How Can I REFORMAT My USB?

[Cyguns]

My USB shows as no media in disk management and it shows as 0 bytes even though it should have 128 GB. There was no format option and I was unable to clean it in cmd. How can I fix this drive?

[Hewie]

I found this article on the subject, give it a go:

https://www.easeus.com/storage-media-recovery/sd-card-usb-drive-pen-drive-0-bytes.html

Good luck!

[Guest]

Try going to "Create and format hard disk partitions" on windows and see if you can format it or create a volume there.

[Cyguns]

7 minutes ago, timl132 said:

Try going to "Create and format hard disk partitions" on windows and see if you can format it or create a volume there.

There's no option to format or create in disk management.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Cyguns said:

There's no option to format or create in disk management.

Can you share a Screenshot of what it looks like?

[Cyguns]

3 minutes ago, timl132 said:

Can you share a Screenshot of what it looks like?

I can try to create a volume in cmd but I don't know if I should do simple or stripe.

[paddy-stone]

Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Cyguns said:

I can try to create a volume in cmd but I don't know if I should do simple or stripe.

It say's there is nothing in Disk 1, not sure what else to do about that. If CMD allows you to create a volume, do simple. But make sure it's talking about your usb, and not about your SSD/HDD.

 

Edit: Can yo ugive more info about your drive, is it an SD card reader, how much did it cost?(Fake or real)

[Cyguns]

6 minutes ago, timl132 said:

It say's there is nothing in Disk 1, not sure what else to do about that. If CMD allows you to create a volume, do simple. But make sure it's talking about your usb, and not about your SSD/HDD.

It wouldn't create a simple volume.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Cyguns said:

It wouldn't create a simple volume.

Can yo ugive more info about your drive, is it an SD card reader, how much did it cost?(Fake or real)

If it's a real one, then it sounds defective.

[Cyguns]

17 minutes ago, timl132 said:

Can yo ugive more info about your drive, is it an SD card reader, how much did it cost?(Fake or real)

If it's a real one, then it sounds defective.

My drive is a Sandisk Ultra 128GB. I think I bought it for 30-40 dollars.

[Cyguns]

52 minutes ago, Hewie said:

I found this article on the subject, give it a go:

https://www.easeus.com/storage-media-recovery/sd-card-usb-drive-pen-drive-0-bytes.html

Good luck!

I didn't work for me.

[Cyguns]

28 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

Rufus - Create bootable USB drives the easy way

I can't write to the disk.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Cyguns said:

My drive is a Sandisk Ultra 128GB. I think I bought it for 30-40 dollars.

Hmm, well okay. I think it is broken then.

[Cyguns]

4 minutes ago, timl132 said:

Hmm, well okay. I think it is broken then.

As I was about to eject my USB windows said it was writing something and the drive is heating up.

[aezakmi]

11 minutes ago, Cyguns said:

My drive is a Sandisk Ultra 128GB. I think I bought it for 30-40 dollars.

are you sure it's legit?

[Cyguns]

2 minutes ago, aezakmi said:

are you sure it's legit?

I'm not sure. How can I find out?

[aezakmi]

5 minutes ago, Cyguns said:

I'm not sure. How can I find out?

contact support

https://www.sandisk.com/about/contact

 

and they'll ask for a serial number

[Pickles von Brine]

Yeah possible drive is not legit. Other possibility is that the drive is simply DOA. It definitely looks like a failed flash drive with the way it is behaving. 

[demonix00]

18 hours ago, Lord Xeb said:

Yeah possible drive is not legit. Other possibility is that the drive is simply DOA. It definitely looks like a failed flash drive with the way it is behaving. 

Considering that I can get that exact USB drive from a legitimate and trusted source for £60, it's likely that the one the OP purchased is legit but has failed.