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Flash drive woes....
My SanDisk Cruzer Micro 4.0GB is giving me fits.
It all started a few minutes ago.
I plugged it in, and it said "New device detected" Hunh, strange, I've hooked it up before.
Go to My Computer, "Drive E: (Removable Device) -_o ? I put my flash drive as my name! Click: "Format drive?" -.O Click on through. 16MB:eek::mad::mad:
What is happening????
PS: I didn't format. Didn't want to risk it.
It IS a couple years old, but a) I very rarely used it, B) Why would it suddenly, completely "die"?
The other tell-tale sign that there's a problem is the orange light isn't blinking.
I am backed up. (THANK YOU UBUNTU ONE!)
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Re: Flash drive woes....
well, the short not so sweet answer is that electronics can go bad at any time. now usually, they don't, but it can happen.
now then, do you always carry this particular sd card in an anti-static container of some sort? if not there's a chance it could have been zapped by the nasty esd monster.
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It's a 4GB Flash drive, not an SD card.
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DOH!!!!
you're right. i read "san disk" and skipped the cruzer micro part. either way my above post is still valid.
it could be bad chips, it could be a nice esd zap, the contacts could be dirty, the usb connector could have been tweaked and isn't making good contact on the board anymore, and the list goes on.
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Happened to me on one of my USB drives...had U3 on it, so if the firmware is corrupt, then basically you cannot format it using either Windows or Linux. U3 will let you format the rest of the drive to your liking.
If its not U3 based, then one of the following could have happened:
1. Memory chip is bad
2. Memory chip is loose
3. Firmware is corrupt
Another cause if U3 based or other formats:
4. AES-128bit key used to decrypt data on the NAND is invalid
In my case it was 3...
And as a last resort before you chuck it, try:
Start->Run-> Regedit
Expand: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\StorageDevicePolicies
(Note: if this key doesn't exist, then disregard this option, and close Regedit)
Double click on the string ‘WriteProtect’ and change the ‘Value Data’ box to ‘0’
Close Regedit, and Restart
Then try to format again.
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No U3.
Don't really like the software personally.
Or anything that makes a virtual CD drive as a back door to getting the software to launch.
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I agree...try the registry stuff...if it works, great, if not...well
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lol, my samsung epic 4g comes with a 16 GB micro sd card, and i rebooted my phone, and it wanted to format. somehow, it got corrupted, and i didn't have anything backed up. found software to recover files, reformatted, and it kept asking to reformat. then one day, it just started working again.... who knows why.... :whistler::?:whistler:
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If it's broke...MOD IT! LOL..