[OPLINTECH] when a patron's flash stick is not accepting files

[mr invader]

Yes, formatting periodically is actually a good thing. Patrons should also be shown how to use the stop this device function in the system tray BEFORE removing the drive, as this is a common cause of bombed flash drives. 

In My Computer, Right click on the device "Removable Disk (?:)" and choose format, verify that the device listed in the top box is not C: or the like, select fat32 or fat from the middle dropdown, uncheck Quick Format, and hit Format.

It could also be an obscure permissions issue, but if she's been using it all along, that's probably not it.

Yours,

Charles T (Tom) Houghtby IV
IT Manager, Liberty Center Public Library

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> Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 17:27:35 -0700
> From: mpl_marlenep at yahoo.com
> To: oplintech at oplin.org
> Subject: [OPLINTECH] when a patron's flash stick is not accepting files
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> Hello
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> I have a public internet patron that has been saving photographs from her yahoo email account to her flash stick
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> Now - she is getting the response:
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> "The directory of disk 0 is full.  Choose another direcortory or disk."
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> when we look at space there is still room on the flash stick
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> Best I can figure is that her flash stick is corrupted
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> Could she format the flash stick?
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> what else could she do?
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> thanks
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> Marlene Pelyhes
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> Mentor Public Library

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