USB drive gone kaput :X

[sagsall4u]

I have a 2gb pen drive . I gave it to a person for copying some data. It worked fine on his PC. when i took it back and connected it to my pc it wasn't getting detected. It is not being detected on my college PC's also ... what happened to my USB ?????
Is it repairable ????

[ilugd]

try reformatting if you don't have any important data in that.

[uzair]

USB drives are not repairable...
Try reinstalling the drive's drivers if it's provided..

[raina_rocks]

i think its damaged....
it gets repaired but fr sm more amt u will get a new 1....
same thing happened to my pen drive....

[uzair]

My drive has a rather weird problem.
Everytime i format it 1mb of it seems to vanish...
I've formatted it twice and have lost 2 mb till now...

Is this normal for flash drives?

[praka123]

^i read in this forum that cheap china/se asian made usb pendrives of 2GB reduced to 128MB on format so be careful.dont format if its a china made!

[uzair]

The brand name is e-pro..It's website says it's established in the US.

[sagsall4u]

It doesnt pop up us a removable drive as usual... so i cant format or reinstall the drivers.... i guess its gone now........

[gary4gar]

Originally Posted by praka123

^i read in this forum that cheap china/se asian made usb pendrives of 2GB reduced to 128MB on format so be careful.dont format if its a china made!

does this apply to kingston data traveler as it is also made in china?

does this apply to kingston data traveler as it is also made in china?

[raina_rocks]

no kingston is a very gud brand.....
u can trust it anytime....

[uzair]

Originally Posted by raina_rocks

no kingston is a very gud brand.....
u can trust it anytime....

Two of my friends have kingston drive's...Both having 1 gb....
They've been using it for some time now...

One drive now shows 981 mb of total space
and the other drive shows 965mb of space on format...
Both are genuine kingston..

[casanova]

I think, it is gone. Is it under warranty by any chance. Repairing - don't know whether it can be done but pen drives are cheap now and you can get a new one by spending a lil more than getting it repaired. Buy a branded one if you plan to do so now. They are worth the extra bucks u will shell out.

[QwertyManiac]

Originally Posted by uzair

Two of my friends have kingston drive's...Both having 1 gb....
They've been using it for some time now...

One drive now shows 981 mb of total space
and the other drive shows 965mb of space on format...
Both are genuine kingston..

Use the bundled software to format and gain the extra space. Normal format would destroy it soon.

@Author - Try it on *Nix perhaps? Check it with the lsusb command, if it picks it up there, then there is still hope of recovery.

[uzair]

My friend has this Sandisk Drive....The good thing about it is upon plugging it onto the system avast resident scanner starts running...It checks the host system for any malwares....

Is it possible to get such protection on other flash drives...Or is it firmware??

[raina_rocks]

Originally Posted by uzair

Two of my friends have kingston drive's...Both having 1 gb....
They've been using it for some time now...

One drive now shows 981 mb of total space
and the other drive shows 965mb of space on format...
Both are genuine kingston..

dude i hav also used kingston p.d n even ma frnd has it.............nvr faced ny such probs................ ya hrd bout such probs with other brands frm ma frnds/.....

[vish786]

their was an virus which does not allow ipods, flash drive to get detected......... do an virus scan on flash drive.... and perform only quick formats rather than full format!!!