[Help] - USB Not recognised

[papster_kat]

Hi Guys,

I seem to be having trouble with a Sony Microvault USB stick:

I plug it in and the found new device wizard finds the device, but when trying to browse to it through my computer or explorer it can not be accessed.

The PC has never been on a network, I have tried updating the drivers, safe mode, but still no joy.

Its almost as of it has been locked down or something, It was lent to a friend recently and since then it has had these problems.

Any ideas ? (i really need to get the data off of it !)

Thanks

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[ranjit jacob]

are you using it for the 1st time, if yes you can get into computer management and select disk management, once you are there you can try a format and this should recoconize ur thumb drive....

[LLXX]

are you using it for the 1st time, if yes you can get into computer management and select disk management, once you are there you can try a format and this should recoconize ur thumb drive....

He says it's been used before... if you'll read more carefully next time

Does a drive letter show up in My Computer? Can you mount it from disk management?

You could also try one of the disk recovery programs mentioned before (search these forum threads), but of course if the device is physically damaged then you're not going to have much success.