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Recover data from unrecognized U3 flash drive

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by mycoach

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Have a flash drive that is not recognized by Windows Vista. Just keeps hanging stating "drivers being installed".

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by thumbsup2

It's always possible the drive is bad due to not stopping it properly before unplugging it. It's also possible the copy of U3 which is on the drive is corrupt and can't install itself.

Have you tried the drive in another computer to see if it's readable? If so, try downloading another copy of U3 from the web and replacing the one on the flash drive, then plug it into Vista.

Another thought. Have you tried logging into an account that has administrative priviledges to get it installed?

by mycoach

Thanks for the suggestions.

I did read the drive in an XP machine (it was paasword protected) and it opened fine.

When I tried it in the Vista machine is when it hung/would not load.

I was logged in with adminstrative priviliges on each machine.

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