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Attempting to reformat USB, getting error message

Simon Sniffcock
By Simon Sniffcock
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A friend of mine gave me his USB for me to fix because it wasnt showing up in my computer. I took the USB off him and went into partition manager to reformat it hoping it would work. It shows up as Disk 4 but only 4MB RAW. When i right click then format it gives me an error message, the USB should be 32GB. Any help would be appreciated, cheers. 

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Try right clicking on "My Computer">Manage>Disk Managment and select the flash drive and there should be options there with formating.Try to do it from there

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Im guessing you need to mark it(or assign) somehow to the "H:\" then format it.Or try to format it in different formating type.

i went into 'change drive letter and paths' there is no 'H' when i try the other letters i get a message saying 'The parameter is incorrect'

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i went into 'change drive letter and paths' there is no 'H' when i try the other letters i get a message saying 'The parameter is incorrect'

I eddited the post.Try the new way :D

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Try a different USB port.  I had the same issue occur from a faulty front panel port.  Replacing the panel was a pain though.

My PC specifications are in my profile.

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Try a different USB port.  I had the same issue occur from a faulty front panel port.  Replacing the panel was a pain though.

nah its the USB it self, doesnt work on all tested computers.

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I eddited the post.Try the new way :D

still getting the same error message 

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I just dont understand why it displays it as 4MB RAW  

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nah its the USB it self, doesnt work on all tested computers.

 

Is it an USB stick?  Do you have any others?  Flash drives are relatively cheap.

My PC specifications are in my profile.

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I think just ditch the USB and get an other one , thoose are cheap

 

Is it a USB stick?  Do you have any others?  Flash drives are relatively cheap.

Well the USB isnt mine, my friend is rather attached to it because it is a minion USB :3

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Well the USB isnt mine, my friend is rather attached to it because it is a minion USB :3

 

Found some on eBay.

My PC specifications are in my profile.

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Found some on eBay.

lol okay thanks for ur effort 

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