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Thread ID: 116060 2011-02-15 08:03:00 4GB Toshiba flash drive read as 250MB PC builder (15482) Press F1
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1178500 2011-02-16 10:03:00 That explains where the rest of your space went

The data you had on the drive previously may still be on there, but marked as deleted.

DON'T write anything to the drive, to ensure best chance for recovery.

You can scan the drive with something like this: www.cgsecurity.org (Personally I've never used it, but it seems to get recommended here quite a bit. I use FileScavenger myself)
Agent_24 (57)
1178501 2011-02-16 11:06:00 I tried formatting my USB drive after trying this out and it's smaller than it was! What gives?

You need to repartition your USB drive. Use the appropriate tool on your OS to create one large partition in place of the three small ones. For Windows use HP Format Utility or DiskPart if you're comfortable with the command line. Use Disk Utility for Mac; Linux use fdisk.

From here
chromeos.hexxeh.net
feersumendjinn (64)
1178502 2011-02-17 08:33:00 From here
chromeos.hexxeh.net
Thank you!!!! :lol: Didn't know it was so simple to fix! tHANK YOU!! :thanks
PC builder (15482)
1178503 2011-02-17 09:06:00 Glad to help. feersumendjinn (64)
1178504 2011-02-18 03:16:00 Stick it in a Mac. Format as RAW. Stick it back into a pc. Format it using DMU. icow (15313)
1178505 2011-02-18 03:44:00 You could use Disk Manager in Windows to remove all partitions, recreate and reformat. Agent_24 (57)
1178506 2011-02-18 04:56:00 Download a proper partition manager.

www.paragon-software.com
OR
download.cnet.com
Cato (6936)
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