corrupted USB flash drive

Suddenly I got a problem on a iomega mini usb drive, that worked OK
for long time.
Inserted the new drive is immediately seen and assigned a letter "X".
If I click on it, I get an error message "insert a disk in the "X"
unit".
I tryed almost everything as my first thought was that the partition
data has been for some reason, corrupted.

1) Same result got on different PC
2) Same result got if I insert the flash before or after the boot.
3) Of course I cannot reformat as the unit is recognized but the
volume/disk is not.
4) I downloaded several software claiming to recover, format,
partition etc USB devices but : no result.
5) Partition Magic 8 doesnt see the drive, only fixed disks
6) Read everything I could find on MS Support, On Google , on Groups
etc.
7) No possibility to reach the storage for a low level formatting.

This is my last attempt, if someone of you has another idea !
After I will go to buy a new drive !!
:-((

Thanks
Manlio

M
Thu May 01 04:56:06 PDT 2008


"Manlio" <noemail@news.org> wrote in message
news:3h1j14978qj6m295ij2en5sh86r0snrlct@4ax.com...
> Suddenly I got a problem on a iomega mini usb drive, that worked OK
> for long time.
> Inserted the new drive is immediately seen and assigned a letter "X".
> If I click on it, I get an error message "insert a disk in the "X"
> unit".
> I tryed almost everything as my first thought was that the partition
> data has been for some reason, corrupted.
>
> 1) Same result got on different PC
> 2) Same result got if I insert the flash before or after the boot.
> 3) Of course I cannot reformat as the unit is recognized but the
> volume/disk is not.
> 4) I downloaded several software claiming to recover, format,
> partition etc USB devices but : no result.
> 5) Partition Magic 8 doesnt see the drive, only fixed disks
> 6) Read everything I could find on MS Support, On Google , on Groups
> etc.
> 7) No possibility to reach the storage for a low level formatting.
>
> This is my last attempt, if someone of you has another idea !
> After I will go to buy a new drive !!
> :-((

The FLASH drive has failed. They have a limited life.

Fortran
Thu May 01 11:24:23 PDT 2008

On May 1, 10:08=A0am, Manlio <noem...@news.org> wrote:
> Suddenly I got a problem on a iomega mini usb drive, that worked OK
> for long time.
> Inserted the new drive is immediately seen and assigned a letter "X".
> If I click on it, I get an error message "insert a disk in the "X"
> unit".
> I tryed almost everything as my first thought was that the partition
> data has been for some reason, corrupted.
>
> 1) Same result got on different PC
> 2) Same result got if I insert the flash before or after the boot.
> 3) Of course I cannot reformat as the unit is recognized but the
> volume/disk is not.
> 4) I downloaded several software claiming to recover, format,
> partition etc USB devices but : no result.
> 5) Partition Magic 8 doesnt see the drive, only fixed disks
> 6) Read everything I could find on MS Support, On Google , on Groups
> etc.
> 7) No possibility to reach the storage for a low level formatting.
>
> This is my last attempt, if someone of you has another idea !
> After I will go to buy a new drive !!
> :-((
>
> Thanks
> Manlio

The same thing happened to my PNY 2GB flash drive. I only bought it
afew weeks ago so I took it back to PC world. At first they could not
find what was wrong but afew minutes later they fixed it. I tried
everything before I take it to them.
I asked them how they done it.
This ids how it is done:
Click on my Computer Icon Right click on Usb Drive icon at and open
the properties
Note that drive does not have a letter assigned to it so type in the
box
H Drive and click apply.
Your usb flash drive should be working fine now.
Regards Rez

Manlio
Fri May 02 02:02:09 PDT 2008

Followup to msg on Thu, 1 May 2008 11:24:23 -0700 (PDT), Fortran
<rez321@gmail.com> :
(Original msg on bottom)

Hi Rez,
thanks for the answer, but my case is different.
If you read carefully my question you'll find my USB flash drive has a
letter assigned.This happens immediately anytime I plug the unit in.
BTW it's exactly H, as I have other fixed volumes on my system.
The system considers it just as a driver unit in which has to be
inserted a disk. If I try to format or make any other operation I get
an error "no disk in the unit" or "Insert a disk in the unit".

