PNY 64gb flash drive showing only 31.9gb of space?

[Sir Asvald]

how might I do that? thanks for all the help guys

What OS are you using?

[EthanTheFrogMan]

What OS are you using?

windows 8.1

[TomvanWijnen]

Format it to NFTS. This maybe fixes it (maybe you need to format twice), but it will for sure allow you to move files that are over ±4GB each on it.

Tried this yet?

[EthanTheFrogMan]

What OS are you using?

I assume this is it:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/181701

[EthanTheFrogMan]

Tried this yet?

yea, did not work

[EthanTheFrogMan]

I assume this is it:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/181701

it is E drive on my PC, I entered it, and then it asks me to select which drive, and it is not on the list

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

if diskpart doesn't see 64GB worth of partitions, I'd download RMprepUSB (there's a portable version on the official site somewhere) and let that do a quick size test of the drive (the button for that in near the bottom right corner. 

I use RMprepUSB occasionally to determine the actual size of USB sticks when buying them online.

 

If part of the storage is dead (however unlikely that seems), this should show the stick as being 32GB instead of 64

[EthanTheFrogMan]

if diskpart doesn't see 64GB worth of partitions, I'd download RMprepUSB (there's a portable version on the official site somewhere) and let that do a quick size test of the drive (the button for that in near the bottom right corner.  I use RMprepUSB occasionally to determine the actual size of USB sticks when buying them online.

well it is a 64gb drive, windows showed it as 64gb originally, it changed though

[Sir Asvald]

windows 8.1

Go to my computer. Locate your USB, right click it and select "format" and then chose File system, choose NTFS untick format quickly and the click on start.

 

EDIT: MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP YOUR INFO

Edited July 29, 2015 by Abdul201588

[EthanTheFrogMan]

Go to my computer. Locate your USB, right click it and select "format" and then chose File system, choose NTFS untick format quickly and the click on start.

 

EDIT: MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP YOUR INFO

it is formatting it, thanks, ill post when it finishes.

[bcredeur97]

formatting likely won't fix it I have a solution however. will update this in a second when i find the exact steps for u

 

 

edit:
 

 

You are going to need to clean the drive using Diskpart; here is how to do it

 

 

launch CMD (as admin, not sure if its required but helpful)

 

type "diskpart"

 

 

then type "list disk"

 

find the disk you want to modify, in this case your flashdrive. 

 

type "select disk X"   X stands for the disk number, so disk 1 would be "select disk 1" as an example (EXTREMELY important you select the right drive here, dont want to ruin your main hard disk)

 

type "list partition" to see the partitions (help you verify you got the right disk selected)

 

once you know you have the right disk, type "clean"

 

then type "create partition primary" this will make a partition that uses all available space

 

(optional) then type "list partition" to see the partition again if you wish to

 

then type "format fs=fat32 quick" you can replace fs=fat32 with fs=ntfs or even fs=exfat(if drive is capable of that). fat32 should be fine in most cases though

 

then type "exit"

 

enjoy your fixed drive, and save this guide somewhere so you know what to do should it happen again! This happens to me often so I have some experience with it.

[EthanTheFrogMan]

formatting likely won't fix it I have a solution however. will update this in a second when i find the exact steps for u

 

 

edit:

 

 

You are going to need to clean the drive using Diskpart; here is how to do it

 

 

launch CMD (as admin, not sure if its required but helpful)

 

type "diskpart"

 

 

then type "list disk"

 

find the disk you want to modify, in this case your flashdrive. 

 

type "select disk X"   X stands for the disk number, so disk 1 would be "select disk 1" as an example (EXTREMELY important you select the right drive here, dont want to ruin your main hard disk)

 

type "list partition" to see the partitions (help you verify you got the right disk selected)

 

once you know you have the right disk, type "clean"

 

then type "create partition primary" this will make a partition that uses all available space

 

(optional) then type "list partition" to see the partition again if you wish to

 

then type "format fs=fat32 quick" you can replace fs=fat32 with fs=ntfs or even fs=exfat(if drive is capable of that). fat32 should be fine in most cases though

 

then type "exit"

 

enjoy your fixed drive, and save this guide somewhere so you know what to do should it happen again! This happens to me often so I have some experience with it.

great, I am gonna try that in a minute, when it finishes the format.

[EthanTheFrogMan]

Go to my computer. Locate your USB, right click it and select "format" and then chose File system, choose NTFS untick format quickly and the click on start.

