20 Most Recent SanDisk 2GB Cruzer Micro SDCZ62048A10 Hard Drive - Page 5 Questions & Answers

came a cross similar problems with San disk this product is not worth a penny even non branded flash pens works better then this piece of ****sorry guys but this is the facts tried my level best useing all the tools possible even their own tool couldn't detect the disk its 4gb showing 64 MB only

Hello b gratzek what do you mean with missing disk space ? ex, Windows just ways that you have about 1.8 gigs of free space ? if this is the question , its because the filesystem organization , it will use some disk space to store the files information , and also 1 gigabyte its 1024 bytes , so if you divide 2000 / 1024 the result will be something like 1952,...... got it ?

You have to be the computers administrator to change any values on any hard drive on your computer

click start control panel user accounts on the users tab click the name of the computer administrator you must have full control

click start click to open on my computer you should see your usb drive could be E: or something right click select properties there will be an array of options

select the sharing tab option then advanced sharing make sure you have a tick in the share this folder box

then click permissions make sure you have all 3 boxes ticked full control changes and read in windows 7

click start control panel user accounts click on the administrators account if you have made one or you will have to create one in windows XP

click start right click on my computer select openRight click the icon of your usb drive (It should be E:/ or something) Click Properties in the menu that comes up Click the Sharing tab Click permissions And finally, click Allow next to Full Control.

click start click on my computer you should see your usb drive

right click then select format

another way is to control panel administrative tools computer management disk management right click on your drive select format

if you need more help with this post a replyhope this helps

A few important bits of information about using faults and fixes on usb drives

click start control panel administrative tools computer management device manager scroll down universal serial bus controllers you could see a yellow question / exclamation mark? ! or a red X

you will need to update/reinstall drivers

right click to reinstall drivers

if you can see your usb drive but its not working

ports (com&lpt) right click update driver if this fails to fix the problem check the USB leads that attach to the motherboard usually red white green black make sure they are securely seated and have no dust build up on them dust will cause static and a lot of unforeseen problems for a computer and its parts click start control panel administrive tools computer management disk management right click on your drive select properties click tools you should see click check now click start two boxes automatically fix files and scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors place then a tick in one box then select check now start or you might tick one box then return after its finished the first repair then return and tick the second box (I have found better results ticking the first box then reurn and tick the second box) you should not do anything while the chkdsk utility is in progress any input may damage this drive also you might need to do this

click start click to open on my computer you should see your usb drive F: right click select properties there will be an array of options select the sharing tab option then advanced sharing

permissions make sure you have a tick in the share this folder box then click permissions make sure all three boxes are ticked you full control change and read in windows 7

click start control panel user accounts click on the administrators account if you have made one or you will have to create one in windows XPalsoIf you are running a Windows XP OS then you might be able to: click start right click on my computer select open

Right click the icon of your Flash Drive (It should be F: / E: or something) Click Properties in the menu that comes up Click the Sharing tab Click permissions And finally, click Allow next to Full Control.

if you need more help with this post a replyhope this helps

ok right click on it then select formatgood luck

w7

First, please disconnect all USB devices and then perform the following steps:

Click "Start" button, type "devmgmt.msc" (without quotation marks) in the "Search" bar and press "Enter". Click "Continue" if necessary.

In Device Manager, double click to expand "Universal Serial Bus controllers", right click on the Host Controller, click "Uninstall" and click "OK".

Repeat the step 2 to uninstall all items under "Universal Serial Bus controllers".

Then, restart your computer and Windows 7 will reinstall all USB controllers automatically.

for xp or earlier

click start right click on computer select properties device manager scroll down universal serial bus controllers you could see a yellow question / exclamation mark? ! or a red X

you will need to update/reinstall drivers

right click to reinstall drivers

if you can see your usb drive but its not working

ports (com&lpt) right click update driver if this fails to fix the problem

check the USB leads that attach to the motherboard usually red white green black make sure they are securely seated and have no dust build up on them dust will cause static and a lot of unforeseen problems to a computer and its parts

if you need more help with this or if i have missed the problem post a reply

hope it helps

Do you mainly use it on a Mac? Do you want to use it for both Mac and PC? If it's the latter, you can format your USB drive on your mac using disk utility and formatting it as ExFAT. This way it will be recognized on both Mac and PC and you can save files onto it as well. Where if you formatted it to Mac only you will only be able to write to it on Macs and not PCs. Hope that makes sense

Insert the USB drive into your computer's USB port and navigate to it through My Computer.

Now double click on the USB drive.
Once in the directory of the USB flash drive click tools at the top menu bar of your screen. Then click folder options. Now click the view tab. Scroll down a bit to the folder heading that reads: Hidden Files and Folders.
Select the option that reads: Show Hidden Files and Folders.

Now click apply and then OK.

This will show all available hidden files and folders that are present on your USB flash drive or card.

Take care!
damnor01

These files are hidden.

1. Go to Tools tab. Select Folder Options.
2. Go to View tab. Check on the Show hidden files and folders.

You can now see the hidden files.

Use Dr.UFD and Format It

Your Operating is curupt, you will need to do a clean re-install

google "hp format tool", make sure you open it up as administator. Do a full format.

http://majorgeeks.com/Dr._Freeware_System_Utilities_d6416.html

Support IDE/SATA/USB Hard Drives memory cards USB Memory Drives Windows Password Cleaner Available in Live CD to run offline This is a utility to blank the password of any user that has a valid local account on your Windows system. You do not need to know the old password to blank the password. hope this helps

Depending on the reason for data loss, there are cheaper solutions out there. If it is only a logical data loss, the price for recovery can be as low as $29.99 -- see this site: http://htcilabs.com/services/data-recovery-services/

Files on a flash drive can be corrupted if it is not removed from the USB port properly.
Before removing the flash drive click on the Safely Remove Hardware icon and then click on the flash drive you want to remove and then remove the flash drive when the computer message says it is Safe to remove.
To restore the flash drive you need to format the flash drive, but you will lose the data stored on the flash drive.
If you need the data on the flash drive these WEB sites may help: -
Data and Digital Photo Recovery
www.artplus.hr/adapps/eng/dpr.htm
www.CardRecovery.com

There is a place that may be able to recover your data from a sandisk cruzr for about $75:00

Check them out at http://www.lc-tech.com/company/press.html

Michael