I have a Samsung SimpleDrive that I use every day. I store all my music, photos, everything on it and can easily plug it into any computer. Usually I use it on this computer - an eMac (Mac OSX Version 10.3.9 1.25 GHz PowerPC G40, and sometimes with my brother's laptop, also a mac. I've never had a problem with it before, except that if I didn't eject it before unplugging it, I might lose some stuff, but I've been making sure to always eject it properly to avoid that. Today, before I restarted the computer, I ejected it, but left the USB plugged in so it would just show up automatically when the computer started up again as it always does. It didn't show up though so I unplugged the USB then plugged it back in and got an error message that the computer can't read the device and three options - initialize, ignore and eject. When I click initialize, it does say Samsung, so it does recognize it on some level, but I can't see any of my files. I plugged it into my brother's laptop and the same error message came up. You have to understand this is my worst nightmare. I've been meaning to get a backup hard drive for a while now, but funds are low and I never expected to have a problem. Please please help! Please tell me this is a common problem with an easy fix. I swear I'll back everything up right away, just please tell me all of my files are still there.