On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 05:29:04 +0100, Martin S wrote: > > I would bet a write-protect switch got flipped. Otherwise, yes, i > > think you have to replace it. I can't imagine how the other guy could > > have damaged it from your description of the events though.
> Neither can I actually. > But I've tried it with Windows as well now - same sh**. Can't format it > either. If you mount it with the sync option, later kernels will destroy it fairly quickly (there was a thread on this a few months back). It is possible that the FAT was about to die when you lent the stick out and the failure when Windows was let loose at it is purely a coincidence. I had a stick fail like this and even 'cfdisk -z', which ignores any existing partition table, couldn't handle it. -- Neil Bothwick Some people are born mediocre, some people achieve mediocrity, and some people have mediocrity thrust upon them. - Joseph Heller, "Catch-22"
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