Solved USB Flash Drive corrupted

[DextrousDave]

Good Day

I have a 64GB USB flash Drive (Transcend), and when copying files to it, for example movie files (AVI, MP4, etc), not all the files are copied (although it takes up all the space of the copied files), and the files that did copy successfully, cannot be rendered and are corrupted.

I formatted my drive fully (not quick format) a couple of times, and I also did a chkdsk /f /r on it, but the data on it is still corrupted(the drive shows up fine in windows as an exFAT formatted drive).

Should I throw the USB flash drive away, or is there a way to save it?

Thank you

 

[Dinesh]

Try formatting the drive again with NTFS format. See it that works.

 

[DextrousDave]

Ok thank you for your answer, will format it with NTFS, and post the results when done

 

[Dinesh]

Sure. Fingers Crossed.

 

[DextrousDave]

"Windows was unable to complete the format" - Says Windows...?

 

[Dinesh]

Try FAT32.

 

[Dinesh]

Or you might try formatting the usb drive using command prompt.
Follow this tutorial: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/52129-disk-clean-clean-all-diskpart-command.html

Be Careful!!

 

[jumanji]

Try the manufacturer's recovery tool. JetFlash Online Recovery

 

[DextrousDave]

Thank you jumanji, but the JetFlash tool doesn't even pick it up, even after a format. I trying one last thing now: Download H2testw 1.4 Free - Check your USB for errors with this tool - Softpedia

 

[DextrousDave]

@Dinesh. What is the difference between a GUI format and a cmd one?

 

[Dinesh]

@Dinesh. What is the difference between a GUI format and a cmd one?

The cmd one has never failed for me.

 

[DextrousDave]

OK, tried everything, still no luck. Best advice - Never buy a cheap flash drive...
Thank you for all your help here, appreciate