Pen Drive is not showing on any PC

seensazzad

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Sep 16, 2014
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There were two pendrives inserted on my pc.I was trying to make one of the pendrives bootable for linux .I was using Unetbootin to make my pendrive bootable.Then after completing 80%,I mistakenly cut the power of my PC.Now none of the pendrives are showing on any PC.I have checked on three PC.
 

RealBeast

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I would try attaching them to a USB port on the back of the PC and then in an elevated command prompt (open command prompt with right click and "run as admin") use diskpart.

diskpart
list disk
select disk n (where n=USB stick)
clean

then it should be available to reformat.

HERE is a guide to diskpart commands and syntax if you want to do anything else. And above all *be careful* not to accidentally select the wrong drive when using diskpart.
 

RealBeast

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I would then try a portable Linux build like Knoppix and use Linux tools for the repair, but that is kind of complicated for new Linux users. My other choice would be to use a Windows based USB specific tool like BootIce described HERE. That link also has some instructions for using a portable Linux like Knoppix Live Linux if you do want to try that.
 
it may be easier to just buy a new pen drive, they are pretty cheap these days.

does it show up in disk management?
Right click Computer --> Manage --> Storage --> Disk Management