HELP! flash drive problem

MuEagle05 · 07-30-04, 08:22 AM

Ok so yesterday i formatted my USB flash drive to NTFS. Well i removed it by clicking the taskbar icon and stopping it. So i come in this morning and plug the USB drive back in, and it just keeps giving an error 'no disk in drive'!! I can't format it, open it, anything. Same thing on several computers.

Does someone know how to fix this? OMG i hope so i'm desperate

Stedeman · 07-30-04, 08:34 AM

Not 100% on this but I think most flash is not meant to be formated too NTFS, only FAT and FAT32? I would call / check the web site of the maker of the flash mem to see if there is a tool you can use. Or try another reader.

MuEagle05 · 07-30-04, 09:20 AM

Yeah it's reading as a removable drive but says there's no media in it, so the web-site utilities won't even work. Well, I'll try DOS or Linux, i have a slight hope it might get me somewhere. If not, i'll kick and scream for a bit, buy a new one, and be able to post what the inside of a thumb drive looks like when i smash the old one against the wall.

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MuEagle05 · 07-30-04, 04:55 PM

Nope, no luck with Linux, can't mount it. F I'm screwed. AND a kick in the balls is not only do i lose all my data, I have to buy a new thumb drive. Snap.

Stedeman · 07-30-04, 10:49 PM

You could try to RMA it. I know all my thumb drives have some level of warranty and I would think they have a way to "low level" (take it back to original) format them.

el · 07-31-04, 11:03 AM

does it show up in Admin tools->computer management-harddrive?

MuEagle05 · 07-31-04, 11:53 AM

Yes it does. Instead of under the Removable storage section. I can see that it's plugged in, but it wants me to insert media, kind of like a zip drive would work.

07-30-04, 08:22 AM	Thread Starter #1
MuEagle05 Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: N/A	HELP! flash drive problem Ok so yesterday i formatted my USB flash drive to NTFS. Well i removed it by clicking the taskbar icon and stopping it. So i come in this morning and plug the USB drive back in, and it just keeps giving an error 'no disk in drive'!! I can't format it, open it, anything. Same thing on several computers. Does someone know how to fix this? OMG i hope so i'm desperate __________________ My Heatware
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07-30-04, 08:34 AM	#2
Stedeman The Half Asleep Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Lewiston Maine	Not 100% on this but I think most flash is not meant to be formated too NTFS, only FAT and FAT32? I would call / check the web site of the maker of the flash mem to see if there is a tool you can use. Or try another reader. __________________ My HEATWARE My eBay
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07-30-04, 09:20 AM	Thread Starter #3
MuEagle05 Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: N/A	Yeah it's reading as a removable drive but says there's no media in it, so the web-site utilities won't even work. Well, I'll try DOS or Linux, i have a slight hope it might get me somewhere. If not, i'll kick and scream for a bit, buy a new one, and be able to post what the inside of a thumb drive looks like when i smash the old one against the wall. : : __________________ My Heatware
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07-30-04, 04:55 PM	Thread Starter #4
MuEagle05 Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: N/A	Nope, no luck with Linux, can't mount it. F I'm screwed. AND a kick in the balls is not only do i lose all my data, I have to buy a new thumb drive. Snap. __________________ My Heatware
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07-30-04, 10:49 PM	#5
Stedeman The Half Asleep Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Lewiston Maine	You could try to RMA it. I know all my thumb drives have some level of warranty and I would think they have a way to "low level" (take it back to original) format them. __________________ My HEATWARE My eBay
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07-31-04, 11:53 AM	Thread Starter #7
MuEagle05 Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: N/A	Yes it does. Instead of under the Removable storage section. I can see that it's plugged in, but it wants me to insert media, kind of like a zip drive would work. __________________ My Heatware
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