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<blockquote data-quote="toMACsh" data-source="post: 932467" data-attributes="member: 112842"><p>In the "old days" an inserted floppy disk had its own Desktop. So, if you were to drag a file from the floppy to the Desktop, it just got moved, not copied. You had to drag it to a folder that was somewhere on the hard drive. Now, that doesn't seem to hold true for my flash drive. I can copy a file from it to the Desktop. But, just as a test, try to copy a file to a folder rather than to the Desktop. (I know, maybe that's what you did.) Does it still disappear once the flash drive is removed?</p><p></p><p>If you can eventually make the transfer both ways, there's no need to open a file that is on the flash drive. You can copy it, modify it, and copy it back. That's a pain, but if the other way won' t work.... a temporary detour is better than being out of service.</p><p></p><p>I can open a file directly from my flash drive, so there should be a way to fix yours, unless it's a hardware issue with the flash drive itself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toMACsh, post: 932467, member: 112842"] In the "old days" an inserted floppy disk had its own Desktop. So, if you were to drag a file from the floppy to the Desktop, it just got moved, not copied. You had to drag it to a folder that was somewhere on the hard drive. Now, that doesn't seem to hold true for my flash drive. I can copy a file from it to the Desktop. But, just as a test, try to copy a file to a folder rather than to the Desktop. (I know, maybe that's what you did.) Does it still disappear once the flash drive is removed? If you can eventually make the transfer both ways, there's no need to open a file that is on the flash drive. You can copy it, modify it, and copy it back. That's a pain, but if the other way won' t work.... a temporary detour is better than being out of service. I can open a file directly from my flash drive, so there should be a way to fix yours, unless it's a hardware issue with the flash drive itself. [/QUOTE]
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