Hey, I Need Your Help ;)

[Mystorius_]

Hey,

i have a problem with my USB Stick, its an Corsair Survivor 16gb and my Win7 will not recognizance him anymore.

I UnetBootin i made an Linux Boot Stick and all was ok, but after that i plugged him back into my Win7 Computer and yeah win7 did't recognizance the USB Stick.

The USB Stick shows in the "Disk Managment" from Win7 as Disk 2 with many Unallocated Partitions but if i try to make a new one i cant because the drop down Menu is "grey".

I know my USB Stick is not "dead" but what can i do ?

Thx,

Mystorius

[lions240]

I had the same problem, I tried everything but there was nothing that I could do.

Try reformatting.

[Mystorius_]

I had the same problem, I tried everything but there was nothing that I could do.

Try reformatting.

Yeah, and how ?

[terrastrife]

Right click and remove the Linux partitions, then you can create a new mbr partition to format for Windows. Obviously this is going to kill your Live boot ability.

[looney]

try this. open diskpart.exe (type diskpart in the start-menu search box)

- type "list disk"

this will list all drives, including your 16GB flash drive.

take note of the number given to your USB flash drive.

-type "select disk (insert USB flash drive number here)" 

-type "clean"

-type "create partition primary"

-type "select partition primary"

-type "format fs=ntfs label="new volume" quick

 

if it all goes to plan it will now show up as "new volume" in your computer formatted with NTFS

[Mystorius_]

try this. open diskpart.exe (type diskpart in the start-menu search box)

- type "list disk"

this will list all drives, including your 16GB flash drive.

take note of the number given to your USB flash drive.

-type "select disk (insert USB flash drive number here)" 

-type "clean"

-type "create partition primary"

-type "select partition primary"

-type "format fs=ntfs label="new volume" quick

 

if it all goes to plan it will now show up as "new volume" in your computer formatted with NTFS

Thx mate it worked, thx a lot  ;)

[looney]

your welcome. 

[Zims]

Thanks!

Have the same problem.

Thought the stick was dead but I will try this tommorrow!

[looney]

cool lets hope it will work for you as well :)

[looney]

made it into a tutorial in the tutorial section of the forum so you can redirect people to it if someone has the same problem again

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/12285-how-to-format-usb-flash-drive-not-showing-up-on-computer/

[looney]

Thanks!

Have the same problem.

Thought the stick was dead but I will try this tommorrow!

 

how did it turn out?