Unable to format USB flash drive!

7mm · Mar 20, 2009

I just got Moserbaer 2GB USB pen drive from my friend. Problem is whenever I plug the drive in, it Windows asks me to format every time. When plugged in, it creates another drive as CD drive with 3MB of filled space . I tried to eject that drive first before formating the main flash area, but nothing changed . I've tried several formating tools including the one from HP. I tried Zero level formating but with negative results . Now the drive is nothing but a part of a Keychain , Please help .

technicks · Mar 20, 2009

Try the HP USB formatting tool that you can download in the download section here on TPU.

Oh i feel like an idiot i see you already tried it.

technicks · Mar 20, 2009

I read that there are many people having this problem.
Did you check the properties of the drive? Maybe you need to enable or disable something.

Also did you try it on XP to?

95Viper · Mar 20, 2009

Could be a drive that is bad.
Lifetime warrantee:http://www.moserbaerconsumerproducts.com/support-warranty-information.asp

If it don't work RMA it.

Black Panther · Mar 20, 2009

I had a very similar problem not so long ago. I ended up having to RMA.

Check out what I did to make sure the drive was kaput before rma'ing.

:toast:

7mm · Mar 20, 2009

Well, Thanx for the replies & the effort made here, I appreciate it. But..., there's nothing my friend can do to get this stick replaced, as he lost it's cap & vendor refuses to change it as it's not a complete product. Also, I missed a point to say here, It has it's own format utility which can be located on a 3MB partition which shown as a CD drive in My Computer.

Xternal · Mar 20, 2009

Maybe a dumb sugestion but maybe you could buy another one that works of the same model put the cap of the new one on the old one and return the old one

fritoking · Mar 20, 2009

i just rma'ed a 8 gb kingston drive that i cold not format in vista 64 and in xp would format , but every time i tried to transfer files to it said "drive is full". my 4 gb works fine , but the 8 was fubared

inf3rno · Mar 20, 2009

The same problem was going on with my corsair 4 GB due to some creepy viruses.

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Power Supply	ATX UMAX 550W
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System Name	Lian Li Carbon fiber ed.
Processor	Intel i5 2500k 4.6Ghz 24/7 Max OC 5Ghz
Motherboard	Asrock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3
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Memory	8Gb Mushkin 1600Mhz 8-9-8-24
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Power Supply	Corsair HX620 modular
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Motherboard	BIOSTAR 880GZ (850 SB)
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Memory	2GB + 4GB @ 1333MHz
Video Card(s)	Color Master AMD Radeon HD 5570 1GB DDR3
Storage	WD Green 2TB (SATA 2.0)
Display(s)	20" Samsung SyncMaster 2033sw (15000:1)
Case	Regular White
Audio Device(s)	OnBoard : Realtek Integrated Digital HD Audio
Power Supply	ATX UMAX 550W
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

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