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[aladin]

Hello,
A friend of mine insisted on formating my usb (kingston 8 gb) memory which was OK. He used a program called something like `bionce`. There were options like FAT 32 and so on. I suppose he filled in a wrong one. Now it does not work and cannot be formated .
Please help,
Aladin

 

[danraies]

What exactly does "it cannot be formatted" mean?

With the drive plugged in, try Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Storage > Disk Management. Toward the bottom of the screen there should be a stripe somewhere for your flash drive. Right click on that stripe and go to Format. Make sure you pick NTFS and check "quick format."

Obligatory Warning: MAKE SURE YOU USE THE STRIPE FOR YOUR FLASH DRIVE. IF YOU DO THIS ON THE WRONG DRIVE YOU WILL ERASE ALL OF YOUR DATA ON THAT DRIVE.

 

[nikorr]

All of the above ^ + just make sure its not write protected. There is a switch on the card against accidental erase.

Turn it off. If that's the case.