Power Surge on Hub Port

[Guest]

I have a usb 128mb drive that I use to move my files between my work and
personal PC. I just started using a new ibm t40 laptop and have received a
"power surge on hub port" error message -- and now my usb drive will not work
on any computer ( says the drive is not formatted). I think it corrupted my
drive. Does anyone know why this is happing and of any ways to get my data
back!

Thanks in advanced.

 

[Jon Erlandson]

You could try going to the manufacturers site and see if they have a
diagnostic utility. Were you using a power supply on the drive when you got
the error?

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the advice, I gave this a try and unfortunatly it was unable to
read the drive. I didn't notice the error when the drive was first not
working -- I now get it every now and then, and it doensn't matter if the usb
ports are in use or not.

I'm out of ideas?