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All Forums > Tech Talk > Tech Talk Forum Page 35 > Repair a Thumb Drive?

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jayo All-Star Member 2117 Posts 7/04	Posted - Apr 25 2007 : 9:01PM I lost another thumb drive. Something on it got scrambled so that when I plug it in, it isn't recognized. Is there any way to bring it back to life? I don't need the data on it, but I'd like to be able to use it again. And I'd like to do it myself because I think it costs more to have someone fix it than to buy another one, but I don't want to buy another one, I want the one I've got. [Link]
Drew Black broken crankshaft 8009 Posts 9/99	Posted - Apr 25 2007 : 10:15PM What brand? [Link]
jayo All-Star Member 2117 Posts 7/04	Posted - Apr 25 2007 : 11:10PM Don't know. It's one my employer bought that has the company logo on it. I can't find a maker's name on it anywhere. [Link]
Drew Black broken crankshaft 8009 Posts 9/99	Posted - Apr 25 2007 : 11:44PM Thumb drives aren't all created equal. Different manufacturers use different flash controller chips inside the drives. I thought with a manufacturer's name or model number you might be able to go to the manufacturer's website to see if there's any utility software available to initialize the device back to its factory settings. I had a problem with a Kingston DataTraveler 4GB thumbdrive getting corrupted on an XP system earlier in the week. I was able to reformat the device in Windows and it's been fine ever since. [Link]
jayo All-Star Member 2117 Posts 7/04	Posted - Apr 25 2007 : 11:49PM I've been able to reformat them when they get funky, but sometimes they get so screwed I can't even see it when I plug it in. The light flashes but nothing. Like the days when you had to low-level format and partition a new hard drive before you could get a drive letter. [Link]

croy Platinum Member Discovry 4574 Posts 3/04	Posted - Apr 25 2007 : 11:49PM Which are the best drives? [Link]
Drew Black broken crankshaft 8009 Posts 9/99	Posted - Apr 26 2007 : 9:12AM jayo wrote: Like the days when you had to low-level format and partition a new hard drive before you could get a drive letter. Click to expand That's essentially what I was thinking needed to be done. Regarding croy's question, I have no idea which ones are the best ones these days. SanDisk has always been an industry leader. Lexar Media is typically on the ball too. I don't think you can go wrong with their stuff. 8 - 10 years ago I knew which manufacturers used which controller chips but that's all changed now. I'm obsolete. [Link]
AztecGold11 Member 514 Posts 8/05	Posted - Apr 26 2007 : 9:48AM What is a thumb drive? [Link]
Drew Black broken crankshaft 8009 Posts 9/99	Posted - Apr 26 2007 : 9:54AM A USB flash disk. [Link]
conquistador Deactivated User Hellhamster. 2947 Posts 10/03	Posted - Apr 26 2007 : 9:54AM This is a thumb drive. [Link]
BigBobxxx Senior Member 2681 Posts 5/04	Posted - Apr 26 2007 : 10:33AM If you have access to a Mac, try the drive there. It just might let you access the drive. At the very least, I'm betting it will at least "see" the drive and let you re-format it. You could then take it back to your PC and re-format it again for use on PCs. My thought is that the directory on the flash drive became corrupted, and that this is the reason your PC won't recognize the drive. I had a very similar problem with an external hard drive when I powered it down before XP was done writing information to it (not knowingly, I assure you). And, I mean several minutes after I thought I was finished with the drive [Link]
jayo All-Star Member 2117 Posts 7/04	Posted - Apr 26 2007 : 9:02PM I shelled out to DOS, ran CHKDISK [drive] /F and that seemed to bring it back to life. I just reformatted and it's good to go. Damn, I love DOS. Wish I'd thought of that before I tossed the last drive I ruined. [Link]
croy Platinum Member Discovry 4574 Posts 3/04	Posted - Apr 26 2007 : 10:38PM Drew Black wrote: SanDisk has always been an industry leader. Lexar Media is typically on the ball too. Click to expand Doesn't SanDisk do some private labeling for other companies? [Link]
Drew Black broken crankshaft 8009 Posts 9/99	Posted - Apr 27 2007 : 10:03AM croy wrote: Doesn't SanDisk do some private labeling for other companies? Click to expand They have in the past. I think most of the private label product comes from Taiwan these days though. [Link]

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