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| Thread ID: 143408 | 2017-01-01 00:09:00 | USB problems, drive that is. | Cicero (40) | Press F1 |
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| 1430360 | 2017-01-01 00:09:00 | When trying to delete a usb drive, I right click and go to format, it appears to format but when trying to add to the USB it shows as not being formatted. I have tried on 2 computers with same result. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1430361 | 2017-01-01 01:56:00 | Happens on a lot of older thumb-drives that end up dying, time to bin it and get another. | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1430362 | 2017-01-01 23:45:00 | Note: the following advice is dangerous . If you accidently get the wrong disk number, you can toast your Windows install . If you're not comfortable with the command prompt, don't proceed . So disclaimers out of the way . It could be your primary partition is toasted, but otherwise OK . (The rest of the partitions would show up as unallocated) The trick is deleting all partitions and reformatting the drive . Here's a guide from Seagate that walks you through it, basically using Microsoft supplied DISKPART to do it . I know Seagate is talking about a specific problem with 3TB drives, but the steps will work with any size drive . . seagate . com/articles/en_US/FAQ/005929en?language=en_US" target="_blank">knowledge . seagate . com |
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| 1430363 | 2017-01-02 22:56:00 | Maybe you are formatting them to NTFS? They should be Fat32. | mzee (3324) | ||
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