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Is usb drive gone

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mak1012
mak1012 Original post #1
Nov 27, 2007 at 11:32 PM
hi guys,
i borrowed 40 gb usb hard drive from my friend yesterday.. it was working fine
at my friends hoese and also at my house too
but today i used it on my other friends pc it worked there too ...but now i'm not able to use my drive on my pc......
when i put it in windows it says Usb devise not recognized.....
and also its not working in my ubuntu....

please suggest me what to do...
ravi_9793
Nov 27, 2007 at 11:48 PM
Try installing the drive again.
Choto Cheeta
Nov 27, 2007 at 11:51 PM
@mak1012

Reboot the PC try again :p some time Windows power down the USB ports to save power :p so it causes issues :p simply reboot and try again :D
satyamy
satyamy #4
Nov 28, 2007 at 12:03 AM
mak1012 said:
hi guys,
i borrowed 40 gb usb hard drive from my friend yesterday.. it was working fine
..................
please suggest me what to do...
no, it should work
try on different USB Ports
mak1012
mak1012 #5
Nov 28, 2007 at 3:12 PM
satyamy said:
no, it should work
try on different USB Ports

Its not working at all today i tried in my all college pc's but its not working...
i tried it in even in Ubuntu ..


is it becuase off ne virus????

please reply...