 

EDIT: MAKE SURE YOU BACKUP YOUR INFO

did not work

[Blaze101xx]

Okay i'm going to tell you what I did when I had the same problem.  I opened up my Windows command line and typed in the command diskpart.  Then, I ran the command list disk to find my flash drive.  Next, I typed in select disk (disk number) to edit that disk.  Make sure you type in the number that is your flash drive, and not something with your valuable data on it.  I then typed in the command clean.  Finally, I typed in create partition primary.  For me, this set of commands was able to free up all the space on my flash drive.  I hope it works for you.

 

Edit:  Just realized someone already posted this, sorry.  
 

[EthanTheFrogMan]

formatting likely won't fix it I have a solution however. will update this in a second when i find the exact steps for u

 

 

edit:

 

 

You are going to need to clean the drive using Diskpart; here is how to do it

 

 

launch CMD (as admin, not sure if its required but helpful)

 

type "diskpart"

 

 

then type "list disk"

 

find the disk you want to modify, in this case your flashdrive. 

 

type "select disk X"   X stands for the disk number, so disk 1 would be "select disk 1" as an example (EXTREMELY important you select the right drive here, dont want to ruin your main hard disk)

 

type "list partition" to see the partitions (help you verify you got the right disk selected)

 

once you know you have the right disk, type "clean"

 

then type "create partition primary" this will make a partition that uses all available space

 

(optional) then type "list partition" to see the partition again if you wish to

 

then type "format fs=fat32 quick" you can replace fs=fat32 with fs=ntfs or even fs=exfat(if drive is capable of that). fat32 should be fine in most cases though

 

then type "exit"

 

enjoy your fixed drive, and save this guide somewhere so you know what to do should it happen again! This happens to me often so I have some experience with it.

diskpart says it has 59 available, sounds more like it

[bcredeur97]

Okay i'm going to tell you what I did when I had the same problem.  I opened up my Windows command line and typed in the command diskpart.  Then, I ran the command list disk to find my flash drive.  Next, I typed in select disk (disk number) to edit that disk.  Make sure you type in the number that is your flash drive, and not something with your valuable data on it.  I then typed in the command clean.  Finally, I typed in create partition primary.  For me, this set of commands was able to free up all the space on my flash drive.  I hope it works for you.

 

Edit:  Just realized someone already posted this, sorry.  

 

its ok. u get credit too lol

 

 

But yeah I have to use this pretty often as my drives often break themselves in this way when making bootable drives for random OS'es. Works every time though!

[EthanTheFrogMan]

formatting likely won't fix it I have a solution however. will update this in a second when i find the exact steps for u

 

 

edit:

 

 

You are going to need to clean the drive using Diskpart; here is how to do it

 

 

launch CMD (as admin, not sure if its required but helpful)

 

type "diskpart"

 

 

then type "list disk"

 

find the disk you want to modify, in this case your flashdrive. 

 

type "select disk X"   X stands for the disk number, so disk 1 would be "select disk 1" as an example (EXTREMELY important you select the right drive here, dont want to ruin your main hard disk)

 

type "list partition" to see the partitions (help you verify you got the right disk selected)

 

once you know you have the right disk, type "clean"

 

then type "create partition primary" this will make a partition that uses all available space

 

(optional) then type "list partition" to see the partition again if you wish to

 

then type "format fs=fat32 quick" you can replace fs=fat32 with fs=ntfs or even fs=exfat(if drive is capable of that). fat32 should be fine in most cases though

 

then type "exit"

 

enjoy your fixed drive, and save this guide somewhere so you know what to do should it happen again! This happens to me often so I have some experience with it.

NVM did not work, was working but then this

 

http://s592.photobucket.com/user/EthanTheFrogMan/media/nothelpingwithflashdrive_zpsfbbj7fn1.jpg.html

[bcredeur97]

NVM did not work, was working but then this

 

http://s592.photobucket.com/user/EthanTheFrogMan/media/nothelpingwithflashdrive_zpsfbbj7fn1.jpg.html

try exfat or ntfs instead, like I put in the guide

 

 

apparently 64GB is too large for fat32. 

 

 

edit: after a bit of quick research 32GB is the partition size limit for FAT32, which explains how you're 64GB flash drive turned into a 32GB one when formatted

[TomvanWijnen]

You should definitely format it as NFTS, since that allows you to move files bigger than 4GB on it, which fat32 does not.