Another USB Thumb Drive problem


  1. Posts : 16
    windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
       #1

    Another USB Thumb Drive problem


    I have a 1GB thumbstick that I'd like to recover. Diskpart can't clean it (CRC error), Windows can't format it, it DOES show up, and diskpart CAN see it. It has no partitions or volumes, and I can't chkdsk it, it's a raw format at the moment. Any ideas what to do? Ditching the drive is an option, but not preferred.

    Edit: Seatools passed both short and long generic, have tried both erase options, both fail.
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  2. Posts : 2,573
    Win7 Ultimate X64
       #2

    Try the HP usb format tool, if that doesn't work I would ditch it
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  3. Posts : 16
    windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Pauly said:
    Try the HP usb format tool, if that doesn't work I would ditch it

    Error: Device media is write-protected

    Edit: Got it to show a volume in diskpart

    Code:
    DISKPART> list disk
    
      Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
      --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
      Disk 0    Online          223 GB      0 B
      Disk 1    Online         1863 GB  1024 KB
      Disk 2    Online          465 GB      0 B
      Disk 3    Online          978 MB   977 MB
    
    DISKPART> select disk 3
    
    Disk 3 is now the selected disk.
    
    DISKPART> list par
    
    There are no partitions on this disk to show.
    
    DISKPART> lis vol
    
      Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
      ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
      Volume 0     G                       DVD-ROM         0 B  No Media
      Volume 1         System Rese  NTFS   Partition    100 MB  Healthy    System
      Volume 2     C   Local Disk   NTFS   Partition    223 GB  Healthy    Boot
      Volume 3     D   Local Disk   NTFS   Partition   1863 GB  Healthy    Pagefile
      Volume 4     E   System Rese  NTFS   Partition    100 MB  Healthy
      Volume 5     F                NTFS   Partition    465 GB  Healthy
      Volume 6     H                       Removable       0 B  Unusable
    
    DISKPART> sel vol 6
    
    Volume 6 is the selected volume.
    
    DISKPART> clean
    
    DiskPart has encountered an error: Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
    See the System Event Log for more information.
    
    DISKPART>
    Edit: More data, and formatting, yay!
    Code:
    DISKPART> lis dis
    
      Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
      --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
      Disk 0    Online          223 GB      0 B
      Disk 1    Online         1863 GB  1024 KB
      Disk 2    Online          465 GB      0 B
      Disk 3    Online          978 MB   977 MB
    
    DISKPART> sel dis 3
    
    Disk 3 is now the selected disk.
    
    DISKPART> det dis
    
    USB Flash Memory USB Device
    Disk ID: 00000000
    Type   : USB
    Status : Online
    Path   : 0
    Target : 0
    LUN ID : 0
    Location Path : UNAVAILABLE
    Current Read-only State : No
    Read-only  : No
    Boot Disk  : No
    Pagefile Disk  : No
    Hibernation File Disk  : No
    Crashdump Disk  : No
    Clustered Disk  : No
    
      Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
      ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
      Volume 6     H                       Removable       0 B  Unusable
    
    DISKPART> list volume
    
      Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
      ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
      Volume 0     G                       DVD-ROM         0 B  No Media
      Volume 1         System Rese  NTFS   Partition    100 MB  Healthy    System
      Volume 2     C   Local Disk   NTFS   Partition    223 GB  Healthy    Boot
      Volume 3     D   Local Disk   NTFS   Partition   1863 GB  Healthy    Pagefile
      Volume 4     E   System Rese  NTFS   Partition    100 MB  Healthy
      Volume 5     F                NTFS   Partition    465 GB  Healthy
      Volume 6     H                       Removable       0 B  Unusable
    
    DISKPART> select volume 6
    
    Volume 6 is the selected volume.
    
    DISKPART> list partition
    
    There are no partitions on this disk to show.
    
    DISKPART> format
    
        0 percent completed
    
    Virtual Disk Service error:
    The cluster size is too big.
    
    
    DISKPART> det vol
    
      Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
      --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
    * Disk 3    Online          978 MB   977 MB
    
    Read-only              : No
    Hidden                 : No
    No Default Drive Letter: No
    Shadow Copy            : No
    Offline                : No
    BitLocker Encrypted    : No
    Installable            : No
    
    Volume Capacity        :     0 B
    Volume Free Space      :     0 B
    
    DISKPART> att disk clear readonly
    
    Disk attributes cleared successfully.
    
    DISKPART> det dis
    
    USB Flash Memory USB Device
    Disk ID: 00000000
    Type   : USB
    Status : Online
    Path   : 0
    Target : 0
    LUN ID : 0
    Location Path : UNAVAILABLE
    Current Read-only State : No
    Read-only  : No
    Boot Disk  : No
    Pagefile Disk  : No
    Hibernation File Disk  : No
    Crashdump Disk  : No
    Clustered Disk  : No
    
      Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
      ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
    * Volume 6     H                       Removable       0 B  Unusable
    
    DISKPART>
    Last edited by squish8294; 09 Jan 2015 at 10:05.
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