Help may have messed up thumb drive.


  1. Chvybeatsford
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    Help may have messed up thumb drive.


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    Ok i have a 8g usb thumb drive. Tried the chrom os install on it and couldn't get it to load on a pc. So just decided to formate thumb drive AND NOW it only has 1 gig. I tried the Devise management and all i see it Devise has unallacated space......

    Help....
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  3. The Howling Wolves
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  4. Chvybeatsford
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    I dont wanna put windows on it, I just want it back to a removable drive with 7.45 gig like it was
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  6. The Howling Wolves
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    Can't you just right click on the drive it and tell it to format the thumb drive?
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  7. Chvybeatsford
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    As of now i dont get any auto play and dosent show up in mycomputer. But if i right click computer then go to manage it shows up.

    When i did show up in my computer it said 1 gig
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  8. pebbly
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    Chvybeatsford said:
    As of now i dont get any auto play and dosent show up in mycomputer. But if i right click computer then go to manage it shows up.

    When i did show up in my computer it said 1 gig
    try reformatting with this tool Thank you for downloading HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool [press the "click here" radio button
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  10. Chvybeatsford
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    pebbly said:
    Chvybeatsford said:
    As of now i dont get any auto play and dosent show up in mycomputer. But if i right click computer then go to manage it shows up.

    When i did show up in my computer it said 1 gig
    try reformatting with this tool Thank you for downloading HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool [press the "click here" radio button

    Wow ...

    Downloaded program but it would only detect drive. Error trying to format.

    Now windows 7 gives me a pop up saying to format and it now has the correct size (7.45) run windows format and all good now...

    So the hp program wouldnt do the format but did allow windows to see drive correctly....

    For that i thank YOU...... is there a thank u button?
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  11. pebbly
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    Chvybeatsford said:
    pebbly said:
    Chvybeatsford said:
    As of now i dont get any auto play and dosent show up in mycomputer. But if i right click computer then go to manage it shows up.

    When i did show up in my computer it said 1 gig
    try reformatting with this tool Thank you for downloading HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool [press the "click here" radio button

    Wow ...

    Downloaded program but it would only detect drive. Error trying to format.

    Now windows 7 gives me a pop up saying to format and it now has the correct size (7.45) run windows format and all good now...

    So the hp program wouldnt do the format but did allow windows to see drive correctly....

    For that i thank YOU...... is there a thank u button?
    You're Welcome
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