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Old March 14th, 2011, 08:35 AM   #20
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Thumbs up USB troubles - check this out!!!

More like a useful tip (I hope ) than a program. Always, I mean ALWAYS remove safely your USB sticks from the taskbar. DO NOT unplug them whilst the led is flashing, because you'll most likely damage the file system.

Happened to me the other day with 8 gigs of valuable data (docs from work) plus the occasional porn movie lol. Anyway, neither XP nor Win7 would identify my flash disk, though I got lucky it seems because Linux Mint did (have it installed in the netbook).

So, here's the tip - always try a different OS in case disaster strikes, alright?
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