having additional problems w/ a imation 1 gb flash drive. back around april 4th, i removed documents from it, formated flash drive as FAT32 & moved all files back to the flash drive. last night when i tried to save a document onto the flash drive i got a message that thumb drive is write PROTECTED---anyone know how to fix this?

my second PROBLEM is i lost a key document i had saved on the thum b drive. the correct document name is there but when i open the document it is a different document. is there a way to retrieve the document under the "imation disk manager III" on the flash drive, or on the c drive under temp FOLDER? thanks!Some of those thumb drives have a switch on them for write protection...beware they are so tiny you will have to examine the unit very closely.

Trial Period Data Recovery

I used this tool recently on a finicky drive and it worked rather well...

p.s. Do a complete search of your hard drive for that filename as it was probably on the machine at one point in time...Patio, you recommended I "Do a complete search of your hard drive for that filename as it was probably on the machine at one point in time..."

after COMPLETING a search on the local HARDDRIVE, I found 2 filed w/ same name but when I try to open either pc tells me 1) that the f drive is not accessible, this folder was moved or removed (the thumb drive is the f drive) for the file in folder: "C:\Documents and Settings\myname\Recent" , or 2) that the drive or network connection that the shortcut refers to is unavailable for the file in folder: C:\Documents and Settings\myname\Application Data\Microsoft\Office\Recent". any other ideas how i can retrieve it? any idea how to retrieve a missing file on the thumb drive? thank you, dedei lost a key document i had saved on the thum b drive. the correct document name is there but when i open the document it i did a search on c drive without success. i called imation today & they told me the imation disk manager III is password protection software but not data recovery software. is a different document.

is there a way to retrieve the document under the "imation disk manager III" on the flash drive? or from the c drive?

Did you try the program i linked to ? ?