mass storage device

I have a flash USB 2 memory stick which was working perfectly. It now thinks
it is a security device (not a mass storage device) and the computer (or any
computer) can't open it

- any suggestions what I've done or how I can access the valuable data on
the stick

Thanks

Srikrishna
Sun Jun 19 04:46:25 CDT 2005


May be its bundled with the "security device"..Now a days its very common to
see the flash drives with biometric bundle.....
You may want to uninstall the Hardware and re-install the drivers....




"desperate for help" <desperate for help@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>I have a flash USB 2 memory stick which was working perfectly. It now
>thinks
> it is a security device (not a mass storage device) and the computer (or
> any
> computer) can't open it
>
> - any suggestions what I've done or how I can access the valuable data on
> the stick
>
> Thanks

Kishen
Mon Jun 20 14:07:36 CDT 2005

Sometimes my usb stick acts funny when its still locked. It cant read the
data on the stick. Might work, you never know....
"desperate for help" <desperate for help@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:3ACAF30C-F5F3-4EDF-86D5-3417FE6DCBFF@microsoft.com...
>I have a flash USB 2 memory stick which was working perfectly. It now
>thinks
> it is a security device (not a mass storage device) and the computer (or
> any
> computer) can't open it
>
> - any suggestions what I've done or how I can access the valuable data on
> the stick
>
> Thanks

desperateforhelp
Tue Jun 21 11:14:05 CDT 2005

sorry, I don't quite understand - how did you 'unlock' the device?

Thanks for the reply

from still desperate

"Kishen Menon" wrote:

> Sometimes my usb stick acts funny when its still locked. It cant read the
> data on the stick. Might work, you never know....
> "desperate for help" <desperate for help@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:3ACAF30C-F5F3-4EDF-86D5-3417FE6DCBFF@microsoft.com...
> >I have a flash USB 2 memory stick which was working perfectly. It now
> >thinks
> > it is a security device (not a mass storage device) and the computer (or
> > any
> > computer) can't open it
> >
> > - any suggestions what I've done or how I can access the valuable data on
> > the stick
> >
> > Thanks
>
>
>