usb device no longer accessible in Windows

GoFigureItOut · Jun 10, 2012, 11:03 PM

I made a boot USB of OS X Snow Leopard from the real DVD. I had to go through several steps because I don't have a real mac. I installed OS X in a virtual machine and used SuperDuper to perform the format and copy of the OS. It installed perfectly on a customer Mac Book. Now, I no longer have any use for the OS X boot usb, so it was time to format the device. I formatted the usb in Linux and used NTFS filing system. When I stuck the usb flash drive into my PC, only 230mb is available. I wanted to see what was going on, so I opened up Disk Management and it shows 250mb (FAT32) and another partition that's 7.27GB, but it cannot be formatted. What can I do to fix this problem? I'm at my wits end! If necessary, I could post some pictures of whats going on.

eidairaman1 · Jun 10, 2012, 11:49 PM

Kill Disk it then format in windows using FAT

GoFigureItOut · Jun 11, 2012, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by eidairaman1

Kill Disk it then format in windows using FAT

Is that like writing zeros to the flash drive? I did that in OS X to no prevail. Flash drives are so inexpensive I'll just have to buy another

eidairaman1 · Jun 11, 2012, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by GoFigureItOut

Is that like writing zeros to the flash drive? I did that in OS X to no prevail. Flash drives are so inexpensive I'll just have to buy another

OSX is kind of odd for formatting. Kill Disk will do alot more plus the program is free. Ive used it to fix pretty much any HD that had a format issue, next best thing to FDisk

Jun 10, 2012, 11:03 PM	#1
GoFigureItOut Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 105 (0.19/day) Thanks: 7 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts System Specs	usb device no longer accessible in Windows I made a boot USB of OS X Snow Leopard from the real DVD. I had to go through several steps because I don't have a real mac. I installed OS X in a virtual machine and used SuperDuper to perform the format and copy of the OS. It installed perfectly on a customer Mac Book. Now, I no longer have any use for the OS X boot usb, so it was time to format the device. I formatted the usb in Linux and used NTFS filing system. When I stuck the usb flash drive into my PC, only 230mb is available. I wanted to see what was going on, so I opened up Disk Management and it shows 250mb (FAT32) and another partition that's 7.27GB, but it cannot be formatted. What can I do to fix this problem? I'm at my wits end! If necessary, I could post some pictures of whats going on.

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Processor:	AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (3.0ghz)
Motherboard:	ASUS A8M2N-LA
Cooling:	AMD Copperfan with two heat pipes
Memory:	Crucial DDR2 2GB PC-6400 x2
Video Card:	XFX Radeon HD 5670
Hard Disk:	Seagate - 750GB \| 7200RPM \| 32MB Cache \| Sata-3G
Optical Drive:	Normal DVD Burner
CRT/LCD Model:	iW171ABB 17-widescreen LCD
Case:	HP Tower
Sound Card:	On-board
PSU:	Ultra LS600 600W

Jun 10, 2012, 11:49 PM	#2
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Processor:	AMD Athlon XP-M 2500+ 2.2GHz 1.5V
Motherboard:	DFI LanParty NFII Ultra-B Bios (TicTac 3D Fire R2)
Cooling:	4 Antec 80mm, TR SI-97 Adapted TT Big Typhoon Fan 120MM
Memory:	2GB Mushkin Redline 4000 @ 200 MHz 2.5V
Video Card:	Sapphire R1950Pro 512MB AGP 1.5V
Hard Disk:	250 & 400 GB Seagate Baracuda 10 SATA
Optical Drive:	2x Samsung Multiformat Rewritable Drives
CRT/LCD Model:	NEC Multisync LCD 1700V
Case:	Antec SX830 EATX Case
Sound Card:	Creative Labs SB XFi Xtreme Music & SB PCI 512
PSU:	Antec NEO HE 500 Watt
Software:	Windows 7 Home Premium
Benchmarks:	Win 7 Eval. CPU 3.9 Ram 4.5 Graphics 6.0 HD 5.7

System Name:	Antique-POS
Processor:	AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ (3.0ghz)
Motherboard:	ASUS A8M2N-LA
Cooling:	AMD Copperfan with two heat pipes
Memory:	Crucial DDR2 2GB PC-6400 x2
Video Card:	XFX Radeon HD 5670
Hard Disk:	Seagate - 750GB \| 7200RPM \| 32MB Cache \| Sata-3G
Optical Drive:	Normal DVD Burner
CRT/LCD Model:	iW171ABB 17-widescreen LCD
Case:	HP Tower
Sound Card:	On-board
PSU:	Ultra LS600 600W

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