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Operator/Flash Drive Failure while Installing Kali-Linux

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April 10, 2014 12:52:24 AM

Ok, so the other day I went to install Kali-Linux to my new 32GB SanDisk Cruzer. During the installation setup, I must have selected E: for the flash drive, but E: is my virtual drive.

See, I had Kali-Linux on my virtual drive, but I just wasn't getting the performance that I was looking for. My whole system started freezing up and whatnot. Easy Solution - Make a new Kali-Linux bootable flash drive right? For anybody else, that might have worked. For me however - Not!

Now, when I plug my flash drive into my computer, I can see the drive in Device Manager under Disk Drives as SanDisk Cruzer Glide but I look under My Computer and there is only my hard drive and my Blu-Ray drive.

I tried downloading the HPUSBDisk fix it program that people here have mentioned but when I open it, nothing happens because the computer isn't fully recognizing the flash drive. The system just says that there is no removable drive available. Any suggestions or thoughts?

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a b 5 Linux
April 10, 2014 1:16:48 AM

You're in a very touchy area. software designed to circumvent security, like Kali, is a no-no here. To recover your flash just reformat it. Good as new. Don't ask for any help here with Kali or the mods will break out the wet noodle and start using it.
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April 10, 2014 2:10:02 AM

Ya I kinda got that while reading through the other posts. Fortunately, I don't need help with Kali as I know enough about it to do what i do - which, by the way, is nothing more than keeping my own network in tip top shape. How can I reformat the flash drive if I can't access it. It shows that it is there but it isn't accessible, not even in Administrative Tools.
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a b 5 Linux
April 10, 2014 3:33:36 AM

Have you created a partition on it? You should be able to do that from Disk Management. Otherwise you can use Diskpart from the command line to create one and then assign a drive letter to it (which is needed for it to show in Windows Explorer).
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April 10, 2014 4:00:37 AM


OMG I guess that is what they mean by tunnel vision, huh? I was so hung up on the stress of not being able to see the drive in Windows that I never stopped to realize that I could use Linux for this. Duh! Thanks guys. I wonder how long it would have taken me to figure that out on my own? :pt1cable: 
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a b 5 Linux
April 10, 2014 4:43:34 AM

stillblue said:
You're in a very touchy area. software designed to circumvent security, like Kali, is a no-no here. To recover your flash just reformat it. Good as new. Don't ask for any help here with Kali or the mods will break out the wet noodle and start using it.

Kali is a legitimate security tool and discussion that centers around that function is fine. Only when the discussion moves into hacking/cracking territory do we open the gun ports. It's a very fine line between ok/not ok and we err on the not ok side.
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a b 5 Linux
April 10, 2014 5:32:22 AM

ex_bubblehead said:
stillblue said:
You're in a very touchy area. software designed to circumvent security, like Kali, is a no-no here. To recover your flash just reformat it. Good as new. Don't ask for any help here with Kali or the mods will break out the wet noodle and start using it.

Kali is a legitimate security tool and discussion that centers around that function is fine. Only when the discussion moves into hacking/cracking territory do we open the gun ports. It's a very fine line between ok/not ok and we err on the not ok side.

I still have stripes on my back from the wet noodle. I err very far on the not ok side but I figured telling him to reformat his flash was safe.
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