It's not password protected, and I have managed to get it to accept all 64 meg.
Trouble is is that my floppy still doesn't work - or rather the PC seems to think it does in device manager, but when I put a floppy in it still tells me to insert a floppy. I think there must be a hardware clash introduced somewhere in XP so I'll do some googling to see if I can find a solution.
Pain in the neck to have to do that though.
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Previously on "64mb USB data key thingy thinks its a 1.4mb floppy!"
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Guest repliedTotal guess - some come with a "password" routine (I immediately binned that from one I bought a while back because having the data is more important to me than the chance of someone using it if it got pinched) - to have a password routine I supposed it must have had the equivalent of the autorun.inf on CD's.
Is there any chance that it is running some piece of noddy software when you plug it in which is not working properly?
I'm assuming it's new - does it show any content (assuming you can read it). You don't need any drivers for these with win xp - I've used several on a number of machines and never had a problem.
Can you format it? Use FAT not NTFS on these things - I know FAT works but have no idea if NTFS does.
Failing all that bin it and buy another one
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Guest replied> Have I been robbed?
Only of your brains
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Guest repliedI was also sold a 64mb USB key that thinks it is a floppy.
It's black, 5 mm thick and I plug this one into a 3.5 inch slot on the front of the computer.
Have I been robbed?
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Guest replied64mb USB data key thingy thinks its a 1.4mb floppy!
:lol
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Guest started a topic 64mb USB data key thingy thinks its a 1.4mb floppy!64mb USB data key thingy thinks its a 1.4mb floppy!
I run xp pro at home and when I plugged n played the data key into the usb port my pc seems to have designated it as a 1.4 meg floppy, plus my actual floppy drive has stopped working!
I took the data key to work and plugged it into my pcs usb port and the work pc also thinks its only got 1.4 meg of storage - it seems to have been 'formatted' by my home pc.
Anybody had the same issue? And how did you fix it?Tags: None
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