Flash drive issue

Hi :)


I have a 4GB flash/thumb drive, that shows as having three separate partitions in DM. The only part that is visible to W7 is the one on the left, @ 49MB.


I cant do anything with the unallocated space; the image below is a r-click.


How to best handle this?


Thanks in advance.

Thanks.


Following the instructions in the vid, I get:


Unallocated space on the destination is not enough to recover the found partition.


Also, it's throwing an error that the free vers does not support more than 6 disks. Although I do have more than 6 disks (this flash drive makes 7), this makes no sense if I am trying to fix one disk.


Any other methods... preferably from within W7?

Do you need all three partitions as they are now? If not just right click and delete each one, then format the whole thing as one partition.

Thanks.


No - do not need all three partitions as they are now.


just right click and delete each one


Cant do that - see screen above.

Try Deleting the NEW VOLUME First and then the EFI one.

Nasty7 said:

Try Deleting the NEW VOLUME First and then the EFI one.

Here is a r-click of NEW VOLUME.


How to delete it please?

Just for my curiosity, you need to explain how in the first instance the three partitions came into existence and especially the EFI system partition in the flash drive.In my opinion your problem is directly related to it. ( Are you able to boot your system without the flash drive plugged in?)

From the screenshots you posted I am unable to make whether it is marked as active.Anyway just as you right clicked on the first Partition, right click on the second EFI partition and in the resulting menu make it inactive. Safely remove the pendrive and plugit in again. Now try to delete all the partitions.

If it does not work, download MiniTool Partition Wizard bootable which runs on Linux, write it to a CD, boot from it using onetime boot menu, and you can delete all partitions with it. ( There may be a simpler method but I don't know)

Bootable Partition Manager| MiniTool Partition Wizard Bootable Edition

( You can also write the ISO on to a pendrive using Rufus Rufus and boot from the pendrive.If I remember correctly Rufus may ask you to download a new Vesa menu. Download it and Rufus will use it to make the pendrive bootable.)

Thanks.


Just for my curiosity, you need to explain how in the first instance the three partitions came into existence and especially the EFI system partition in the flash drive

Absolutely no idea.


Are you able to boot your system without the flash drive plugged in


Sure - this is just a flash drive I have lying around that I was going to transport some music to my g/f's house with. My OS is fine.


right click on the second EFI partition and in the resulting menu make it inactive.


That option does not exist; all other options are greyed out.


Thanks for the Part Wiz, but do I want to boot into that just to wipe partitions from a flash drive?

riffwraith said:

.....Thanks for the Part Wiz, but do I want to boot into that just to wipe partitions from a flash drive?

Yep, from the bootable CD you will be running Partition Wizard on Linux ( Windows put to sleep ). You can delete all partitions and then format the pendrive. And here is the way to create a bootable pendrive with Rufus Need help w/ Rufus