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My mate's USB stick one day corrupted and said it needed reformatting but in XP when you try to format it it just errors with:
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In Mac OS X it just gets stuck there saying partitioning.
Help?
In XP I've also tried going to administrative tools and reformatting it from disk management but no luck there either.
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+REP to good helpers.
Don't use quick format, it's the format equivelant of adding files to the recycle bin. If you're still having problems.
Alternatively, install a small distro and force a format using:
fdisk /dev/sda
mkfs -t vfat /dev/sda1
(I haven't used linux in a long time, let someone else confirm if it's right)
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Would Ubuntu work as I've already got a cd of that?Quote:
Originally Posted by DrLacero
Try: http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads...ting_Tool.html
and yes, Ubuntu would.
Ubuntu commands didn't work:
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Its not sda, thats the first hard drive. I'm not sure what the mount point is, also make sure that your VMWare is giving Ubuntu access to that USB drive.
vmware is 100% giving ubuntu access.
I would just say the USB drive is broken.
It's still showing up in xp, os x & linux though showing its size etc. Just won't format.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stephen
Windows even reports it as healthy.
Try the HP Program I linked to.
Theres an incredibly simple solution.
buy a new one.
:P
Thanks? It's not even my usb stick...Quote:
Originally Posted by KnownSinner
Also it wasn't exactly cheap as it's 16gb.
HP program didn't work.
Is it write locked? :P
Try Parted Magic - Direct download link.
or try DiskPart