USB stick - win XP updates

[alo]

Hello....

I had a USB memory stick plugged into my Win XP (pro) computer.

The machine then updated itself with the many various MS patches going
back a number of weeks. This it successfully did.

After a reboot, I found that the USB device was no longer available
(or the files on it) as xp reported it as requiring a format.

Why would this happen, and do you think its possible to retrieve the
data on the stick?

Thanks.

 

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After a reboot, I found that the USB device was no longer available

(or the files on it) as xp reported it as requiring a format.
Why would this happen, and do you think its possible to retrieve the
data on the stick?

What if you unplug and re-plug in the USB?

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[Arno]

Hello....

I had a USB memory stick plugged into my Win XP (pro) computer.

The machine then updated itself with the many various MS patches going
back a number of weeks. This it successfully did.

After a reboot, I found that the USB device was no longer available
(or the files on it) as xp reported it as requiring a format.

Why would this happen, and do you think its possible to retrieve the
data on the stick?

I don't think it should write anything to the stick in the operation
you describe. Maybe an issue with the USB driver/port? Have you tried
the stick in a different computer?

Arno

 

[alo]

What if you unplug and re-plug in the USB?

Different machines running xp all come up with the same response
"the disk is not formatted..... etc"

 

[Rod Speed]

alo wrote
http://www.infinadyne.com/flashretriever.html
may be able to get it back, not free, but not all that expensive.

Different machines running xp all come up with the same response
"the disk is not formatted..... etc"

Most likely it just died and the fact that XP was updating at the time it died is a coincidence.

They do die without XP updating.