Sounds like you removed it while it was still in use. You need to right click the "Safe To Remove" icon and the select the proper device, and then select remove. When it is safe to remove, then you will be told so. You may have just lost all of your data, but do NOT format it. Try again to see if it will work. Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus  == -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 7:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] (no subject) Hi list, Can anyone help me? I got a new flash drive 4 GB. I have been adding genealogy to it. Tonight I plug it in to access some information and it tells me "it has not been formatted." I cannot get past that. If it needed to be formatted why was I not told this when I first plugged it in ? It is the same computer. Sue :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. Remember to SNIP when replying. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message