Hi Everyone,
I've read numerous threads about broken USB drives, but haven't found one that matches all the symptoms mine is having. So here goes:
My USB flash drive has failed. After troubleshooting, I am certain of a few things:
The flash drive is failing, not any of the PCs I've used to access it. My drivers are current on the PC I'm actively using...
When I place the drive into the port, Device Manager lists "Lexar JD Firefly USB Device" under Disk Drives. This is AFTER removing all non-present devices from DM. However, the drive does NOT show up as a drive under Computer.
The LED does flash for a moment every few minutes. Soon after the LED flashes the Computer window refreshes and shoes a portable drive for a split second. If I click on this icon when it pops up, it tells me the drive doesn't exist.
Under Device Manager, Portable Devices I get a "WPD FileSystem Volume Driver" that appears with an error. The error code has been all of these at some point: Code 1, code 10, code 18, code 45.
I've confirmed it isn't the USB contacts and I've tried applying gentle pressure without any success.
Remo recovery and other such programs haven't been able to find the drive in order to attempt to fix it.
Any suggestions other than sending it to a shop for repair? I could care less about the device, but would like the data stored on it.
Thanks in advance for the help.
I've read numerous threads about broken USB drives, but haven't found one that matches all the symptoms mine is having. So here goes:
My USB flash drive has failed. After troubleshooting, I am certain of a few things:
The flash drive is failing, not any of the PCs I've used to access it. My drivers are current on the PC I'm actively using...
When I place the drive into the port, Device Manager lists "Lexar JD Firefly USB Device" under Disk Drives. This is AFTER removing all non-present devices from DM. However, the drive does NOT show up as a drive under Computer.
The LED does flash for a moment every few minutes. Soon after the LED flashes the Computer window refreshes and shoes a portable drive for a split second. If I click on this icon when it pops up, it tells me the drive doesn't exist.
Under Device Manager, Portable Devices I get a "WPD FileSystem Volume Driver" that appears with an error. The error code has been all of these at some point: Code 1, code 10, code 18, code 45.
I've confirmed it isn't the USB contacts and I've tried applying gentle pressure without any success.
Remo recovery and other such programs haven't been able to find the drive in order to attempt to fix it.
Any suggestions other than sending it to a shop for repair? I could care less about the device, but would like the data stored on it.
Thanks in advance for the help.