I accidentally dropped my Lexar Jump Drive and now my computer doesn't recognize it anymore. I am running Windows XP. I have followed all the instructions going through the device manager. I can't get my jumpdrive to operate in either my computer or another.All other peripherals plugged in to my computer's USB ports work fine. Is there a fix or am I screwed?

Ned, March 2006

my computer doesn't recognize my 1 GB kingston pern drive anymore. I am running Windows XP. I have followed all the instructions going through the device manager. I can't get my jumpdrive to operate in either my computer or another.All other peripherals plugged in to my computer's USB ports work fine.

sachin Ghude, May 2006

Diskinternals, recommended by D Sherman, is easier to use but costs $70 for the FAT version required for this POS jumpdrive. I used PC Inspector File Recovery http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,23069,00.asp

It's free but is hard to figure out how to use. Read the Help file before using, and be sure to search for LOST FILES as well as LOST DRIVES. It took a while and showed all sorts of duplicate files, but I think I recovered everything, and all the recovered files I've opened (so far) are in good shape.

Refiling them into their original folders is going to be a bear, and diskinternals will do that for you, which might be worth $70 for some people. Also, diskinternals will recover files smaller than 64 kb for free, so if you have only small text files, you may be able to get by without paying $70 for the easier-to-use diskinternals.

GW, April 2006