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Fixed: USB drive unusable, unformattable, and reporting 0 bytescapacity

I completely hosed a few SanDisk Cruzer Micro USB 2.0 2 GB Flash Drives at work when I

deleted the original contents of the drives, installed the CruzerPro software that had shipped

with some older Cruzer Professional drives, and then used the CruzerPro application to

password protect the drives. This process rendered the drives completely unusable and unable

to be formatted.

The problems

Clicking the drive letter in Windows Explorer returns the following error message:

Please insert a disk into drive X:.

Attempting to format the drive returns the warning:

There is no disk in drive X.

Insert a disk, and then try again.

This is what the drives looked like once I’d thoroughly broken them.

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properties2.png)

SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro USB Device Properties

The drive properties show:

Type: Removable Disk

File system: Unknown

Used space 0 bytes

Free space 0 bytes

Capacity 0 bytes

The Volumes tab shows:

Type: Removable

Status: No Media

Partition style: Not Applicable

Capacity: 0 MB

Unallocated space: 0 MB

Reserved space: 0 MB

Opening the Disk Management component of the Computer Management console shows that

the drive is connected, but there is no unallocated space to partition or format.

Other things about the disk look normal. It shows up in the Device Manager as working

correctly, without any warnings, for example.

I Googled around and found that many, many people were running into this problem where

the drive starts reporting 0 bytes capacity and can not be formatted. Of the dozens of pages

that I read, no one found a fix for the problem. The most common solution offered was to

return the drive to the manufacturer for replacement. Well, I wasn’t going to publicize my

mistake and return the drives, I was going to repair them.

Software that didn’t help

Feel free to skip this part if you’re not interested in reading about the many dead-ends I

explored.

I knew of one nifty program that had helped me out a few times before, so I tried running the

HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool v2.1.8 (http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-

Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-10974082.html), but attempting to format the drive with this

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utility returned the following error message:

There is no media in the specified device.

Someone suggested using this thing called “Apacer Repair v2.9.1.1″ to reformat the drive, so I

tried that, but the software only reported “USB Flash Disk not found!” when I ran it.

Someone else recommended FreeCommander, but that failed to open the drive, too.

I tried the free trial of the utility from http://www.flashmemorytoolkit.com/, but it reported the

same information as Windows XP – that the device contained a disk with 0 bytes capacity.

Maybe the full version could have done more, but I put that on the back burner.

A number of people suggested attacking it with partitioning software, which I wasn’t looking

forward to doing, but was willing to try.

Another last resort was going to be using the Windows XP Recovery Console’s fixboot and

fixmbr commands, which got me out of a pinch when I screwed up a partition

(http://www.ardamis.com/2010/12/06/how-to-remove-the-grub-bootloader-

from-windows-xp/).

What I should have tried to begin with

Then I had an idea. I had a clean drive that had escaped my earlier bungling. I plugged it in,

copied the contents to my desktop and tried to run the U3 LaunchPad software. Nothing

happened, so I started looking more closely at the files. One of the files was called

SanDiskFormatExtension.dll, which sounded promising. Now I just needed to figure out how to

run the SanDisk installer to reformat the drive. I tried all of the .exe’s and .msi’s that shipped

with the drive, but nothing wanted to run from the folder on my desktop.

Just as I was running out of options, I opened the autorun.inf file and found a very interesting

entry:

The fix

So, with nothing to lose, I pasted http://u3.sandisk.com/download

/lp_installer.asp?custom=1.6.1.2&brand=PelicanBFG (http://u3.sandisk.com/download

/lp_installer.asp?custom=1.6.1.2&brand=PelicanBFG) into Internet Explorer, thinking that it

would at least get me some new files that might allow me to reformat the drive. I followed a

few prompts and lo, the U3 Launchpad Installer software launched and restored the drive to its

factory settings of 2 GB capacity formatted as FAT. It even replaced the original U3 files,

making it truly good-as-new.

I’m astonished that this information isn’t more widely available, particularly on the SanDisk

support site and forums, as this 0 capacity problem seems to affect a good number of drives

and there are many threads where this issue remains unresolved.

Note that the page at http://u3.sandisk.com/download/lp_installer.asp?custom=1.6.1.2&

brand=PelicanBFG (http://u3.sandisk.com/download/lp_installer.asp?custom=1.6.1.2&

brand=PelicanBFG) requires you to install an ActiveX component, so you must use Internet

Explorer.

Otherwise, you can download the latest version of the U3 Launchpad Installer executable

(http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/240/) from the Sandisk KB.

Of course, if you’re not using a SanDisk drive, it’s rather unlikely that this software will fix your

drive, but maybe your device’s manufacturer has something similar. There are also a number of

good ideas in the comments below, so definitely read through them for more options.

1 [Update]2 URL=http://u3.sandisk.com/download/lp_installer.asp?custom=1.6.1.2&

brand=PelicanBFG (http://u3.sandisk.com/download/lp_installer.asp?custom=1.6.1.2&brand=PelicanBFG)


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188 Responses to “Fixed: USB drive unusable, unformattable, and reporting 0bytes capacity”

_JayK74u

10 October 2009 at 7:57 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-

unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-21985)

Wow thank you it works!, I actually tried this method before using the launchpad installer

but it actually made it worse, but I tried it again using the installer you posted and it now

works.

1.

Sam

17 November 2009 at 6:56 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-

unusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-23729)

Thanks for this tip, but sadly the installer detects that my drive is not a Sandisk drive and

refuses to run. If anyone finds a solution for a 4GB Maxell Retractor then please post it!

Their website only seems to have win98 drivers on it.

2.

devonte

22 November 2009 at 8:28 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-


mines say 0 bites but when i try to download it it says it needs activex

3.

Felix Calderon



Please, i need the name the activex that is necesary.

But i paste the “javascript:InstallWizard()” in the bar of directions

and ask me for ” introduce one intelligent unity U3″

excuseme you for my english

4.

ekaansh

14 January 2010 at 12:30 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-


what to do for a transcend 512 mb……….

