Cannot format usb stick

[Robert nox1ous]

1.Cannot format via cmd or disk manager.

2. Items deleted from pendrive once ejected and inserted back the deleted files reappears again

 

please help!

[Isuck Assimov]

does the stick have a physical switch that locks it from being rewritten ? I know some SD-cards or nvme enclosures come with that as a feature.

Also did you run cmd as admin ? i assume you were using diskpart which should already be more powerful than disk manager

 

[Needfuldoer]

Assuming it doesn't have a physical write protect switch, try using diskpart to clean the partition table off and start from scratch.

 

https://www.microcenter.com/tech_center/article/11058/how-to-use-diskpart-to-clean-and-format-a-drive-in-windows-10

 

If that doesn't give you a usable drive again, replace it. Flash drives are almost literally a dime a dozen these days; they're not worth putting much effort into unless you're trying to recover data.

[WereCat]

I've had USB sticks that I considered to be dead but Rufus saved me every try do try that to format it. 

[Robert nox1ous]

51 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

Assuming it doesn't have a physical write protect switch, try using diskpart to clean the partition table off and start from scratch.

 

https://www.microcenter.com/tech_center/article/11058/how-to-use-diskpart-to-clean-and-format-a-drive-in-windows-10

 

If that doesn't give you a usable drive again, replace it. Flash drives are almost literally a dime a dozen these days; they're not worth putting much effort into unless you're trying to recover data.

I did use diskpart cannot format

[Needfuldoer]

26 minutes ago, Robert nox1ous said:

I did use diskpart cannot format

F

 

Time for a new flash drive.

[Robert nox1ous]

3 hours ago, Needfuldoer said:

F

 

Time for a new flash drive.

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