USB (RAW) Windows cant format USB

[Seouless]

so im having a problem with my usb which i cant access..i tried to copy some files in it then when i switched computer i can no longer read..possibly the file had virus, corrupted the usb?idk pls send help!!

btw i tried the disk list solution but still doesnt work!

[Aleks NE]

4 minutes ago, Seouless said:

so im having a problem with my usb which i cant access..i tried to copy some files in it then when i switched computer i can no longer read..possibly the file had virus, corrupted the usb?idk pls send help!!

btw i tried the disk list solution but still doesnt work!

Try formatting the partition. Or deleting it and making a new one.

[Seouless]

yep also tried that, doesnt work

[Arcanekitten]

Can you see it in disk management? And how old is this usb stick exactly if it corruption it's gotta be old.

[Seouless]

1 minute ago, Arcanekitten said:

Can you see it in disk management? And how old is this usb stick exactly if it corruption it's gotta be old.

yes , it says Raw
healthy (primary partition)

tried to format  still came back to "windows cant format this usb etc.."

[ANONYMOUS_POTATO]

What i use when that problem occurs with me is that i have another usb stick and boot a linux distro with gparted on it (I think xubuntu has it) or you can try gparted 

 

 

[DnFx91]

clean it with diskpart first, then create a primary partition, and then format from partition editor

 

CMD

Diskpart

Lis Dis

Sel Dis x

Clean

Cre Par Pri

Exit

[Seouless]

6 minutes ago, DnFx91 said:

clean it with diskpart first, then create a primary partition, and then format from partition editor

 

CMD

Diskpart

Lis Dis

Sel Dis x

Clean

Cre Par Pri

Exit

like so?i ddnt know where is Partition editor so i tried to format it in the disk management,,,still?

[ANONYMOUS_POTATO]

1 minute ago, Seouless said:

like so?i ddnt know where is Partition editor so i tried to format it in the disk management,,,still?

Try using a linux distro like GParted to format it ( i use it when this happens to me)

[Seouless]

Just now, ANONYMOUS_POTATO said:

Try using a linux distro like GParted to format it ( i use it when this happens to me)

pls help me with it cuz this is the 1st time im hearing that

hw about step by step process for a noob like me 

[ANONYMOUS_POTATO]

Here is a link to download it: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php

Then you use unetbootin to put it on a usb drive

Then you go restart you pc and go to bios and select the usb drive in the boot manager

Then it should boot up (I know i had to try downloading it 2-3 time to get it to work)

Once it boots up click on the GParted icon and it will boot up GParted and then you select the drive and format it to what you want it to be (FAT, FAT32 ect.)

[Seouless]

3 minutes ago, ANONYMOUS_POTATO said:

Here is a link to download it: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/download.php

Then you use unetbootin to put it on a usb drive

Then you go restart you pc and go to bios and select the usb drive in the boot manager

Then it should boot up (I know i had to try downloading it 2-3 time to get it to work)

Once it boots up click on the GParted icon and it will boot up GParted and then you select the drive and format it to what you want it to be (FAT, FAT32 ect.)

is it this 270 mb one?

[ANONYMOUS_POTATO]

Just now, Seouless said:

is it this 270 mb one?

Whats the size of the actual drive you want to format and also list the other drives that pop up

[Seouless]

Just now, ANONYMOUS_POTATO said:

Whats the size of the actual drive you want to format and also list the other drives that pop up

its the Disk 1 one ,,29.3 gb

[DnFx91]

20 minutes ago, ANONYMOUS_POTATO said:

Try using a linux distro like GParted to format it ( i use it when this happens to me)

try formatting it from diskpart then

 

sel dis X

format FS=NTFS quick

 

[ANONYMOUS_POTATO]

Most likely it is then

1 minute ago, Seouless said:

its the Disk 1 one ,,29.3 gb

Most likely it is because in gparted if you click on the drive most of it would list as free space

[Seouless]

4 minutes ago, ANONYMOUS_POTATO said:

Most likely it is then

Most likely it is because in gparted if you click on the drive most of it would list as free space

so i shud just follow ur instructions and try and fix it in the bios?

[Seouless]

8 minutes ago, DnFx91 said:

try formatting it from diskpart then

 

sel dis X

format FS=NTFS quick

 

like that?

[DnFx91]

1 minute ago, Seouless said:

like that?

oh sorry 

lis vol

sel vol X

format FS=NTFS quick

[Seouless]

1 minute ago, DnFx91 said:

oh sorry 

lis vol

sel vol X

format FS=NTFS quick

yeah i also have tried this one before..after i load to 100% it says that..

[DnFx91]

1 minute ago, Seouless said:

yeah i also have tried this one before..after i load to 100% it says that..

hmm, as other's have pointed out, trying to format it with linux is the next step, but diskpart very rarely fails this task so im doubting the integrity of your drive.

 

Download Gparted or even just a linux mint installation ISO, boot it, run gparted and see if you can format it from there, its all GUI based and intuitive you should be able to figure it out.

[ANONYMOUS_POTATO]

56 minutes ago, Seouless said:

so i shud just follow ur instructions and try and fix it in the bios?

You want to download Gparted and go in to the bios boot section and make the usb drive that you put gparted on first boot option

[Seouless]

44 minutes ago, ANONYMOUS_POTATO said:

You want to download Gparted and go in to the bios boot section and make the usb drive that you put gparted on first boot option

it says theres no bootable devices found..

[ANONYMOUS_POTATO]

8 minutes ago, Seouless said:

it says theres no bootable devices found..

Thats strange... Maybe try UUI (I linked the application to this) because sometimes with me i have to use different usb installers

Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.7.7.exe

[Seouless]

10 minutes ago, ANONYMOUS_POTATO said:

Thats strange... Maybe try UUI (I linked the application to this) because sometimes with me i have to use different usb installers

Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.7.7.exe

but I am formatting it in FAT32 WTH