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Stormwolf




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PostPosted: Thu, 10th Jan 2013 15:53    Post subject: Flash drive problem
Had some corruption on my flash drive a few weeks ago, but haven't gotten around actually solving the riddle that is fixing this. I tried checkdisk, but it doesn't get access to the drive, the icon is hollow in windows.

I find this in properties: "XXXXXXXX&Prod_U167CONTROLLER" Have no idea what it means, but the X's don't look like they belong.

And yeah, if i try to manually access it in windows i get "please insert a disc"

Anyone had the same issue and recovered from it?
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Frant
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PostPosted: Thu, 10th Jan 2013 23:55    Post subject:
Secure Erase from bootable media. If the drive is locked and you can't secure erase it you may have to RMA it.

(obviously it should not be placed as the boot disk)

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Stormwolf




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PostPosted: Fri, 11th Jan 2013 00:32    Post subject:
which software do you recommend me booting up with in order to format/erase the flash drive?

And now i'm going to sound stupid, but what's RMA?
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PostPosted: Fri, 11th Jan 2013 02:37    Post subject: I have left.
I have left.
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Frant
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PostPosted: Fri, 11th Jan 2013 03:34    Post subject:
Stormwolf wrote:
which software do you recommend me booting up with in order to format/erase the flash drive?

And now i'm going to sound stupid, but what's RMA?


Oh, wait, I think I mistook your question as being for SSD. If it's a USB stick I can't be as helpful there. They reserve the bad NANDs for Flash sticks while keeping the good ones for SSD's.

I've never been able to rescue a dead USB Flash drive. It shows up as unformatted or similar and it doesn't matter what I do in any program, the flash drive is dead. You go to the manufacturers home page, register, go to support and apply for an RMA. You'll have to fill in a form with serial number etc. and then send the flash disk to the manufacturer. Unless it was an expensive drive the shipping costs themselves is inhibitory on returning a flash stick for replacement.

I usually stick with Hirens BootCD. It can boot into native dos or linux and have a ton of various tools to fix issues with.

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Stormwolf




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PostPosted: Fri, 11th Jan 2013 12:51    Post subject:
Ok thanks. I've used Hiren before, so ill just play around with it and see what i can get out of it, and also try linux as shoshomiga said. It's a cheap stick so if it's dead i'll just replace it. But i'd rather not buy a new one before i know this one is really dead.
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