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Format a flash drive??
I've got a LG 1gb flash drive that has corrupted files. CHKDSK says
they are unreadable. The /F option returned the message that the volume must be dismounted.(?) So I want to format the sucker and start fresh if possible. Is that possible? I assume based upon the message I got from it previously that I need to use the /X switch with the format command. The help data on the format command says the /X switch "forces the volume to dismount first if necessary. All opened handles to the volume would no longer be valid". I don't know what that means. What is "volume to dismount" and "handles to the volume"? Bob |
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Format a flash drive??
On 20 Mar 2007 20:07:43 -0700, "Bob"
wrote: I've got a LG 1gb flash drive that has corrupted files. CHKDSK says they are unreadable. The /F option returned the message that the volume must be dismounted.(?) So I want to format the sucker and start fresh if possible. Is that possible? I assume based upon the message I got from it previously that I need to use the /X switch with the format command. The help data on the format command says the /X switch "forces the volume to dismount first if necessary. All opened handles to the volume would no longer be valid". I don't know what that means. What is "volume to dismount" and "handles to the volume"? Bob Assuming Win2k or XP, there should be an icon in the system tray when a removable drive is detected. You can dismount it using that. You can also go into My Computer and on it's properties, choose eject. However, you don't need to use command line tools, to format the drive you can treat it like any other drive in the system. It should not need care if it's corrupted, so long as partition table is intact, to format a new filesystem. If the partition table is bad, see what you can do with it in Disk Management. |
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On Mar 21, 12:30 pm, kony wrote:
On 20 Mar 2007 20:07:43 -0700, "Bob" wrote: I've got a LG 1gb flash drive that has corrupted files. CHKDSK says they are unreadable. The /F option returned the message that the volume must be dismounted.(?) So I want to format the sucker and start fresh if possible. Is that possible? I assume based upon the message I got from it previously that I need to use the /X switch with the format command. The help data on the format command says the /X switch "forces the volume to dismount first if necessary. All opened handles to the volume would no longer be valid". I don't know what that means. What is "volume to dismount" and "handles to the volume"? Bob Assuming Win2k or XP, there should be an icon in the system tray when a removable drive is detected. You can dismount it using that. You can also go into My Computer and on it's properties, choose eject. However, you don't need to use command line tools, to format the drive you can treat it like any other drive in the system. It should not need care if it's corrupted, so long as partition table is intact, to format a new filesystem. If the partition table is bad, see what you can do with it in Disk Management.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Thanks for the reply. Are you saying that "dismount" is a physical action rather than a software action? I could understand that, but when the term is used as an option of the "format" command, I was thinking something magic was about to happen. |
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You dismount from a horse. You unmount a storage device. If you unmount a drive it can be still physically connected but not available for application use. Bob wrote: Thanks for the reply. Are you saying that "dismount" is a physical action rather than a software action? I could understand that, but when the term is used as an option of the "format" command, I was thinking something magic was about to happen. -- Mike Walsh West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A. |
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Mike Walsh wrote:
You dismount from a horse. You unmount a storage device. If you unmount a drive it can be still physically connected but not available for application use. Please don't top-post and do limit your line length to 72. 67 is even better. After unmounting you may be able to disconnect, with certain assumptions about power handling. BTW, I find motorcycles much more subject to mount/dismount than horses :-) -- Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net) Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. http://cbfalconer.home.att.net -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Format a flash drive??
On 21 Mar 2007 11:16:51 -0700, "Bob"
wrote: Thanks for the reply. Are you saying that "dismount" is a physical action rather than a software action? No, unless you call it physical to move your mouse to do the command. I could understand that, but when the term is used as an option of the "format" command, I was thinking something magic was about to happen. magic? Just format your drive already. |
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Format a flash drive??
On Mar 22, 2:56 am, kony wrote:
On 21 Mar 2007 11:16:51 -0700, "Bob" wrote: Thanks for the reply. Are you saying that "dismount" is a physical action rather than a software action? No, unless you call it physical to move your mouse to do the command. I could understand that, but when the term is used as an option of the "format" command, I was thinking something magic was about to happen. magic? Just format your drive already. I did. Couldn't believe that 1gb formatted in 2 sec, but it did and works fine. Thanks. BTW, "dismount" is microsoft's term, not mine. (Assuming that DOS is/ was microsoft's brainchild). I kind of liked working with it in those early days. |
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