5.

If you’re trying to restore the drive’s contents or recover files, the all of the methods described

on this page will format (erase) the drive and are not for you. Good luck.

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seth (http://thepeoplescube.com)



after wipiing the cdrom parition restore it with the CORRECT version of LPInstaller.exe

I leave it to you to determind the correct version

damnable sepell check

6.

ajay



what to do for transcend 8 GB ??????????????

7.

Mandi



Mine just isn’t recognising anything. I can’t save to it… and nothing is showing up.

8.

harvey



dude we have same problem.. all you have to do is to right click on my computer,

manage and find disk management.. below you will see your usb right click on the color

black and simply format it..

9.

Deepak

3 February 2010 at 4:23 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-


I had a same problem with kingston 8 GB pen drive. I have tried many softwares to format

the 0 byte usb drive. Finally the software which worked was this tiny executable

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L6PSHSO4 (http://www.megaupload.com

/?d=L6PSHSO4). Hope this will help the drives other than SanDisk

10.

yoza

4 February 2010 at 11:58 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-


I had problem with kingston 8 GB pen drive.I’ve tried this http://www.megaupload.com

/?d=L6PSHSO4 (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L6PSHSO4), but it says “USB Flash

Disk not found!”…please help me…

11.


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Richie Rich

2 March 2010 at 3:41 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-


worked for my Cruzer 2GB after I thought I would have to toss it. Thanks dude.

12.

Antonio Carmona Reyna



Well, uff, yes! yes! yes! I did it! I finally could format my Kingston data traveler 2.0 after

many searchings on the web a link took me to here, and after trying many, many, many,

solutions, I finally did it. It was a 0 bytes usb ( I have many files in it, of course) and I tried

the solution that ardami found, it didn’t work, then I tired the Deepak’s solution and it

work partially, because it said that a mistake occurred while trying to format the usb, and

asked me to send an inform to microsoft and I did it. Then I checked on MIPC and as

always tried to open unit E: and never could, but this time it said “the unit E: doesn’t have

a format, do you want to format?” and I said “yes of course” (well I wanted to recover my

data but it wasn’t possible) so I finally can read my usb and of course now it’s empty.

So I want to give a big handshake to ardamis and to Deepak, thanks a lot for your help.

13.

deepak adhana

3 March 2010 at 7:31 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-


hi! i am also having the same problem so if u could tell me what deepak said to u and

how to do it .pls pls send it to my gmail acount [email protected]

(mailto:[email protected])

14.

Faiyaz



11.I had problem with kingston 2 GB pen drive.I’ve tried this


/?d=L6PSHSO4), but it says “USB Flash Disk not found!”…please help me…

15.

Asif



My 4 GB kingston usb also saying “usb flash disk not fount” Help plz

16.

Asif Khan

14 April 2010 at 5:19 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-


Tried both methods but unfortunately they did not work for my brand new kingston 8

gig….sucks

17.

Manish

14 April 2010 at 1:00 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-


Hello,

18.


6 of 39 1/6/2013 8:39 PM

I don’t is it ok to ask you this question or not.

I want to add one folder on pen drive that should not be removed when anyone format

pen drive.

Is it possible to do?

If so then how?

Thanks,

Manish

hey

18 May 2010 at 11:41 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-


“USB Flash Disk not found!”

same here

anybody got an idea?

or how to trick the programm that it thinks its an sandisk usb stick?

19.

dian



hello, where could i found the ActiveX…

sorry, my english is not good…

Thx Before

20.

please



antonio2 please share your knowledge on how you fix your problem with you usb same

problem here. can you please email it to me [email protected]

(mailto:[email protected]) thanks in advance

21.

patrick

11 June 2010 at 6:07 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-


hello guys i got some problem here ill try all your ways that have given but where can i

find active x

22.

Yatindestel

13 June 2010 at 10:38 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-


either solution not working for my 4 gb moser baer usb drive :(

error: device not found in deepak’s solution…

23.

yabady dabady



after going to http://u3.sandisk.com/download/lp_installer.asp?custom=1.6.1.2&

brand=PelicanBFG (http://u3.sandisk.com/download/lp_installer.asp?custom=1.6.1.2&

24.


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brand=PelicanBFG) you need to click install launch pad now wait……… it may take a while

but an active x installer bar will pop pu in the top of the page click install now wait………

you will be prompted to install launch pad click install and wait again……… a u3 installer

pop up will show go threw steps and there you go.

geishaslave

2 July 2010 at 12:28 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-


A-Data 16GB USB flash drive (no model, red casing and cap). Autplay progress window

shows files exist on drive. Drive is assigned a letter, but shows 0 bytes used/available.

Booted to Windows XP sp3 Safe Mode. Inserted 16GB drive into USB slot. Was then able

to copy all files to another drive. Next, went to the command line Start –> Run –> CMD )

then formatted the drive as FAT32. At the command prompt, type format /? for info on

the format util.

25.

Siddharth



Ok, so I just searched Google for about 5 hours trying to figure out how to fix the USBest

USB2flashStorage USB problem. What happened is the part of the memory that tells the

computer how to access the drive and how big the drive is got corrupted. You need a

program called “Super Stick Recovery Tool” made by kingmax. Don’t worry that your

drive isn’t a kingmax drive, it will work anyway because it is just going to completely write

over that little part of the drive that got corrupted. just go to “http://www.kingmax.com

/en_04_download.asp?usn=2″ and download

Super Stick Recovery Tool V1.0.2.19.rar

you can open the rar file with winrar or 7-zip. Inside is

Super Stick Recovery Tool V1.0.2.19.exe. Run it as administrator with the drive plugged in

and click “Update”

about 5 minutes later– Problem solved!

*Warning* This erases everything on the drive, I have no clue how to get data off of it

before you do this, but at least you can have a working jump drive rather than a paper

weight.

