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yzeone
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_ 		22. May 2004 @ 14:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
i bought a 256mb usb storage drive at first i could send files to it and use but now i have no functionality left...wanot allow me to make folders or send new files or anything it says error creating file please help me
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Praetor
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_ 		26. May 2004 @ 14:57 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Sounds like the device is ... full?
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yzeone
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_ 		26. May 2004 @ 15:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
no the device is not full..it will allow acess to files already on it but nothing new can be added folders/files etc.
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JDragon
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_ 		27. May 2004 @ 19:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Did you completely format the device?
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yzeone
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_ 		28. May 2004 @ 12:45 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
whaddya mean format? do i have to? if i do it now will the files already stored on it be lost?
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_ 		31. May 2004 @ 06:15 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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whaddya mean format? do I have to? if I do it now will the files already stored on it be lost?
Ya i'd say its about time for a complete format of that thing :) and yes formatting destroys the files so make a backup of them -- you might want to do a chkdsk of the thing too before that since incorrect freespace is a common sympton of a minor failure :)
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ASUS A8V Deluxe, A64-3500 @ 2.65
1GB KingMax PC3700
640GB [4x160GB, 7200, 8MB]
XFX 6800GT 256MB
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