Akinlemibola Joe asks:
I formatted my USB flash drive, but it stopped formatting half way and said: “Thumb drive could not be formatted”.
Since then, my thumb drive has remained inaccessible. Please, what could have caused this and how can I remedy the situation?
4 Answers -
ha14
March 28, 2012perhaps you have to remove write protection
1.Go to Run->regedit
2.MyComputer->HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE->SYSTEM->CurrentControlSet->Control -> StorageDevicePolicies
3.Delete the StorageDevicePolicies in Your Registry.
The system does not even ‘see’ the flash drive.
March 30, 201211) Right-click on “My Computer” then Click on “Manage”
2) Double-click “Disk Management” You will probably see USB
3) Right-click in the left portion of that drive box USB Disk
4) Click “Initialize” and “OK” in the next dialog box. Wait few seconds and it should now say “Online” in the box.
5) If there is no assigned drive letter, right click on the space of your usb drive then choose Assign drive letter or Change Driver Letter and Path
1.Plug in and turn on the external USB hard drive
2.Right mouse click on My Computer
3.Left click on Manage
4.Left click on Device Manager
5.Expand the USB list
6.Find the USB device for your USB Hard Drive
7.Right mouse click – Uninstall
8.reboot pc
Plug in your USB drive.
Open the command prompt (Click Start -> Run -> type cmd.exe and press Enter)
Type in the following:
1. diskpart
2. list disk
3. select disk
(enter the number that corresponds to your USB drive)
do you see your usb key?
4. clean
5. create partition primary
6. select partition 1
7. active
8. format fs=fat32 quick
9. exit
you can try Easeus partition master
March 30, 2012http://www.techishare.com/tech/easeus-partition-master-fix-usb-flash-drive/
Tried all of this, but the system does not read the drive at all. It’s as though the drive is non existent on the system.
March 30, 2012either your usb key is fake, or got corrupted. you can try to see if it can be recognized on other pc? or mac, linux.
March 30, 2012hoew i can select the disk in comand prompt
July 19, 2012FIDELIS
March 29, 2012Hello, have you tried formatting the drive again? Sometimes that does the trick. You could also try other software like the following:
HP USB Disk Storage Tool:
http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-10974082.html
HDD LF Low level Format Tool:
http://hddguru.com/software/HDD-LLF-Low-Level-Format-Tool/
My system does not read the drive again. When I insert it, there is no sign of the drive on the system at all.
March 30, 2012Hello, Have you tried checking the drive in a different computer? or a different USB port?
April 3, 2012Indronil Mondal
March 30, 2012IT IS CORRUPTED OR THERE IS SOME PROBLEM IN YOUR USB PORT ,
CHECK IT ON SOME OTHER COMPUTER IF PROBLEM STILL OCCURES RETURN IT TO THE SERVICE CENTER ..
Akinlemibola Damilola Joe
April 12, 2012Thanks guys, I’ve tried it on other systems, but it’s not working on them too. I guess its about time I visit the thrash can.