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wtf is wrong with this memory stick!?

Pesky Ngon
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so I need to make a new windows boot thingy. I grabbed a random mem stick I had lying around. when I plug it in my pc shows TWO new drives being recognised. REMOVABLE (D:) and REMOVABLE (H:) if I unplug the usb, both disappear. plug it back in, they both reappear again. what the fuck is going on? ive never seen anything like this before. I need to wipe this thing to use to set up windows but this had just thrown me off completely. 

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It has been partitioned.

Open disk management and delete both partitions on the USB drive and reformat it to a single partition.

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wha do you mean a hard drive or like a ram stick, or is this something I dont know about

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Just now, Spotty said:

It has been partitioned.

Open disk management and delete both partitions on the USB drive and reformat it to a single partition.

what on earth...so somehow...my parents who know nothing about pcs have managed to partion a memory stick. why would you even do that?!...fml…

thanks for the help spotty.

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1 minute ago, lmeneses said:

wha do you mean a hard drive or like a ram stick, or is this something I dont know about

memory stick/usb stick. d: 

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12 minutes ago, Pesky Ngon said:

memory stick/usb stick. d: 

oooh, lmao, I've never heard one be called a memory stick lol, my bad

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Just now, lmeneses said:

oooh, lmao, I've never heard one be called a memory stick lol, my bad

it might be a UK thing, im not sure. quite a few people around here call it that, infact its more common than calling it a USB stick.

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5 minutes ago, Pesky Ngon said:

it might be a UK thing, im not sure. quite a few people around here call it that, infact its more common than calling it a USB stick.

ah, must be 

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1 hour ago, Pesky Ngon said:

so I need to make a new windows boot thingy. I grabbed a random mem stick I had lying around. when I plug it in my pc shows TWO new drives being recognised. REMOVABLE (D:) and REMOVABLE (H:) if I unplug the usb, both disappear. plug it back in, they both reappear again. what the fuck is going on? ive never seen anything like this before. I need to wipe this thing to use to set up windows but this had just thrown me off completely. 

Open Disk Management and see if there are two partitions on that USB drive. 

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