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Resolved Can't Properly Format USB Stick

Discussion in 'PC Hardware' started by joe645, 2014/10/17.

  1. 2014/10/17
    joe645

    joe645 Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    I have a 1GB Verbatim USB stick that I seldom use but did pick it up the other day to see what was on it. It had nothing important but I noticed it would only format to 63mb (FAT32). No matter what I try that is all it will default to. Is there a simple reason for this or should I just toss it?
     
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    lj50 SuperGeek WindowsBBS Team Member

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    Did you try formatting in NTFS.
     
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    retiredlearner

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    Why not just "Delete" whatever is on it. It's not normally required to Format a thumbdrive. I've probably got about 15 various capacity thumbdrives from 4GB up to 64GB and never had to Format them. Neil.
     
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  5. 2014/10/18
    joe645

    joe645 Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    I have tried formatting it in various ways but it will not format more than 64mb. There is nothing on the drive to delete.
     
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  6. 2014/10/18
    Evan Omo

    Evan Omo Computer Support Technician Staff

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    Hi joe645. Click Start< type Disk Management in the Start search box and hit enter. The Disk Management window will now open. Post a screenshot of the Disk Management window with the USB flash drive inserted in your next reply.
     
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  7. 2014/10/19
    Arie

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    Could be the drive is FUBAR.

    I just had Corsair RMA me a 32 GB stick that did the same: only a small portion was left usable.
     
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