Used Space in my 8gb Flashdisk

[hell911]

guys, i checked my flashdisk, its empty, but there is some space used...

i already tried right click then format, i already tried format command in command prompt, and i already tried HP disk format tool...

but this 60mb space wont go... help me pls!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bill2]

Use Clean all first, then format.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/52129-disk-clean-clean-all-diskpart-command.html

 

[hell911]

tnx for the link..

btw~ i have question, lets say there is about 60mb used in my flashdisk, i format it already, and clean all it already, but still, 60mb comes back, does that mean that have to do with some special files for flashdisk..

.. and its not a virus or something, i dont care about the space used, i just want my pc and flashdisk SAFE. is it ok to leave the 50mb+ space?

 

[carwiz]

I think some of that is used for file indexing and some used to hold re-assigned segment pointers. It's just part of the drive's overhead and not available to the user. As the drive deteriorates, bad areas are marked un-usable and indexed. The same happens with HDDs and SSDs. The file structure indexing uses the biggest part.

 

[hell911]

so in short, i can just leave the 50mb+ used space alone?

 

[whs]

so in short, i can just leave the 50mb+ used space alone?

That would be smart. Those files are used to manage the stick.