you to format, it is a corrupt file system, very unlikely there's anything I can do.

ALWAYS KEEP A BACKUP. I can't stress that enough
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Posted: 2010-12-06 21:12:44
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ofiaich Posts: > 500

OK tranced, I will give that a go..

Hi lukechris, not my drive!! My friends, but fortunately, I told her to make back ups and to store data elsewhere, so she has only lost a few files,

If I format it, what's to say the problem will not return? We both bought one of these a few months back,

Oh! I do have a MacBook Pro to try it on..

Ofiaich

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Posted: 2010-12-06 21:16:46
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lukechris Posts: > 500

Try it in a Linux live CD, and see what gParted says
That's all I can suggest
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Posted: 2010-12-06 21:46:09
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ofiaich Posts: > 500

thanks, but don't have access to that...

Might ask my friend to find the receipt, and then see if the PC-World can run any data restoring software..

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Posted: 2010-12-06 21:49:52
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lukechris Posts: > 500

What, the Tech Guys? I wouldn't, haha, most unreliable "technicians" I've ever known xD
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Posted: 2010-12-06 21:52:04
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ofiaich Posts: > 500

thats why I added

at the end of my post

a reboot of my PC did not make Scandisk work!

[ This Message was edited by: ofiaich on 2010-12-06 21:06 ]

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Posted: 2010-12-06 22:02:53
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