Just so you know, I only tested this on a Verbatim 8 Gb drive that had the exact same

problems you described. I tried lots of other tools and they didn’t work. Super Stick

Recovery Tool Rocks!

haha Solution worked for me with iball pendrive and i suppose it will work for any

pendrive

26.

Khoi

19 July 2010 at 3:51 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-


For Transcend USB, use this tool:

http://www.transcendusa.com/Products/online_recovery_1.asp

(http://www.transcendusa.com/Products/online_recovery_1.asp)

27.

GreyGrue



Thanks for the help, but none of these worked for me. What did work was the following.

(Win 7) (HP v125 4G Thumb drive)

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Open Command Prompt with admin rights.

*Type cmd in Start menu search box and hit Ctrl+ Shift+ Enter.

Or

*Go to Start menu > All programs > Accessories, right click on Command Prompt and

select Run as administrator.

As I was on an Admin account already I just hit Start key + R. Then type in cmd.

First type DISKPART and hit enter. You will see a text block saying version number. Takes

a second depending on number of drives.

Next type LIST DISK command and note down the Disk number of your USB flash drive. it

will be listed as disk 0, disk 1, and so on. My thumb drive was Disk 4 with my other four

drives before it. You can also see the total size as well as free space for each drive. Here

my Thumb drive was ** bytes, 0 Bytes free. While the windows manager displayed a 0

bytes, 0 free.

Replace the drive number “#” with the correct drive number for the following commands.

SELECT DISK #

CLEAN

CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

SELECT PARTITION 1

ACTIVE

(here you put the file type you wish to format in to. NTFS, FAT32, FAT16. FAT32 is

standard.)

FORMAT FS=NTFS

(Format process will take a few seconds)

ASSIGN

EXIT

Hope this helps someone else, I’m just glad to have my drive back.

jojomannoh



SOLVED

if ur problem is

- disk Management it shows it as as Removable Storage(+letter) with no media in it

- properties shows that it has 0 free space and 0 used space

- shows up in my computer but say insert disk

ok i had the same pen drive, same 4 gb and same problem

this is how i solved it

1. plug in the pendrive. restart the pc with a xp installation cd

and make sure u reboot into the xp installation

2. follow the prompts till u get to which drive to install the xp

3.delete the existing partition on the pendrive(it will be listed)

and create a new partition. this re-installs the mbr

4. quit the installation and remove the pendrive before booting normally

5. after booting plug in the drive and format it

– i used HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool but i think windows formatting

should work

– i did a quick format first before a full with ntfs

email me if u have any questions : [email protected]

(mailto:[email protected])

29.


9 of 39 1/6/2013 8:39 PM

AFTER 10 HOURS OF SEARCHING MY 4GB Kingston Datatraveler usb 2.0 device IS

BBBBAAAAACCCCKKKKKK!!!!!!!!

ardamis (http://www.ardamis.com/)

1 August 2010 at 11:03 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-


A commenter suggested using the Lexar Image Rescue 4 Software, but this is not free

software.

http://store.lexar.com/index.cfm?productid=L-IR4-DWN (http://store.lexar.com

/index.cfm?productid=L-IR4-DWN)

30.

egp



Thank you very much, GreyGrue! I did what you wrote and saved my Verbatim U3 smart

4GB USB stick.

31.

ip

8 September 2010 at 1:59 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-


When I click the link, it states I need admin rights, my account is an admin account, please

help?

32.

RJ



Thanks GreyGrue. You are a life saver :) . The procedure worked flawlessly.

33.

SP

25 September 2010 at 4:23 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-


Thanks GreyGrue and to all here – seems a combination of all of the above got my cruzer

back. thanks

34.

jr



how to fix unusable sony usb. help

35.

Sonu Gupta



hello all,

I have a transcend 64GB USB Flash drive but when I am unable to formate or use it. I tried

all of the methods mentioned here, no one works for me.

36.


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Please help me.

Jose Luis Benavent



this : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L6PSHSO4 (http://www.megaupload.com

/?d=L6PSHSO4)

worked for me !!

thanks,,

37.

Jamie Wong



I tried using the method above and all failed. When i try to run the software provided by

deepak it says “preformat not supports this IC”..what the hell is that meant to mean?!

38.

Edward Hardy

31 October 2010 at 11:08 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-


Deepak, thank you very much dude!!!! thanks to you i could fix my Kingston USB 4Gb

memory, i tryed a lot of programs and anything works; the .exe you give us, says an error

when formating, but the windows says that Disk E: has no format, then i formated it, and

Works Again!!! thank you!!! really man, i apreciate it too much man, thanks!!! sorry for my

bad english hahaha. thank you Deepak ^^

39.

Troubleshoot Please Insert A Disk Into Drive Error In Windows (http://www.ghacks.net

/2010/11/02/troubleshoot-please-insert-a-disk-into-drive-error-in-windows/)

2 November 2010 at 8:51 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-


[...] a capacity of 0 Megabytes (in Device Manager > Disk Drives > Right-click, properties

> Volumes.Use GreyGrue has another solution:Open Command Prompt with admin

rights. *Type cmd in Start menu search box and [...]

40.

deepak



transcend software really works which are best than other software

41.


11 of 39 1/6/2013 8:39 PM

deCKerz



Can somebody help me to reformat my Sandisk Extre Contour flash drive. After

forgetting my password and automatically locked it and reformatting it and hitting the

ERASE button a message appears stating that an error occur. Trying several times didn’t

do anything. I’ve trid disk management but the format option is not highlighted so I

cannot reformat my flashdrive. Any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

42.

iq0099



Here is the Megaupload file for those who cannot download from that link:

http://hotfile.com/dl/82803021/4083c20/usb_drive_ulocker_Repair_v2.9.1.1.zip

(http://hotfile.com/dl/82803021/4083c20/usb_drive_ulocker_Repair_v2.9.1.1.zip)

&

http://hotfile.com/dl/82803021/4083c20/usb_drive_ulocker_Repair_v2.9.1.1.zip.html

(http://hotfile.com/dl/82803021/4083c20/usb_drive_ulocker_Repair_v2.9.1.1.zip.html)

43.

iq0099



By the way, none of the solutions above worked for me.

