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Hello,
I left my flash drive attached as I rebooted an XP sp3 computer and before I could stop it CHKDSK ran.  Now the flash drive shows as a folder and some systems don't recognize it.  Is there anything I can do to make it recognizeable again??

Thanks

TomO

TomO · Answer

I figured it out.

Flash drive was infected with virus, and your antivirus has removed the virus.  Enable hidden files , right click and choose explore delete any autoplay.inf and unwanted files in your flash drive which are hidden.

rafiq · Answer

If you did not format your flash drive, then check whether the files are not in hidden mode. 
Click on "Start" -->Run-->type cmd and click on OK. 
Here I assume your pendrive as G: 
Enter this command. 
attrib -h -r -s /s /d g:\*.* 
Note : Replace the letter g with your flash drive letter

Flash drive show as a folder

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