Try doing the following 1. boot into a linux distro and try mounting the flash drive. if successful, bingo recover data & format 2. try apps such as this one (http://www.eprovided.com/usb-unknown- device-recognized-windows.html). They might just help! but also check for malware injections ;(
Regards, anOop On Nov 3, 9:53 am, Ceresia <[email protected]> wrote: > If you cannot remove the partition with diskmgmt.msc (disk management) > or you cannot convert the disk, or do anything it sounds like the usb > stick is dead :( > > On Nov 3, 4:49 am, tendani mulaudzi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable > > > On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:50 AM, Mohammad AbuShady > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > What does the error message say when it refuses to format. > > > On Nov 2, 2011 10:44 PM, "tendani mulaudzi" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> It doesn't show but when i open my computer is there, i'm only seeing the > > >> drive C which is NTFS > > > >> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:23 AM, Ceresia <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>> START > > >>> RUN > > >>> type - diskmgmt.msc > > > >>> Find the USB stick and let us know what it says, is it RAW, FAT16, > > >>> FAT32, DYNAMIC, etc... > > > >>> -- > > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >>> Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. > > >>> To post to this group, send email to > > >>> [email protected]. > > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >>> [email protected]. > > >>> For more options, visit this group at > > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en. > > > >> -- > > >> With thank > > >> Daphney > > > >> -- > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > >> "Computer Tech Support" group. > > >> To post to this group, send email to > > >> [email protected]. > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >> [email protected]. > > >> For more options, visit this group at > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en. > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "Computer Tech Support" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]. > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en. > > > -- > > With thank > > Daphney -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Computer Tech Support" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/computer-tech-support?hl=en.
