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USB bad formatting error makes it unreadable...forever
https://www.stellarinfo.com/blog/fix...rmatted-error/
I've read the above and similar articles and it does not work to fix my USB (which I pulled out while it was writing data and/or formatting it from FAT32 to NTFS etc etc, and in any event is dead). I think this USB is shot. My USB ports work with other USBs. It's a 16 GB USB drive. Has anybody had a similar experience? I'm taking about a USB that works one day and never works again, is not recognized by your system, is forever lost. I think it's a not uncommon problem. I recall a cheap 1 GB drive from years ago had a similar problem, working one day, then never working again, and I trashed it. RL |
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USB bad formatting error makes it unreadable...forever
RayLopez99 wrote:
https://www.stellarinfo.com/blog/fix...rmatted-error/ I've read the above and similar articles and it does not work to fix my USB (which I pulled out while it was writing data and/or formatting it from FAT32 to NTFS etc etc, and in any event is dead). I think this USB is shot. My USB ports work with other USBs. It's a 16 GB USB drive. Has anybody had a similar experience? I'm taking about a USB that works one day and never works again, is not recognized by your system, is forever lost. I think it's a not uncommon problem. I recall a cheap 1 GB drive from years ago had a similar problem, working one day, then never working again, and I trashed it. I have had USB drives go bad instantly. My older ones like SanDisk 128 MB still works. The newer ones are craps. -- Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. Go Los Angeles _..n-"""/""--.._ (L.A.) Lakers! .n' _.-\-""("""--._`-. H2O the ' .\' \ `. ``";. Heat! ___/_-" | \ `. `. ===/// , ,-. .- .-; , , ,- ,L , ,_ ,- --/// /_ |_/ _) /""|/|/ |_] /=_ /_ /=_ _) ___/// __ __ __ ______ ____ | ___ /// --/|| --// .' // "/ _// ))|(| "/ ---/// /' || _//.; __//_. //_="' _\\ --///- -/---|| //'|| // ', _// ;| \\ ; ______///|__/_ _||_/ `||_//__"/ _// --|\ /-._// / _/// | , | \ ---\\\ .' ___///_____"/ | \ /`;=__.-' \ \ \ / ASCII art by `. \ \ ,' -bodom- `. \ \ ,' Remove ANT `-._ \ \ _.-' to e-mail if needed. `--\......--' |
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USB bad formatting error makes it unreadable...forever
On Tue, 6 Oct 2020 09:24:14 -0700 (PDT), RayLopez99
wrote: https://www.stellarinfo.com/blog/fix...rmatted-error/ I've read the above and similar articles and it does not work to fix my USB (which I pulled out while it was writing data and/or formatting it from FAT32 to NTFS etc etc, and in any event is dead). I think this USB is shot. My USB ports work with other USBs. It's a 16 GB USB drive. Has anybody had a similar experience? I'm taking about a USB that works one day and never works again, is not recognized by your system, is forever lost. I think it's a not uncommon problem. I recall a cheap 1 GB drive from years ago had a similar problem, working one day, then never working again, and I trashed it. Only with micro-sdram in a USB converter. I was able to format it from a handheld (Android or similar) after rendering it unrecognizable on a computer. I had to buy a newer USB converter which then did reformat the 64G micro-SDRAM card from a PC computer. Might give your flashstick a try on a handheld's USB port, to check to see if it will format from the handheld's firmware. |
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USB bad formatting error makes it unreadable...forever
On Tue, 6 Oct 2020 09:24:14 -0700 (PDT), RayLopez99
wrote: https://www.stellarinfo.com/blog/fix...rmatted-error/ I've read the above and similar articles and it does not work to fix my USB (which I pulled out while it was writing data and/or formatting it from FAT32 to NTFS etc etc, and in any event is dead). I think this USB is shot. My USB ports work with other USBs. It's a 16 GB USB drive. Has anybody had a similar experience? I'm taking about a USB that works one day and never works again, is not recognized by your system, is forever lost. I think it's a not uncommon problem. I recall a cheap 1 GB drive from years ago had a similar problem, working one day, then never working again, and I trashed it. Try writing an image to it using rufus Here's a tiny image to try: https://www.freedos.org/download/ Not sure if that ISO will accept dd mode, but try any one that's offered. .. That's saved some pendrives windows said didn't exist. And suddenly they did again. Pendrives are luck, I have some very old ones that still work fine, and some new Kingston/Sandisk that went poof. And vice versa. []'s -- Don't be evil - Google 2004 We have a new policy - Google 2012 |
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