usb not formatting

[LukeSavenije]

hi everyone.

 

I was busy installing mint on a usb stick (i have reasons for it) and my system crashed. now mint installer and windows 10 can't access or format the stick. I already tried the clean command, but that wouldn't work, checkdisk doesn't work either. what else could I do?

 

Thanks in advance

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

probably a dead usb stick. They normally go read only on a error, so just get a new one.

[LukeSavenije]

it just says that it can't complete the format, so i'm out of luck or could I try anything?

2 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

probably a dead usb stick. They normally go read only on a error, so just get a new one.

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 hour ago, LukeSavenije said:

it just says that it can't complete the format, so i'm out of luck or could I try anything?

 

Unless there is a read only switch on the usb, there really isn't anything to do. The usb sticks are basically designed to be disposable.

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

Unless there is a read only switch on the usb, there really isn't anything to do. The usb sticks are basically designed to be disposable.

yeah, with a sandisk stick from the local action that isn't going to happen. too bad then