well... the pendrive was for backups. I just reformated it with gparted.. Hopefully that will fix it. Let;s see!.... . . . yep.... that fixed it! sorry I didn't think of reformating it before I posted that question. But that brings up thequestion..... what If I needed the data on the drive? How would I recover it? On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 2:45 AM, Stu wrote: > Hi Mike, > I have run into similar situations and have had some luck recovering > locked-out flashdrive files using a live distro like Puppy, (Macpup 525 was > the last version I used). I've tried to access these files using the file > browser as root, (sudo nautilus in Mint) but for some reason the root user > is not generally allowed to change file permissions on USB drives - a > security thing I imagine. I'm sure there's someone here who can tell you > how to do it though. > Stu > > > On 05/05/2012 08:43 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > > I got a flashdrive and I plug ot into a computer. Nothing appears saying > I've plugged new media in and what do I want to do with it. So I open the > /media and see my drive. SO I click it and get the improper permissions to > view directory error. So I tried changing the permissions of the drive but > it said 'not today!' So IO plugged it into the other computer and I get the > question about what to do with the new media. So I click on it and go into > the directory and I caan see all the pdfs I have on the drive but when I > try to open a file that is editable the computer says the file is in use > and asks if I want to open a copy or as read-only. I deleted the lock files > so I don't know what it is talking about. Any clue what is going on? What I > did before this happened is I moved a bunch of files to a larger pen drive > and deleted them from this drive. > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: