Memory Stick cannot be formatted


  1. Posts : 27
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #1

    Memory Stick cannot be formatted


    Greetings everyone, hope you are having a lovely day.
    Basically a while ago when i was setting this system up i planned on installing windows using a memory stick instead of disk, but half way through the transfer of the ISO we had a power cut, and ever since then i cannot do anything with the memory stick, the computer recognizes it but says it needs to be formatted, then when i try to format it says "Windows was unable to complete the format"
    The device details if needed are.
    Capacity: 8gb
    File System: FAT (I remember it being fat32 before this happened but i cannot change it back to that)
    I have tried doing this in all 8 USB ports just to be on the safe side and nothing.
    I understand there is a high chance it will never work again, but there is also a high chance i am missing something.
    Thank you all for your time, if there is any additional information you need feel free to ask.
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 10,994
    Win 7 Pro 64-bit
       #2

    This previous Forum thread has several things you can try:

    Cannot format usb flash drive
      My Computer


  3. Posts : 5,405
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit SP1
       #3

    Hi.

    What is the exact model of your usb flash drive?
      My Computer


  4. Posts : 27
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Thank you, I tried the solutions on that thread but sadly nothing worked and even though my computer detects it, it does not detect the device name or size so i cannot know, i think it really is dead. After going into CMD and running "Clean all" with this disk selected everything just crashed on me, if i right click the device on My Computer it crashes Explorer
      My Computer


  5. Posts : 5,405
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit SP1
       #5

    Falsemajesty said:
    Thank you, I tried the solutions on that thread but sadly nothing worked and even though my computer detects it, it does not detect the device name or size so i cannot know, i think it really is dead. After going into CMD and running "Clean all" with this disk selected everything just crashed on me, if i right click the device on My Computer it crashes Explorer
    What is the exact model of your usb flash drive?
      My Computer


  6. Posts : 27
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Sorry about that had to do a restart but finally managed to fix it! There was an option on the last page of the thread you posted saying you have to make a new partition, did that and it all works now, thank you very much, will mark as solved
      My Computer


  7. Posts : 10,994
    Win 7 Pro 64-bit
       #7

    Falsemajesty said:
    Sorry about that had to do a restart but finally managed to fix it! There was an option on the last page of the thread you posted saying you have to make a new partition, did that and it all works now, thank you very much, will mark as solved
    Glad to hear you got it fixed. Thanks for posting back!
      My Computer


  8. Posts : 16
    windows 7 ultimate X64 sp1
       #8

    Funny we never found the model of that flash drive did we! Funny, how many times was he asked?
      My Computer


 

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