Is my flash drive dead?

[milcmann]

well this morning I was on someone elses comp using my flash drive. The comp froze up and the computer was then shut down. it wouldnt shut down or restart so it was forced off. When I pulled my drive from the comp and tried to use it on another comp it was being read as a disk drive. If I click on the drive it tells me to insert a disk..into a freaking flash drive. anyway, Ive tried on several comps and they all do the same thing. I need help. its a 2gb sony micro vault if it helps. I hope that someone can help me it doesnt even weigh enough to be a paper weight.

Thanx Don

[dave computer]

same thign happened to me with my 1 gig flash drive. its like it'll come up in my computer but you can't access it. sounds like it died still under warrenty?

[milcmann]

well, it was baught on ebay so I dont know. but it is a sony so im sure I can get it traded...The only problem is im deployed in Iraq right now and for some reason there arent to many Best Buys in this country. Thats why i was trying to see if there is a fix for it.

[dave computer]

does teh drive come up in mycomputer? if so try to right click on it and format and see if that works. saved one of my flash drives once a while back.

[milcmann]

tried that....it tells me that i need to insert a disk into the drive. For some reson it reads it as a floppy drive. I need for the it to read as a flash drive before I can format it

[pam123]

This is not "user friendly" but if someone around you is running Linux you may have a way to get your flash drive back.
Read through this : http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8366

Take a deep breath and remember that it only looks awful the first time you go over it.
Drop the steps you don't need (You're not burning your Quicken files to a cd, right?) and see if you can use anything that's left.