flash drives

[griff]

i have a 16 gig flash drive and lent it 2 my mate and when i got it bk i cant see it in c-drive ?
i can find it in device manger but it says it has 0 gig on it ? i cant format it aswell so i downloaded a hp format tool and it sees it but it wont format it. its keeps saying cant format no media. any help would be good thanks

[SouthernComfort]

i have a 16 gig flash drive and lent it 2 my mate and when i got it bk i cant see it in c-drive ?
i can find it in device manger but it says it has 0 gig on it ? i cant format it aswell so i downloaded a hp format tool and it sees it but it wont format it. its keeps saying cant format no media. any help would be good thanks

Format in dos start>run>cmd>enter

format /q /fs:fat32 (Your drive Letter): for fat 32
format /q /fs:ntfs (Your drive letter): for ntfs

You can find your drive letter in disk management.
Make sure you choose the correct letter for your flash drive and not you HDD, check and double check.

[griff]

hi mate i tried format /q /fs:fat32(f)
but it says missing a paramiter ?

[SouthernComfort]

did you enter drive letter?

[lagerland]

hi mate i tried format /q /fs:fat32(e)
but it says missing a paramiter ?did it twice them it said didnt recognise format as an internal or exturnal cmd........

[SouthernComfort]

hi mate i tried format /q /fs:fat32(e)
but it says missing a paramiter ?did it twice them it said didnt recognise format as an internal or exturnal cmd........

format /q /fs:fat32 E:
or
format E: /q fs:FAT32

E being your drive letter

[griff]

tried it and says cant access file volume ? does it mean the flashdrive is buggered ?

[SouthernComfort]

Is the drive write protected?
Is it the correct drive letter?

You could try a live disc (DBAN or GParted) but usually not necessary. Failing that you may have a faulty drive. Try to format on another pc also to rule that out.

[griff]

dont think it is write protected and the drive letter is the right one

[lagerland]

Had another go got a bit further this time mate it now saying cannot determine the number of sectores on this volume i think it maybe up the swaney................

[cactikid]

not too sure can you add anything to it?

[lagerland]

No thats all it says i think im flogging a dead horse mate...............

[SouthernComfort]

Had another go got a bit further this time mate it now saying cannot determine the number of sectores on this volume i think it maybe up the swaney................

delete partition in disk management, create new partition. drive is in raw state.
Have read "active kill disk" should sort it but i've never tried it, worth a shot. I have used DBAN and it works well.

[aslam]

you can format your USB flash drive with this tiny tool
USB Disk Storage Format Tool - Freeware - EN - Download.CHIP.eu

[lagerland]

Nice 1 southerncomfort all sorted thanx again nice 1 ...............and thanx to everybody 4 the info............