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As a programmer I can say that .NET Framework is needed only for software, that was developed using the Microsoft .NET platform (basically, it is the software developed with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 and later). If your office or CAD drafting applications require this (for example, it is recommended to have the Microsoft .NET Framework with Microsoft Office 2007), then you should have it. If you do not plan to use it, then I think there is no need in the .NET Framework, until you want to run the applications that require this. However, the .NET Framework is already bundled with the Microsoft Windows Vista, so it already became a part of the OS. This way, I think that it will soon become a kind of standard. I use Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, and it requires the .NET Framework to be installed. Even on other systems, where there are not going any software developments, the .NET Framework, in my opinion, should be installed for future purposes. It is not so resource-hungry and the installer is not so big, so it is not a problem to keep it installed on a system (here is even an advatage: you won't have to look for the .NET Framework when you will have to install a .NET-dependant application).

I tested the drive on several machines. And I did even more - I tested the flash drive on the same machine, but with other OS (it is Ubuntu 5.04 Hoary Hedgehog Live CD). It worked in the other OS very good. But when I return to Windows, the same problem appears again. So, as I see the problem isn't the flash drive. May be there is some bad software installed, but the other flash drives are working good on my machine. Any ideas? Thanks!

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Hi everyone! I have a 2GB USB flash drive. It is a new one and for the last two days it worked perfectly. But today I experienced some problems with it. When I inserted it in the USB port, the flash drive was recognized by the OS, but when I clicked on Removable Disk (F:) in Windows Explorer, I saw nothing! The drive was with some files just yesterday, but now, there is nothing! I viewed the drive properties, and I was sincerelly shocked: there is 0 bytes free from total 0 bytes. I ejected the drive, and inserted it again. Now, I saw already my folders, but unfortunatelly, when I clicked one of them, it was empty, so the problem was the same when I viewed the drive properties (0 bytes free from total 0 bytes). After some time, I inserted the drive again, and it worked good for a time (I even tried to copy my folders to the hard disk), but while it was copying (there were ~50% completed), the drive disappeared again, so the process was interrupted. I tried this drive on other machines, and there it works good, without any problems. What is the problem? Any help is really appreciated (however, I should mention that I don't want to format the drive because there is some serious data stored). Thanks!

Hi everyone! I am NotesPack, and I am new to this forum. From all the forums I have seen, this one is the most professionally maintained and supported by the forum staff and its users. Sometimes I experience some troubles using software and hardware, so I hope this is the place where I can get my questions answered. Thanks!