I brought a flash drive about two weeks ago from Walmart and now it is not work with my school USB Port, It worked on last friday and I can't figure out why it is not working. Should i take it back to walmart? I have the repiept, or the paper with the price and bar code on it, but i don't have the orginal packaging. Would walmart take it back or did i just lose $20.
2006-09-11 04:41:33 · 5 answers · asked by futuregeologist 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Okay I just changed computers and now it works but my other one will not work on this computer. But it will work on the other one i was on. So can anyone explain this to me, why a flash drive will work on one and not on the other
2006-09-11 05:02:17 · update #1
This could be one of 3 things.
1. The computers at your school does not allow removable devices to be installed, so they hide all possible drive letters that will be used by such devices.
Solution: Check with your school's administration.
2. The Flash Drive you purchase is defected or damage.
Solution: Take it back to where you purchase it from and get a refund/exchange.
3. Your Flash Drive is USB 2.x and the computers at your school does not support USB 2.
Solution: Take it back to Walmart and exchange for another one that is compatible with older versions of USB.
2006-09-11 04:44:50 · answer #1 · answered by HotRod 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try it on another machine, not at the school. The school may have instituted a policy that prevents USP flash drives from working on their computers. This is becoming common on school and business networks as a security measure.
If the school has blocked removeable storage, there's nothing wrong with the flash drive. Wal-Mart will probably take it back without the packaging as long as you have the receipt.
2006-09-11 04:47:27 · answer #2 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By not working, does that mean you can't save to it? Or when you save FROM it, does it come up as "read-only"? If so, then you might have accidently "locked" your Flash Drive against accidental data deletion (a safety measure found on most Flash Drives).
To see if this happened, look for a very small "switch" on the Flash Drive. It can be moved from one side to the other, like turning on a small toy. One side will "data-protect" it, and the other frees it up for data deletion, saving and modifications.
Good luck.
2006-09-11 04:49:38 · answer #3 · answered by rouschkateer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it might be due to some drivers problems its happend usaly all youhave to do is go to the device manager and remove all installed usb drivers reboot your pc and try it should most probably solve your problem if it still not working then you may better try getting it back to wallmart service center not the showroom and they will check is it is faulty they will replace with the new peice
2006-09-11 04:45:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it could be that the school computers have been set NOT to accept Flash drives.
If that isn't the problem, this link may provide the info you need.......
2006-09-11 04:48:42 · answer #5 · answered by mrresearchman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