Hi Guys,

I have a USB key with a mountain of data on it, most of it is backed up but there is still some important files on there that I desperately need and haven't backed up YET, (stupid or what)!! When I plug it into my computer it is recognising that it's there and the light on the key comes on, I am always pretty careful and remove it safely from the machine when I'm finished, however now when I try to open it up and view the contents of the key I receive a message telling me " the disk in drive E is not formatted, would you like to format now. Yes/No" I don't want to format it and loose all of my data. I have CHECKED the properties on the device and it's telling me that the device is working PROPERLY. The key is ALSO full with no space left. Please please someone help me - any suggestions would be most gratefully appreciated.

Thanks a million.What is the original file system that the USB drive was formatted?
FAT, FAT32, NTFS?

And what is your OS?DLoad and try Recuva on it to see if you can get any data back.
I wouldn't format it as your data will be EVEN tougher to get back.Link