I hope it's more clear.
My opinion, at the moment, is I have to buy another one !
Manlio





>On May 1, 10:08 am, Manlio <noem...@news.org> wrote:
>> Suddenly I got a problem on a iomega mini usb drive, that worked OK
>> for long time.
>> Inserted the new drive is immediately seen and assigned a letter "X".
>> If I click on it, I get an error message "insert a disk in the "X"
>> unit".
>> I tryed almost everything as my first thought was that the partition
>> data has been for some reason, corrupted.
>>
>> 1) Same result got on different PC
>> 2) Same result got if I insert the flash before or after the boot.
>> 3) Of course I cannot reformat as the unit is recognized but the
>> volume/disk is not.
>> 4) I downloaded several software claiming to recover, format,
>> partition etc USB devices but : no result.
>> 5) Partition Magic 8 doesnt see the drive, only fixed disks
>> 6) Read everything I could find on MS Support, On Google , on Groups
>> etc.
>> 7) No possibility to reach the storage for a low level formatting.
>>
>> This is my last attempt, if someone of you has another idea !
>> After I will go to buy a new drive !!
>> :-((
>>
>> Thanks
>> Manlio
>
>The same thing happened to my PNY 2GB flash drive. I only bought it
>afew weeks ago so I took it back to PC world. At first they could not
>find what was wrong but afew minutes later they fixed it. I tried
>everything before I take it to them.
>I asked them how they done it.
>This ids how it is done:
>Click on my Computer Icon Right click on Usb Drive icon at and open
>the properties
>Note that drive does not have a letter assigned to it so type in the
>box
>H Drive and click apply.
>Your usb flash drive should be working fine now.
> Regards Rez

Paul
Fri May 02 10:44:25 PDT 2008

Manlio wrote:
> Followup to msg on Thu, 1 May 2008 11:24:23 -0700 (PDT), Fortran
> <rez321@gmail.com> :
> (Original msg on bottom)
>
> Hi Rez,
> thanks for the answer, but my case is different.
> If you read carefully my question you'll find my USB flash drive has a
> letter assigned.This happens immediately anytime I plug the unit in.
> BTW it's exactly H, as I have other fixed volumes on my system.
> The system considers it just as a driver unit in which has to be
> inserted a disk. If I try to format or make any other operation I get
> an error "no disk in the unit" or "Insert a disk in the unit".
>
> I hope it's more clear.
> My opinion, at the moment, is I have to buy another one !
> Manlio
>

Try out this program ? If you're only going to throw it away
anyway, it might be fun to experiment and see what the program
reports.

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

Paul

Manlio
Thu May 08 14:48:43 PDT 2008

Followup to msg on Fri, 02 May 2008 13:44:25 -0400, Paul
<nospam@needed.com> :
(Original msg on bottom)

Sorry ... but the program does'nt see any USB drive, only fixed disks

Thanks anyway

Manlio


>Manlio wrote:
>> Followup to msg on Thu, 1 May 2008 11:24:23 -0700 (PDT), Fortran
>> <rez321@gmail.com> :
>> (Original msg on bottom)
>>
>> Hi Rez,
>> thanks for the answer, but my case is different.
>> If you read carefully my question you'll find my USB flash drive has a
>> letter assigned.This happens immediately anytime I plug the unit in.
>> BTW it's exactly H, as I have other fixed volumes on my system.
>> The system considers it just as a driver unit in which has to be
>> inserted a disk. If I try to format or make any other operation I get
>> an error "no disk in the unit" or "Insert a disk in the unit".
>>
>> I hope it's more clear.
>> My opinion, at the moment, is I have to buy another one !
>> Manlio
>>
>
>Try out this program ? If you're only going to throw it away
>anyway, it might be fun to experiment and see what the program
>reports.
>
>http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
>
> Paul

smlunatick
Thu May 08 18:30:46 PDT 2008

On May 8, 5:48=A0pm, Manlio <noem...@news.org> wrote:
> Followup =A0to =A0msg on Fri, 02 May 2008 13:44:25 -0400, Paul
> <nos...@needed.com> :
> =A0(Original msg on bottom)
>
> Sorry ... but the program does'nt see any USB drive, only fixed disks
>
> Thanks anyway
>
> Manlio
>
>
>
> >Manlio wrote:
> >> Followup =A0to =A0msg on Thu, 1 May 2008 11:24:23 -0700 (PDT), Fortran
> >> <rez...@gmail.com> :
> >> =A0(Original msg on bottom)
>
> >> Hi Rez,
> >> thanks for the answer, but my case is different.
> >> If you read carefully my question you'll find my USB flash drive has a
> >> letter assigned.This happens immediately anytime I plug the unit in.
> >> BTW it's exactly H, as I have other fixed volumes on my system.
> >> The system considers it just as a driver unit in which has to be
> >> inserted a disk. If I try to format or make any other operation I get
> >> an error "no disk in the unit" or "Insert a disk in the unit".
>
> >> I hope it's more clear.
> >> My opinion, at the moment, is I have to buy another one !
> >> Manlio
>
> >Try out this program ? If you're only going to throw it away
> >anyway, it might be fun to experiment and see what the program
> >reports.
>
> >http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
>
> > =A0 =A0Paul- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Not true! I moved my "corrupted" hard drie to a USB enclosure and
TestDisk found it. However, due to the "type" of corruption, I was
not successfully to "recover" my files that I saw of the drive.