I have DataTraveler 102 16GB, and its showing 0KB size, no media, and cannot be

formatted nor accessed!

Any more suggestions?

44.

aashish



It is the confirm solution………

HP Drive Key Boot Utility..

use it…

magic……..

45.

r341

6 December 2010 at 9:18 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-



/?d=L6PSHSO4) is working dude .. thx alot ..

work on my kingstone 1Gb “no media” error ..

46.

Ashish Singh

6 December 2010 at 11:36 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-


Hi Friends,

For me the onlinerecovery from transcent worked with my Transcent 4 GB.Thanks!! Please

have patience while download as its damm slow… download happen in bits.

47.


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1)Please make use of this site “http://www.transcendusa.com/Products

/online_recovery_2.asp?LangNo=0″

All the instruction are present how to repair your pen drive.

2) Download tool JetFlash Recovery Online from “http://www.transcendusa.com/support

/dlcenter/ORT_Software.asp?Link=OnLineRecovery.exe”,

If you guys have further question pls post ur question me here…i wil reply you.Thanks!!

Ranko

10 December 2010 at 9:39 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-


I did it this way, Start -> Run -> type “diskmgmt.msc”.. then right click on your usb,

change drive letter and paths.. hit the ok.. and thats it :-) worked for me… :-))

48.

Maxtor



I have a HDD maxtor 8GB IDE, its plugged with usb cable, when I try to format it show me

a message “there is no media in the specified device”. I have tried many programs, hiren

boot (pack), hp usb.., Hard disk low level format, diskpart, partition magic, ……….a lot of

software and sofware posted here, firts time I tried to recovery my data but now I just

want format my HDD, please any idea

“USB To IDE/SATA device 0041 (0MB)” some software show me this but when I push to

format the HDD the software don’t can

49.

Sucabu



My Lacie Moskeyto 8gb has died just after two days of use!

“device not found, please insert device”

What the frak?!

50.

John Boon (http://www.johnboon.com.au)



I have just recovered a generic 2GB usb pen/flash drive. I kept getting the error message

“There is no disk in DriveH”. I tried it on at least 10 different computers – without success.

On one computer, the error was that the device was unrecognised, and all the other nine

computers asked me to insert a disk. I tried putting it in gladwrap in the freezer

overnight. No damn use. I tried installing USB U3 software onto it, but it was not a

Sandisk, so I got an error message. But I went into Control Panel (WinXP) >

Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk management > and at least I

could see the USB drive as Removable Media even though it said No Media. I then tried

every damned button in there and eventually I found somewhere – I think it was under

Computer Management > Removable Storage – Libraries and I could see something in

the Libraries folder. It wouldn’t let me do much, but at least I could see what was on the

USB flash drive. I tried to delete some of the crap, and it kept giving me error messages,

but something seemed to be happening. I was still in Disk Management by the way.

Anyway, then I got an error message that I should use chkdsk /f on the drive. I tried to do

that but it wouldn’t let me, until I closed every open folder, scheduled a chkdsk /f, and

restarted the computer leaving the USB attached. Eventually, it fired up and checked the

C drive, then it fired up again and checked the F drive. It said that /stocktakes and

51.


13 of 39 1/6/2013 8:39 PM

Mark.thumbnail were unreadable. Anyway, I let it do all its checks, and finally after about

15 minutes, I got the Windows XP desktop back and there was the Flashdrive with the

name PKback# 001 (E:). Before it was just Removable Disk, now it had a proper name –

albeit Generic. I went in, and saved what I could, deleted what it would let me delete, and

then did a quick format, and then did a full format. Now it all seems to work fine again. I

hope this helps some other bugger.

cindy

23 January 2011 at 5:27 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-


I have the same problem with my 8 GB Trekstor Stick 0 free o used. But I need the files

badly so I cant try out the experiments above…Could anybody help me? I´m desperate to

open the files. I tried other computers, it even appeared for a moment, the files were all

there, I even could see it for a sec, but to short to copy, there is 2-3 GB that I need from

the stick, so it would take much much more time to copy it…So if you have any

suggestions, I´m thankful…

52.

GakwayaInnocent



Thanks very much, MEGAUPLOAD really worked for me and thanks for the spirit you have

to help.

53.

Brome



I finally recovered my usb! I tried hours and hours for all of your advices.

but none of them worked. :(

my usb didn’t show up in disk management.

I tried HP USB Disk Format Tool. It recognized my usb but couldn’t format it because it

showed 0mb.

54.

Brome



I gave my final try in windows safe mode (i use win xp sp3)

and hp usb tool recognized it and show 4 gb (wow!!!)

i succesfully formated usb and now it works great!

so give it a try in safe mode. i hope this solution works for all of you.

55.

Jeppe Bonde Mikkelsen (http://www.webguden.dk)

12 February 2011 at 12:58 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-


None of the above worked for me with my 8GB TDK Trans-IT stick.

56.

Taengoo



57.


14 of 39 1/6/2013 8:39 PM

@GreyGrue your post a legend. Thanks a lot!

AL-Amin



@iq0099 Did you get any solution I have exact same drive like yours (Kingston 16gb data

travelar 101) I have tried every single thing mentioned here except the one says using xp

installation cd (I planned to do it now…) Please let me know if you have already found a

solution to that problem.

Previously Tried result:

1. the megaupload thing (usb drive unlocker) says “preformat not supports this IC” ,

2. Hp said “The specified device is being used…. and in safemode it said “no media… and

many other steps which are too much to list here. @Brome what did you did to

recover???

58.

Vivek



Hi,

It works fine until the finish wizard appears. AFter that the pen drive goes back to its 0 KB

state.

Please help.

59.

mark



what about for cdr king 1gb flash disk… not of the solution above worked

60.

lloyd



mine 0 mb netac flsh disk i have tried to format it but it says un able to format this

removable disk>>>how can i back it to normal????????

