Flash drive not readable by this computer

[hail-seitan]

I got this error when inserting a flash drive: "The disk you inserted was not readable by this computer." I tried to put it on two old PCs at work and I'm either even worse at using PCs than I thought, or it flat out didn't acknowledge that I put anything in.

It isn't my flash drive. The owner had some files I needed saved on there, but I don't want to accidentally erase anything else that might be on the flash drive. These files are important so I'm really concerned...

I opened Disk Utility since I saw that was recommended when I did a Google search, but this is what it shows... I can't click verify.

I tried to restore it to another USB and it said:
"Restore Failure
Could not validate source - error 254"

Please tell me the data is not lost forever...

(sorry if this is the wrong forum)

 

[thedeske]

did you try selecting disk1s1 instead of sandisk?

 

[hail-seitan]

did you try selecting disk1s1 instead of sandisk?

Yeah, didn't work... but for some reason it did work on someone else's computer and I managed to get the files. I'm still really annoyed that it isn't working because it just doesn't make any sense, but I guess no damage done...

 

[thedeske]

Yeah, didn't work... but for some reason it did work on someone else's computer and I managed to get the files. I'm still really annoyed that it isn't working because it just doesn't make any sense, but I guess no damage done...

Good for you - now you can reformat the flash drive if needed. If it's a desdski, no worries, they're darn cheap