USB Sticks Stop Working After A Few Minutes

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  1. Posts : 38
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       #21

    Golden said:
    Kmjnhh123 said:
    ok it says fat 32 but its hanging on 0% complete for checking files and folders, probally cause it cant read it again
    Be patient - give it some time.
    it now says the cwindows system 32 thing at the bottom
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  2. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #22

    what is a cwindows system32 thing?
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  3. Posts : 3,371
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       #23

    Does the problem happen with multiple different USB sticks or only the one? If the problem happens with only the one USB stick then that would eliminate your AV software as the issue. If you haven't tried any other USB sticks it would be helpful if you could try another to see if it behaves the same way.

    The fact that the problem happens with multiple computers also tends to make me believe that the issue is the stick itself, coupled with the fact that you get the message to fix corrupted files when you plug it in. Have you tried answering yes to that question?

    Since chkdsk doesn't seem to be working for you, you might try a 3rd party tool such as this one: Data-Doctor-Recovery-Pen-Drive. I've never used it so can't attest to how effective it is but it would be worth a try.
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  4. Posts : 38
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       #24

    karlsnooks said:
    what is a cwindows system32 thing?
    underneath the disk check thing i done it says C:/windows/system32
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  5. Posts : 10,200
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       #25

    and what did chkdsk say about your usb stick?
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  6. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #26

    Strollin has some good suggestions - please also follow upon that.

    The chkdsk output should look like this:

    Code:
    Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
    Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
    
    C:\Windows\system32>chkdsk /R F:
    The type of the file system is FAT32.
    Volume PENDRIVE created 15/08/2012 8:41 PM
    Volume Serial Number is 4EB3-A10B
    Windows is verifying files and folders...
    File and folder verification is complete.
    Windows is verifying free space...
    Free space verification is complete.
    Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.
        7,808,000 KB total disk space.
               36 KB in 1 hidden files.
               16 KB in 4 folders.
        1,809,148 KB in 24 files.
        5,998,796 KB are available.
    
            4,096 bytes in each allocation unit.
        1,952,000 total allocation units on disk.
        1,499,699 allocation units available on disk.
    
    C:\Windows\system32>
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  7. Posts : 38
    Win 7 Starter 32bit
    Thread Starter
       #27

    strollin said:
    Does the problem happen with multiple different USB sticks or only the one? If the problem happens with only the one USB stick then that would eliminate your AV software as the issue. If you haven't tried any other USB sticks it would be helpful if you could try another to see if it behaves the same way.

    The fact that the problem happens with multiple computers also tends to make me believe that the issue is the stick itself, coupled with the fact that you get the message to fix corrupted files when you plug it in. Have you tried answering yes to that question?
    I have my other 16gb bytestor usb, i jus plugged it in and it still reads it, it must be the usb then

    but when i try to fix the error on the sandisk it cant fix it because it cant read it so i cant fix it :S
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  8. Posts : 38
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       #28

    Golden said:
    Strollin has some good suggestions - please also follow upon that.

    The chkdsk output should look like this:

    Code:
    Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
    Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.
    
    C:\Windows\system32>chkdsk /R F:
    The type of the file system is FAT32.
    Volume PENDRIVE created 15/08/2012 8:41 PM
    Volume Serial Number is 4EB3-A10B
    Windows is verifying files and folders...
    File and folder verification is complete.
    Windows is verifying free space...
    Free space verification is complete.
    Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.
        7,808,000 KB total disk space.
               36 KB in 1 hidden files.
               16 KB in 4 folders.
        1,809,148 KB in 24 files.
        5,998,796 KB are available.
    
            4,096 bytes in each allocation unit.
        1,952,000 total allocation units on disk.
        1,499,699 allocation units available on disk.
    
    C:\Windows\system32>
    noooooo mine stopped at veryfing files and folders, caus it stopped reading it....
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  9. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #29

    Can you paste the output from the cmd window, as I did, please?
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  10. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #30

    kmjnhh,
    Do you have anything on that usb stick that you absolutely can not live without?
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