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Flash Drive USB error "Not Accessible" and "Needs to be Formatted"
So after my Period 4 class ended, I headed off to my spare class to work on some assignments on the Mac. My Flash Drive worked perfectly fine in, and before Period 4, then in Period 5 it wasn't working. On the Mac, during my Period 5, it said "Disk not accessible" with three options. I then tried four other computers using Windows 7 and it shown "G is not accessible - The volume does not contain a recognized file system. Please make sure that all required file system drivers are loaded and that the volume is not corrupted."
At home I plugged in the Flash Drive (using Windows 7 HP 64bit) and the same error occurred.
So I tried the following things:
- Downloading over (literally) eight useless programs that searched in the Flash Drive, and then asked for money; didn't find any files at all, or said "Disk is not Valid".
- Went into cmd and typed chkdsk d: r/.
- Renamed the portion letter.
- Deleting, then installing the drivers (unplugging then plugging the Flash Drive in).
It seems the drive is corrupt, and I am not sure if it can be fixed at all, even by the world's professionals. Not too sure, but I am hoping this can be fixed, even if I have to send it to a store to use their software to recover my files and get the off that drive asap. I have all important graphic, and science work on there. I have work that needs to be handed in around one week from today.
I never kept backups as this drive has worked with my for over 4-5 years with absolutely no problems like this.
I have switched on, and off of using Windows and Macs with this drive before too.
PS: My Flash Drive was at 80% on the capacity display, then when I plugged it in after Period 4 it turned up like this:
PSS: The drive's LED lights up, so I don't think it is necessarily "dead".
This is a very dear, and important issue for me. Thanks to all/anyone who solves this.