61.

how to fix usb drive that is unformattable, reporting 0 bytes, no media but recognize

(http://www.raymond.cc/forum/general-forum/27804-how-to-fix-usb-drive-that-is-

unformattable-reporting-0-bytes-no-media-but-recognize.html#post242347)



[...] Perhaps some help for you: http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/us

(http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/us)…ytes-capacity/ A [...]

62.

Sarav (http://www.ardamis.com)

7 May 2011 at 5:05 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-


Hi All,

I bought brand new Transcend 32 Gb pen drive and tried to fromat it for first use.

63.


15 of 39 1/6/2013 8:39 PM

Not able to format in NTFS.

Gives an error “Windows unable to format it”.

It showed 0 bytes under properties.

Googled and got this forum..

Tried with all the above steps.

>> Scan disk link didnt detect my pen drive.

>> Mega upload download file, USB drive Unlocker repair application also didnt help to

detect it.

>> Not able to use te Transcend online recovery applicatin too. Gives no drive

connected.

>>Tried to format it from cmd

— Tried to format in FAT 32 and NTFS. Got an error..

C:\Windows\system32>CONVERT F: /FS:NTFS

The type of the file system is FAT32.

Volume Serial Number is 50D3-CA68

Windows is verifying files and folders…

File and folder verification is complete.

Windows has checked the file system and found no problems.

31,999,999 KB total disk space.

31,999,999 KB are available.

8,192 bytes in each allocation unit.

2,071,548 total allocation units on disk.

2,071,547 allocation units available on disk.

Determining disk space required for file system conversion…

Total disk space: 31999999 KB

Free space on volume: 31999999 KB

Space required for conversion: 82823 KB

Converting file system

The first NTFS boot sector is unwriteable.

All NTFS boot sectors are unwriteable. Cannot continue.

(The file sizes are not correct as I got it from some where, I didnt capture the actual result..

It is for an example)

>> Even http://store.lexar.com/index.cfm?productid=L-IR4-DWN (http://store.lexar.com

/index.cfm?productid=L-IR4-DWN) didnt help me

>> Under Disk management it shows 32 Gb Primary partition for Pen drive. But

properties show 0 bytes. Tried to change the Drive letter from disk management. Also

tried formating. End up with “unable to format”.

>> Also tried HP Drive Key Boot Utility with no luck.

>> At last it worked for me…

I tried all these steps on my Win 7 32 bit machine..

Plugged in the pen drive to Win XP 32 bit machine. Tried to do default format( Not quick

format and also no NTFS) under the Disk management.

Format wen well.. Got the my drive back.. Now it shows 32 GB.. I am happpyyyyyyyyyy..

Again to make sure it is an issue with OS, Plugged it back to my Win 7 machine.

Tried to format again with NTFS, Quick Format..

Got the same issue back, 0 bytes.

Tried to do default format, FAT 32 without quick format… Format went well and got the

drive back..


16 of 39 1/6/2013 8:39 PM

I am not sure, is it a problem because of NTFS or the OS, but it works for me…

Hi friends, please try this if any of the above troubleshooting doesnt help.. Hope this

would be useful for you..

Thanks,

Fahd



Hi guys i have used this tool and it worked for me (Repair_v2.9.1.8A)

http://www.mediafire.com/?4xkqr0n7282hp07 (http://www.mediafire.com

/?4xkqr0n7282hp07) give it a try .. Hope it works for u too.

64.

Fahd



and this is a second tool which helped lots of people solve there flash drive write

protection problem..(Repair_Neo2.9) http://www.mediafire.com/?cj0phuqv9201aiu

(http://www.mediafire.com/?cj0phuqv9201aiu)

65.

leonidas



sidhhart’s advice was the best…it worked for me..spend whole day on it finally i ran super

stick recovery tool on winxp n it did wonders for me..m happy to hv my hp v115w usb

flash drive up n running again…thanks a lot buddy u rock…

66.

me



Siddharth solution is working

67.

weeljack



wow great freaking awsum..i recovrd my pend….my mosebear 4gb got back with

recovery tool stick

perfectly Super Stick Recovery Tool V1.0.2.19.exe

68.

meiappan



i am using transend 2 gb pendrive.. while i try to open it, it shows “please insert a disk

into drive”.. all above is not working.. pls help me

69.

reuben70.


17 of 39 1/6/2013 8:39 PM



Hi..

i have a 8gig verbatim with the same problem none of the above worked for me.it shows

0MB please help

Km



None of the above ideas worked…. i have an 8gb trancend SD card, i connected it to the

card reader… and could not format it…. tried all the option above…. kindly help me out…

71.

ahmed nasr

2 August 2011 at 9:30 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-


my usb storage in mode Read only how can i fixed it ,, i not able to Format it and i cant

copy or past any thing

72.

jumpi



it says contact system administrator for assistance but i am sure i do have administrator

rights what should i do?

73.

Deepak



hi you can also use hdd low level format tool …………………………………………….?

just download and try it …………..

woks for all pendrives………………………….

rply on my account ……..

74.

RSW



All of the above fixes may work for some problems for some people, but there are others

who are have flash drives that are seen by the o/s and given a drive letter but report ‘No

Media’. I’m still waiting for a fix to help those [me included]. There’s no point advising

those with this problem to format/change drive letter or run a recovery tool since the o/s

sees a drive with no disk inside. Has anyone seen a fix for this? or is the drive dead and

gone?

75.


18 of 39 1/6/2013 8:39 PM

jaydip



my transcend pen drive is showing RAW file system & it couldn’t formatted.

Please tell me what i do?

76.

Razor



any solutions with Kingston 16 GB data traveler…. no media problem from disk

management…

77.

ravindra



my pen drive of 4gb of kingston not working . plz send me mbr file code then i will

manage it . with my software

78.

