USB Flashdrive Files Corrupted

[CYapTiti]

I have this Kingston 8 GB flashdrive when I tried to put files on there, it either corrupts or gone missing when I put those files inside a folder (both happens after I ejected the drive and put it back in). I need help to fix the drive because I'm using it to dual boot Linux on my laptop. Thanks in advance.

[TomvanWijnen]

Reformatting generally helps if my SD cards or USB  stick randomly become weird or corrupted or something. You could also (first) try letting Windows search for errors. I believe you can do that by right clicking the thing in "my pc" (where you can also see your SSD/HDD) and asking for it somewhere there.

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It's likely dying and should be replaced, but it might be a fixable partition issue that can be resolved with check disk, or at worst a re-format.

[CYapTiti]

1 minute ago, TomvanWijnen said:

Reformatting generally helps if my SD cards or USB  stick randomly become weird or corrupted or something. You could also (first) try letting Windows search for errors. I believe you can do that by right clicking the thing in "my pc" (where you can also see your SSD/HDD) and asking for it somewhere there.

I did let Windows to scan the drive if anything was wrong, but it says that the drive is fine. I also just formatted the drive to FAT32 but still didn't work.

1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

It's likely dying and should be replaced, but it might be a fixable partition issue that can be resolved with check disk, or at worst a re-format.

It is about 5-6 years old and I haven't used it since 2-3 years ago. I tried both of your suggested method but it didn't work.

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1 minute ago, CYapTiti said:

I did let Windows to scan the drive if anything was wrong, but it says that the drive is fine. I also just formatted the drive to FAT32 but still didn't work.

It is about 5-6 years old and I haven't used it since 2-3 years ago. I tried both of your suggested method but it didn't work.

If it's still not working after a format then it's physically failing and there's nothing you can do.  They do die/wear out over time, and it sounds like it's had quite a life already so it's not that surprising.

[TomvanWijnen]

1 minute ago, CYapTiti said:

FAT32

- how about exFAT? Or NFTS? Or on a different computer (maybe one with Windows 7?)? If that also doesn't work, I fear it might indeed be dead.

[CYapTiti]

Just now, TomvanWijnen said:

- how about exFAT? Or NFTS? Or on a different computer (maybe one with Windows 7?)? If that also doesn't work, I fear it might indeed be dead.

I haven't tried exFAT or NFTS, I guess I'll try that.

Also my only other laptop is Windows 8 and it also didn't work there too

[CYapTiti]

1 hour ago, CYapTiti said:

I haven't tried exFAT or NFTS, I guess I'll try that.

Also my only other laptop is Windows 8 and it also didn't work there too

Wow it turns out that exFAT fixed my drive! Thanks alot!

[CYapTiti]

1 hour ago, TomvanWijnen said:

- how about exFAT? Or NFTS? Or on a different computer (maybe one with Windows 7?)? If that also doesn't work, I fear it might indeed be dead.

Formatting the drive with exFAT fixed it! Thanks for the suggestion!

[CYapTiti]

1 hour ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

If it's still not working after a format then it's physically failing and there's nothing you can do.  They do die/wear out over time, and it sounds like it's had quite a life already so it's not that surprising.

I just reformated it with exFAT and it's working perfectly again!

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10 hours ago, CYapTiti said:

I just reformated it with exFAT and it's working perfectly again!

Oh, I thought you'd tried formatting it already. Well, good to hear either way