kingston 1gb flash drive?

Question

how to use it ?do i have to download anything to use it cause i tryed saving things on it but it never works ?need help

Answer 1

you should be able to just plug it into your USB port... windows (98+) should recognize it. Right-click on your start button, choose "explore." Scroll down the left side of the window, and look for something that says "Flash drive" or "Jump Drive" or "removable media" or something like that. That should be your Kingston drive. Copy/paste or drag the files you want onto/off of this drive.

Sometimes direct saving to a flash drive doesn't work. If this is the case, save to a temp directory and then cut/paste to this drive

Answer 2

Have you been using anything else on the particular USB port?

If you did, did you "safely remove" it before unplugging?

Here is information on problems with USB ports. See if this helps.
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Problem With USB Port – Can’t Reinstall USB Device – Plug & Play Problem
- With Windows Plug & Play feature, Windows is supposed to recognize any device plugged into a USB port -- the problem is after it recognizes something once, Plug & Play will never again try to install that device. You need to erase all memory of the device (printer etc) from the computer.
- Right-click on My Computer, cl Properties, click Hardware, click Device Manager.
- Click on the plus sign next to “Universal Serial Bus.” Look for the problem device’s name and right-click. Now Remove. Restart and reinstall.

Source: Article by James Coates, Chicago Tribune.
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Personal Notes:
1. I found that if I did not go through the “safely remove” procedure before unplugging a USB device, the computer did not recognize another item. I had to reinsert the first item, “safely remove,” then plug in another item. This must be like shutting down for USBs.
2. Some flashdrives are to be removed at shutdown, and reinserted after startup. This is stated on the literature that accompanied my SONY 1G flashdrive. I do not recall seeing this instruction for my Cruzer 1G, but I suspect it is the same. I found that if I leave it connected, I cannot access files. After removing it and reinserting, files are there. A couple other smaller, older flashdrives do not seem to have this problem.
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Answer 3

check if it has a lock button at its side

is it data traveler?