Mac help please...

[Dottore]

I have been traveling for a while with my G4 and have been backing up important data religiously onto a 1GB memory stick.

When I tried to do this today all I get is a screen that says:

"Disk Insertion

The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer."

The screen then gives three options:

"Initialize Ignore Eject"

I clicked the latter two without success. (The memory stick icon does not appear.) I will not click the first one for fear of deleting everything from the memory stick.

The memory stick is far from full, and I have been using it every day for several months without any problem. The data that is on it is very important.

Any suggestions on what has gone wrong or what I should do would be much appreciated.

[nostatic]

you can try running disk utility, then inserting the drive, then seeing if disk utility can mount it and/or fix it.

[Aurel]

Has the stick been in a PC, by any chance?

Aurel

[stomachmonkey]

Being in a PC should not affect, I regularly move files from a PC to my Mac using thumb drives. Unless of course said PC had a disc erasing virus on it.

I would actually try sticking it in a PC and see if it mounts.

If not and Disc Utility does not help then you need a recovery utility.

I have one so if there is nothing sensitive on the drive and you want to send it to me as a last resort I'll see what I can recover.

I owe the Vancouver contingent a favor.

Scott