Feyy



Tried pretty much every suggestion here and nothing worked :(

So i kept browsing around and found a guy on another forum who said to try a program

called “Dr UFD”

Link here : http://turbobit.net/1rhhcv1zsuos.html (http://turbobit.net/1rhhcv1zsuos.html)

I downloaded it and tried it and it finally fixed my Corsair Flash Voyager 16GB – yay!!

Lost everything i had on it but at least i have a working USB stick again.

Here are a few tips for using the program because it seemingly did not work for me the

first time i tried it so do not give up too easily.

First if you are on windows 7, change the programs compatibility mode to Windows Vista

SP2 and run the program as administrator. Then click on Update.

It may be a bit slow and take a while but let the program finish. When it is finished it will

ask you to remove your USB stick. BE SURE TO REMOVE THE STICK AND INSERT IT INTO

A DIFFERENT SLOT THAN BEFORE.

Once it is plugged back in it should work like normal again!

Hopefully this fix will work for other people like me who tried everything suggested here

but failed. Good luck :)

79.

JacobM



Hey all, I have a similar problem with the “Removable Disk” title containing 0bytes.

I don’t actually know what kind of flashdrive I have. Which is kinda odd, yeah, I know. It

was an 8gig though. I don’t know which program to use to fix it.

It botched after I switched it from FAT32 to NTFS to create a 4gig Virtual Hard Drive

Partition on it using VirtualBox (by Oracle). It wasn’t working, so I canceled it. It wouldn’t

let me delete the file I had and then locked up when I tried to format it. I pulled it out and

now I have nothing. Yayzz. Not.

80.


19 of 39 1/6/2013 8:39 PM

I’m at a loss of what to do. I absolutely have to have this for a class which starts… next

week (week 9/12/11). Yeah. Owch.

I’m also not-too-cool with downloading a ton of executables from everywhere.

AND

Everyone who says they can fix the problem just by changing the drive letter: You had a

slightly different issue than the majority of the people here.

Pleasepleaseplease help me. And thanks.

umar



it is very esay to recovey your usb agaian

right click on my computer option >mange>disk mangment >double click on your

usb>select fat32 next >ok

done it

81.

JacobM



@umar:

Doesn’t work for me. I can’t double click on it. (I’m using Windows 7 64-bit.) But no

options in the disk management seemed to have any effect.

@ALL:

I’ve been wondering, if I used a hex editor to flip all the bits to 0, would windows

automatically format the drive for me?

82.

Mikoy



Guys try to google this application….(Super Stick Recovery Tool V1.0.2.19.rar). It saves my

8gb adata usb drive in less than a minute. Extract the file and run the aplication. Then click

the update button and your pen drive should be alive. Hope this could help you guys.

83.

Khurt M.



None of this is working for me. I have tried everything that is in here but still getting

nothing. I still can’t use my flash drive.

84.

Anlyn (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-unformattable-

and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/)



My kingston 2 gb pen drive works :) thanks to GreyGrue :D

85.

HDmark



86.


20 of 39 1/6/2013 8:39 PM

The HP USB Drive utility was the only thing that worked for me; got it from CNET:

http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-

Tool/3000-2094_4-10974082.html (http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-

Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-10974082.html)

Install and go. Kingston DataTraveler 1 (16GB) recovered. 2 minutes.

Gabessz



@Ashish Singh Thank you so much Dude!!! You are my savior!!!!!! :D :D

87.

jeana

2 October 2011 at 3:01 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-


All of them di’dnt work my usb is cdrking Pls help me!!!!!

88.

USER



Hello Friends, I had the same problem, I’m IT, I Worked With Data loss and Data

corruptions, of course I tried many variants for my friend USB Flash Drive… Nothing

Helped Except “Dr UFD”

It is Real awesome solution, I wonder how it repaired the flash drive: I recommend it,

“Must have Tool”

Link Was Given By Feyy


89.

mantasz01



Hello i bought Sillicon Power 16 GB and that day i bought its crashed during coppying

files i reinserted it and tried copy files but was the same problem, i tried all application

which u posted here, tried everything but nothing happened. It would be good if any1

know how to fix silicon power usb flash.Thanks.

90.

Bob90



Thanks Ranko. Worked for me. I could see the drive in ‘My Computer’ and ‘Disk

Management’ though.

91.

ubru bey



many thanks for the info..i had a Cruzer too (just hope it won’t happen to me:P)

92.

Anant93.


21 of 39 1/6/2013 8:39 PM



I have a HP pen drive, my pc is detecting the drive, but size shown is 0B

Also, i am not able to format the drive.

Tried using HP USB DISK STORAGE, but it did not work for me, it cant recognise the the

drive.

Any suggestions ??

Anant



Tried all the above methods, still unable to get it fixed.

Also, i cant see the drive in Disk Manager, but is visible in My computer.

Any success stories for people who fixed their HP pen drives ??

Please suggest :(

94.

Marvz



I have a PQI 8gb flash drive and i tried all of the solutions above, and none of them works

for me. please help me. thanks in advance.

95.

sasa



@GreyGrue:

i follow ur step. but when i write “CLEAN” and hit enter it shows:

“virtual disk service error:

there is no media in the device”

now help me what should i do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

96.

sandy



i just asking if this can use in other brand of a flash drive…?

and if no please help about on it

the brand of my flash drive was RIODATA. thank you

97.

Laurence



http://search.4shared.com/q/1/Dr.%20UFD?view=searchMainField

(http://search.4shared.com/q/1/Dr.%20UFD?view=searchMainField) – I’ll cut my fingers if

this won’t work! try this amazing! haha yeah!!! damn usb ill be throwing it if not for this in

5 mins!

98.

zzz99.


22 of 39 1/6/2013 8:39 PM



how to format a memory card which has the same problem like the pendrive that u say

zzz



Can use this method to format a sandisk memory stick* ?

Or is there any other solution for formating a memory stick which has the same problem?

PLEASE reply anyone…= =

Thanks in andvance

.

100.

