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20 Gb USB is probably corrupt. No information on drive, cannot format.

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Just now, AHybridWolf said:

Doesn't work, go to 2nd Page.

That means your usb is pretty dead. Also by the fact that it unformated itself means that already all your data is gone. If you cant create a partition it means that your usb is 100% dead.

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1 minute ago, AHybridWolf said:

I get...

"New SImple Volume" (not greyed out)

"New Spanned Volume" (greyed out)

"New Striped Volume" (greyed out)

"New Mirrored Volume" (greyed out)

"New RAID-5 Volume" (greyed out)

"Properties" (not greyed out)

"Help" (not greyed out)

 

 

I said new simple volume, the only option on usb sticks

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Just now, Almostbauws said:

I said new simple volume, the only option on usb sticks

No matter which options I try, windows can't find the file? It's literally invisible.

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2 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

Create a new simple volume and follow the setup wizard. Drive should be ready to use after that. 

Doesn't work, go to 2nd Page.

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Just now, AHybridWolf said:

Doesn't work, go to 2nd Page.

That means your usb is pretty dead. Also by the fact that it unformated itself means that already all your data is gone. If you cant create a partition it means that your usb is 100% dead.

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2 minutes ago, JoostinOnline said:

Okay, for this process you are going to need another USB drive.  Borrow or steal one if you don't already have one.

  1. Install EaseUS Todo Backup.
  2. Plug in the working drive ONLY.
  3. Format the working flash drive as NTFS and save a single text file on it.
  4. Use Todo Backup to create a backup image of it (not just a file backup)
  5. Close Todo Backup
  6. Unplug the flash drive and plug the corrupt one in.
  7. Open Todo Backup
  8. Restore the image you just created to the broken drive.

Hopefully, that will fix your issue. This has happened to me several times before, and that's the only way I've found to fix it.

Will try it if nothing else works, currently a bit skeptical because if Windows can't find the drive somehow, I don't think that the software will.

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Just now, AHybridWolf said:

Doesn't work, go to 2nd Page.

If it can't even do that, the drive may just have had it completely. 

 

I'd suggest downloading SDFormatter and seeing if it can get it back to normal. It's what I use when I have a stubborn USB drive that doesn't want to be formatted. 

 

https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/

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Just now, AHybridWolf said:

Will try it if nothing else works, currently a bit skeptical because if Windows can't find the drive somehow, I don't think that the software will.

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That's exactly what happened to mine.

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1 minute ago, Almostbauws said:

That means your usb is pretty dead. Also by the fact that it unformated itself means that already all your data is gone. If you cant create a partition it means that your usb is 100% dead.

Ah. Okay. That explains something.

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Just now, JoostinOnline said:

That's exactly what happened to mine.

Will try when i get the oppurtunity, I will update the thread accordingly

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1 minute ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

If it can't even do that, the drive may just have had it completely. 

 

I'd suggest downloading SDFormatter and seeing if it can get it back to normal. It's what I use when I have a stubborn USB drive that doesn't want to be formatted. 

 

https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/

Will try it now, thanks for the suggestion.

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6 minutes ago, Oshino Shinobu said:

If it can't even do that, the drive may just have had it completely. 

 

I'd suggest downloading SDFormatter and seeing if it can get it back to normal. It's what I use when I have a stubborn USB drive that doesn't want to be formatted. 

 

https://www.sdcard.org/downloads/formatter_4/

 

Formatter doesn't see the USB. Pretty sure it died...

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Well, It was a good run guys, thanks for all the help and suggestions.

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3 minutes ago, AHybridWolf said:

R.I.P 30 GB USB

2012-2018

 

We will forever remember you...

"He was good son,

Real good,

Maybe even the best."

On a serious note that is a long lifespan for a usb stick.

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2 minutes ago, Almostbauws said:

"He was good son,

Real good,

Maybe even the best."

On a serious note that is a long lifespan for a usb stick.

Is it actually a long lifespan? I didn't even know USB's had lifespans...

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3 minutes ago, AHybridWolf said:

Is it actually a long lifespan? I didn't even know USB's had lifespans...

Everything on this earth has a limited lifespan. From me to you to the usb. 

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1 minute ago, Almostbauws said:

Everything on this earth has a limited lifespan. From me to you to the usb. 

All I knew was that USB's had limited write/erase 'life spans'.

I never really wrote or deleted very many stuff from that USB now that im thinking about it...

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Just now, AHybridWolf said:

All I knew was that USB's had limited write/erase 'life spans'.

I never really wrote or deleted very many stuff from that USB now that im thinking about it...

Death can happen at any time, without a sign . That is why you should spend as much of your precious time you have with your loved ones, because death doesnt give a warning.

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1 minute ago, Almostbauws said:

Death can happen at any time, without a sign . That is why you should spend as much of your precious time you have with your loved ones, because death doesnt give a warning.

True.

 

Actually i'm going to shove this quote down some of my school peer's throats because they deserve it, life isn't that good.

Thanks for that haha

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You can probably do a firmware reset if you have the model number, but really these things are $5 so . . .

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if you are up to try more.

1. Use an Ubuntu live disk and see if it is showing 

 

2. Use a Hiren's BootCD and try a partition manager inside mini Windows XP

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17 hours ago, m4n14c said:

if you are up to try more.

1. Use an Ubuntu live disk and see if it is showing 

 

2. Use a Hiren's BootCD and try a partition manager inside mini Windows XP

Will try both options, highly likely that USB Is dead though.

Thanks for the info

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