Gaming flash drive issue

[W.I.C.K.E.D.]

Ok. I have a 16gb pny flash drive that was working fine yesterday. Today, I can't see it under my computer. Windows will make a sound acknowledging that it got plugged in when I put it into the drive slot. Under the device manager it shows XXXXXXXX U167CONTROLLER USB Device. It says the device is working properly but if I try to get it to populate the drive it says 0mb capacity. Under disk management I see removable but no media is listed under each. Any ideas or did this thing crap out on me?


Edit: This is on a win 7 pc. I put it in another computer with xp and under my computer the drive letter pops up when I insert it, but no storage space is listed nor can I access it. It says insert disk when I click the drive under my computer.

 

[Rydian]

Sounds like the partition table might have bcome corrupt, which does seem odd because usually any issues would happen within the filesystem of the partition, not in a higher area.

Might want to see if some partition/drive recovery software can get at it. It's sort of a hassle, but testdisk is what I recommend simply because it's always shown me what's actually up, whereas other programs often don't report nearly enough info about what's up.

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Step_By_Step

 

[W.I.C.K.E.D.]

Sounds like the partition table might have bcome corrupt, which does seem odd because usually any issues would happen within the filesystem of the partition, not in a higher area.

Might want to see if some partition/drive recovery software can get at it. It's sort of a hassle, but testdisk is what I recommend simply because it's always shown me what's actually up, whereas other programs often don't report nearly enough info about what's up.

http://www.cgsecurit...sk_Step_By_Step

I tried this but the utility could not even see the device. I'm guessing that means I'm SOL?

 

[Originality]

If formatting doesn't work, its probably dying. This happens sooner or later with all flash drives.

 

[Sumith]

Hi All of u.......


Try to use this: Urescue v1.3.0.71 software download it and use it....

If you use win 7, please set compatibility mode to Win XP SP2 and run as administrator.

I Hope it works for your drive.