Ultimate Solution



Well , another Method can be used if flash provider dont offer repair tool- 1st you need

to determine flash chip provider:

1- download chipgui 3 to detect ur chip provider,vid and pid https://sites.google.com

/site/future81/ChipGenius.rar (https://sites.google.com/site/future81/ChipGenius.rar)

2- connect ur flash only

3-look for ur flash name in the listed usb devices in the program and click it

4-enter russian site http://www.flashboot.ru (http://www.flashboot.ru)

5-click iflash and enter vid and pid of ur flash and click button next to it

6-the site will show u a list, try to locate the entry that have same name(e.g dt 101)

and same chip vendor – chip part number(located to the right of pid vid) returned from

chip gui program if applicable and locate same size(not very important – the same chip

program can repair different sizes in most cases) when u find ur flash entry note the name

of the utilty to repair it in last column

7- click the menu left of iflash

8- click ur chip provider from left list

9- locate the utilty u got from step 6 click it and click button at bottom – enter code and

download

10- if utility is true it shoud detect ur drive and repair /format it

sometimes chip provider supplied by chipgui maybe incorrect ,if so do the following:

1-in iflash list locate chip providers and try to download last version of utility for each

2-try utility see if it recognized ur flash or not ,the one that does may be providing the

info u need like (card info button) in SSS_MP_Utility_v2173 from sss chip provider -take

ur part number and return to iflash list to locate the right tool for ur flsh version – for

SSS_MP_Utility_v2173 u can save card info to file – note isp version – locate bin file that

have same isp version in isp code directory -copy its name to ini file in the root program

directory and also redefine provider vif pid in that ini according to info u read put u must

convert hexadecimal vid pid to decimal through windows calculator and type decimal

values in the ini- u can make a copy of ini and name it as u want

3- start program again and choose ur ini and flash ur disk

101.

zzz



Please anyone help me

102.

Hyperz



103.


23 of 39 1/6/2013 8:39 PM

thanks ultimate solution….!! i love you…!! :D

Scottdog129 (http://www.clutchinc.net)

3 November 2011 at 1:09 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-


YEAH!!! Siddharth saves the day!! Worked perfectly!!

104.

Amit (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-unformattable-

and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/)



Still facing the same Problem ……..

USB drive unusable, unformattable, and reporting 0 bytes capacity

105.

Asad (http://facebook.com/CyberLogicAsad)



@Ultimate Solution: I LOVE YOU. That is all.

106.

zzz



Ultimate solution can be used for memory stick with the exactly same problem???

107.

Akshay



Any Solution for “Corsair Flash Voyager 8gb Pendrive” Detected as “USBest

USB2flashStorage USB”

I Tried All Solutions Posted Above but didnt Work for Me….

108.

zzz



How to repair a memory stick with the same problem

109.

HAPPY

7 November 2011 at 8:56 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-


Feyy

http://turbobit.net/1rhhcv1zsuos.html (http://turbobit.net/1rhhcv1zsuos.html)

WORKS PERFECTLY!

110.


24 of 39 1/6/2013 8:39 PM

Wicky



Hey..can’t thank you enough bro..just recovered two of my 8GB drives..”you are the man”

:)

111.

Said



Dears, I have ’35 SONY VAIO USB Storage Media 2 Giga’ with the same error

1-Device Not Ready

2- No Media

112.

alexis



YOU SAVE MY SISTER DISK SOLUTION ULTIMATE THANK YOU SO MUCH :)

113.

charan



hey how can i fix the problem of my 8 gb transcend pen drive.can any one help me plea

se

114.

alwasyforu



Hi All,

I have “windows was unable to complete the format” error, when I try to format my

KINGSTON DATA TRAVELLER 16GB(new one, purchased yesterday only). Can any one

help me out? I am on windows 7.

115.

Fox



I suggest everyone to try UltimateSolution’s solution ;-)

Flashing the ROM is probably a last ditch effort but if that doesn’t work, nothing will.

It worked for me (Centon DS Pro flash drive)

116.

Pentathlete



Tried all of the (non XP) tips above with my 8gig pen drive – and none of them worked

(on Vista and Windows 7) – the device is simply not being read despite being listed – but

thanks for all the suggestions. Maybe the pen drive is fried but I only bought it yesterday

and ran fine for a couple of hours. Gonna try it on a Windows XP PC as it seems to be a

117.


25 of 39 1/6/2013 8:39 PM

common thread in some of the solutions.

Word of warning – some of the links mentioned above are well dodgy, with viruses

attached. But I guess you knew that already.

kirkukly



Ultimate Solution , my great thanks from my deep heart .it really worked

118.

Geoff



I have a Verbatim Store’n'Go Retractable 4GB USB that I put a image of Chromium OS on,

which was a dismal failure, this left me with a USB that couldn’t be seen by Gparted in

Linux and windows would only format it to half it original size, HP USB Disk Storage

Format Tool was able to retrieve the unallocated space so it is as good as new once more,

the version I used I’ve had for a long time but it as never failed me,

http://www.itaustinweb.com/windows/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool-SP27608.html

(http://www.itaustinweb.com/windows/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-

Tool-SP27608.html) SP27608.exe

119.

Datatraveler 120



Ultimate Solution:

YOU ROCK!

120.

ryan

6 December 2011 at 1:38 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-


how to fixed my flash disk transcend 2gb bro!

:)

121.

ryan



0bytes

122.

shamboobs



Ultimate Solution pretty much has the ultimate solution. Though the website you linked

did not have the utility I needed, someone posting in their comments did. The utility

pretty much told me I was hosed; too many bad blocks. At least now I can stop wasting

my time on this PoS and throw it in the trash and move on with my life.

123.


26 of 39 1/6/2013 8:39 PM

suraj bisht



my hp 4 gb pen drive has detcted but no space of it

124.

balbir negi



my i ball 4 and 8 gb pen drives are detecting but not working.pls give me the link o that i

can flash them and made them work ..pls help mee..plssssssss

125.

Szabo Ferenc



Dr.UFDv1.0.2.31 worked for me on Transend JF V60 4GB!

