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Technical Help / USB flashdrive reformat.
« on: Sunday 14 November 10 18:49 GMT (UK) »
I have a 4gb USB flashdrive which contained corrupted data, and I couldn't delete or write to the drive.
Windows XP asked me if I wanted to format, which I tried, but then told me that it could not complete the format.
I have tried various other options (Disk Manager, PartitionMagic, Linux, utilities off the 'net,), but I have been unsuccessful so far.
The Properties dialogue shows the drive file system as RaW, 0 bytes free space, 0 bytes used space, so I'm assuming the mbr has been overwritten or corrupted.
Can this be repaired, or am I wasting my time?
Thanks,
'Hat.
Windows XP asked me if I wanted to format, which I tried, but then told me that it could not complete the format.
I have tried various other options (Disk Manager, PartitionMagic, Linux, utilities off the 'net,), but I have been unsuccessful so far.
The Properties dialogue shows the drive file system as RaW, 0 bytes free space, 0 bytes used space, so I'm assuming the mbr has been overwritten or corrupted.
Can this be repaired, or am I wasting my time?
Thanks,
'Hat.