What exact model of pen drive do you have? Look for similar problems for that model on Google.
The safe mode suggestion is good but may not help with problems other than formatting. Some of the u3 drives come with a software utility that installs when you use the drive for the first time on an XP box. In most cases, this utility is the cause of this problem. Get rid of this utility and format your drive so, this utility doesn't get installed again. Look in add/remove programs if you have something installed specifically for the pen drive. Also look in control panel|system|device manager. If you cannot find anything, one utility that may come in handy is "unlocker.exe". Look for a free download of this utility on Google. What this does is allow you to remove all OS handles on a drive/folder and get past the "drive/folder is in use" error message. Hope this helps. -Manish -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ashwani Jassal Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 2:08 PM To: Mamta; accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] help regarding my pen drive! better if you go to safe mode and then try formatting it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mamta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 11:55 PM Subject: [AI] help regarding my pen drive! > Hello! > I am trying to format my pen drive: > this is the error message which I am getting, > Please help me to solve this problem! > I am pasting this message for you! > > (Formatting Removable Disk (J:) > Windows cannot format this drive. Quit any disk utilities or other > programs that are using this drive, and make sure that no window is > displaying the > contents of the drive. Then try formatting again. > OK) > > I have deleted all the data even tried restarting the p c many times! > and also scanned with antivirus! > All is ok but no good results for formatting! > Even Now I am trying to safely remove it from the system tray and its not > happening here is that error: > > (U3 Launchpad > An error has occurred while attempting to eject the U3 smart drive. Please > check for any open documents or programs running on the > device and try again later. > graphic 192 OK graphic 839 ) > Even while opening the pen drive by pressing enter from my computer!I have > a error of Shel 32.exe! > It says that "shell 32.exe, can not close the previous instance of this > script, Keep waiting? > Yes, no, > If I say yes! then my focus goes back to the removable disk drive! > if I say no then my computer restarts! > That's it! > Even I am not able to safely remove the pen drive! > it says that please close some programs which are using it or check if no > audio files are playing! > Like these all so many errors! > I am not able to even open it I have to say that auto play and then select > open folder to view file from windows explorer and then open it like that > then only I can access my pen drive! > other wise not! > I am using Windows xp with office 2000. > Please do help me! > thanks a lot for your kind help! > many thanks! > regards > Mamta. > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.i n To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
