Unable to format the USB flash key.

Hey there,

I bought different brands of Flash Drives and some of them has been damaged and it usually more open.

whenever I have do a format for these flash drives it says that windows cannot continue... and some of them said "there is no disk in drive 'H' Please insert a disk".

I did a format disk management that also, it did not work, I checked for power to the usb hub option root "to allow windows to turn off this device...". ».

I also tried to install a software for formatting, did not work.

Restart windows in safe mode and try to format it, nothing.

I just want to know a way to fix this because I have like 7 flash readers does not, I'm not intresting to get the data that has been stored in these flash drives.

I don't know if this has been posted in the right section but please, any help will be great.

thnx in advance.

Hello

Try to use the Flash Drives on other computers to see if they are working, or can be formatted. When a USB
disk has failed and cannot be accepted, then it cannot be formatted.

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If it turns out that it is a problem with your computer:

References to Vista also apply to Windows 7.

Follow these steps to remove corruption and missing/damaged file system repair or replacement.

Start - type in the search box - find command top - RIGHT CLICK – RUN AS ADMIN

sfc/scannow

How to fix the system files of Windows 7 with the System File Checker
http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/1538-SFC-SCANNOW-Command-System-File-Checker.html

Then run checkdisk (chkdsk).

How to run check disk in Windows 7
http://www.SevenForums.com/tutorials/433-disk-check.html

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Then lets refresh the USB stack

Control the click Control Panel - Device Manager - anywhere in the area of white/white - point of VIEW, then-
Show hidden devices

Look everywhere EXCEPT USB controllers for your device and if find you them (maybe
plus_d' one of each) under disk drives, you can have several - right CLICK and UNINSTALL
for all instances. (There may be none.)

Control Panel right CLICK on EVERYTHING - Serial USB controllers - device configuration-manager and
UNINSTALL all but the category itself - REBOOT - it refreshes the drive and battery USB

This KB shows XP how to and methods of Vista and Windows 7 are the same
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/310575

This is a utility to help you, but do 1 above.

USBDeview is a small utility that lists all USB devices currently connected to your computer.
as well as all USB devices that you previously used. Run Options and tick the three 1st choice
to see if one is there.

http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/usb_devices_view.html

You must remove all instances of the devices and restart.

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If necessary try these two:

Tips for solving problems of USB devices - and a Mr Fixit
http://windowshelp.Microsoft.com/Windows/en-us/help/c39bd203-f729-47a4-8351-83291e13c8a81033.mspx#EGB

Hardware devices not detected or not working - Mr. Fixit
http://support.Microsoft.com/GP/hardware_device_problems

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This can be useful to determine if the wrong driver is loading.

-Free - DriverView utility displays the list of all device drivers currently loaded on your system.
For each driver in the list, additional useful information is displayed: load address of the driver,
Description, version, product name, company that created the driver and more.
http://www.NirSoft.NET/utils/DriverView.html

I hope this helps.

Rob Brown - MS MVP - Windows Desktop Experience: Bike - Mark Twain said it right.

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