Jul212012

Why is my 16GB USB reporting that it is only a 1GB USB?

UD98 asks:

I tried to burn files to my USB flash drive and then the drive would not work. Windows said to format it, so I did. After the format it says it is a 1GB drive. What’s wrong?


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Alex

July 21, 2012

How flash drive look in Disk Manager (run diskmgmt.msc)?

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ha14

July 21, 2012

1. Right-click on computer and select “Manage”
2. Select “Disk Management”
3. Right-click on your USB drive and select “Delete Volume”
4. Wait for volume to delete, then right-click on USB and select “New Simple Volume”
5. Follow the prompts and it will reformat the USB to your 16GB default.

1) Go to run and type cmd, right click on cmd and launch with administrative rights, then on the black screen typ: Chkdsk e: /r (e is the USB drive letter, change to to yours if it is not e)
2) Defrag USB Key

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Oluwaphemmy Popoola

July 21, 2012

caused by virus or bad usb usage

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Kyros Koh Kok Siang

July 22, 2012

Most probably, virus in it.

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UD98

July 22, 2012

fixed was not virus but my fault. used Boot-it and then re-fromatted and it worked

Bilal

Boot-It worked, Thanks!

December 19, 2012
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bert jerred

August 18, 2012

A Chrome OS installation creates a variety of partitions – one of which is visible to a Windows (7) PC. If this is your situation, just plug your USB into a computer running Ubuntu (even a Live CD session will work) and run “Disk Utility.” This will show you some useful details and recovery options.

Bilal

I messed up my pen drive by booting Chromium (Chrome OS) on it. But as mentioned above – You can simply use ‘Boot it’ and get your USB back to normal. No need to go for Ubuntu…

December 19, 2012
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Saul

December 28, 2012

boot-it worked
Thanks