Thanks everyone! :)

126.

Dipto



THANK YOU ULTIMATE SOLUTION!!!

127.

benny



“Tried pretty much every suggestion here and nothing worked :(

So i kept browsing around and found a guy on another forum who said to try a program

called “Dr UFD”


I downloaded it and tried it and it finally fixed my Corsair Flash Voyager 16GB – yay!!

Lost everything i had on it but at least i have a working USB stick again.

Here are a few tips for using the program because it seemingly did not work for me the

first time i tried it so do not give up too easily.

First if you are on windows 7, change the programs compatibility mode to Windows Vista

SP2 and run the program as administrator. Then click on Update.

It may be a bit slow and take a while but let the program finish. When it is finished it will

ask you to remove your USB stick. BE SURE TO REMOVE THE STICK AND INSERT IT INTO

A DIFFERENT SLOT THAN BEFORE.

Once it is plugged back in it should work like normal again!

Hopefully this fix will work for other people like me who tried everything suggested here

but failed. Good luck”

thx a lot Feyy, u are genious :) problem solved

128.

hrzndr


129.


27 of 39 1/6/2013 8:39 PM


@ siddharth. Super stick recovery tool worked when all other failed. Did not need to try

DRUFC. Thanks bro!!

Nohemi



Ultimate Solution THANK YOU!!!! I tried several programs Dr.UFDv1.0.2.31, … HP Forma

Tool…. changing the name of the unit in windows, Linux Mint didn’t recognize the USB…

nothing

I tried twice your instruccions, first failed, second OK:

USB A-Data C802 8GB VID 048B PID 1167 so I was trying with the row with values A-Data

… 8 GB … Software DtMPTool_V1.67B.11.0

And today I re – read your instructions ” try to locate the entry that have same name(e.g

dt 101)” so I downloaded the

MPTOOL_1.67.9.9 ( says 4GB doesn’t matter)

and I got back the USB memory!

Right now I’m using Recover My Files, it seems that some files can be restored…

I didn’t want to wait for that to say Thank You! so THANKSSS :)

130.

Len



THANK YOU Ashish Singh! The Transend JetFlash Recovery tool worked perfectly!

131.

Gigi



For Kingmax there is a recovery software: http://www.kingmax.com

/en_04_download.asp?usn=1 (http://www.kingmax.com/en_04_download.asp?usn=1)

Try browsing your manufacturer site, whatever the brand is. You should find it, unless it’s

a really no-name brand.

132.

Gabriel



I tried every software from your posts and ultimate solution too but still nothing i have a

kingston data traveler r500 16 Gb, and still no media and 0 bytes…please i hope

somebody have a clue on this awful problem

133.


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ahmad



ultimate worked for me

jetflash 8gb

thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanx

134.

Angelo



I followed the steps and diskpart shows me that encountered an error because of a I/O

device error

135.

sajid



wow the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool realy works for my kingston 16gb i tried a lot

of softwrs bt they didnt workd…bt this one i realy like…

136.

BKS



worked for my Transcend 8gb flash drive.

Thanksssssssssssss

137.

Rodrigo (http://www.rodrigodamico.com.br)



Hi,

I tried many solutions and failed. Before read till the end of the page, I tried (I have 1 note

with windows and another MacBook Pro) insert my pendrive sandisk in Mac. I openned

Disk Utility and clicked on repair button. This worked and now my windows 7 recognized

it. Cheers

138.

Jonathan



How many minutes does it takes for the u3 software to be installed on the drive

139.

Sammi



6-the site will show u a list, try to locate the entry that have same name(e.g dt 101)

and same chip vendor – chip part number(located to the right of pid vid) returned from

chip gui program if applicable and locate same size(not very important – the same chip

program can repair different sizes in most cases) when u find ur flash entry note the name

of the utilty to repair it in last column

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7- click the menu left of iflash

I don’t understand this My flash is sandisk 8gb cruizer .After searching for it i found it

then what? the explanation is not clear.Please explain it in simple terms.Pleeaase!!

Miguel Luiz



Hello

I had similar problem with my Silicon Power 4 Gb pen and solved with this software

found on Silicon Power web site.

http://www.silicon-power.com/support

/file/download_utf8.php?name=URescuev1.2.1.71(forSPCC_EraseAll) (http://www.silicon-

power.com/support

/file/download_utf8.php?name=URescuev1.2.1.71(forSPCC_EraseAll)).7z&root=http:

//www.silicon-power.com/support/file/URescuev1.2.1.71(forSPCC_EraseAll).7z

I don’t know if it works on other brands but it worths a try…

Good luck

141.

bhanu



when i do the same i got the message “in order to install the launch pad,download the

nccesary aactivex component. please make sure that your browser security settingd do

not block the doenload prompt. presss 5 to reload the page”. wht to do now please help

142.

sammi



Bhanu just right click on the popup above then select allow activex components the

refresh.

143.

Chetan



One simple solution is change your usb cable

144.

Markus



nexxtech 8gb usb .. the jelly one that was on sale at the source for 10 bucks recently

anyways same shit ..please insert disk into drive E 0 bytes

tried

dr ufd ..no luck

superstick recovery .. no luck

hp recovery tool ..no luck

last attempt tried jet flash online recovery and voila drive is now working

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http://www.transcend-info.com/Products/online_recovery_2.asp?LangNo=0

(http://www.transcend-info.com/Products/online_recovery_2.asp?LangNo=0)

install run thats it .. hope it works for u guys

shue

28 February 2012 at 10:12 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-


Hi….is any solution for kingston pen drive? i try everything but no luck…

146.

Hal Waish



Feyy (79), thanks a million… all the programs suggested didn’t work for me, but DR UFD

recovered my flash disks even old ones that i discarded long time ago: those showing

“write protect” error and those with “zero bytes” ..”no disk, please insert a new disk” etc.

You can download DR UFD free from this link – http://www.4shared.com/get/aVwlcL_k

/DrUFD_10235.html (http://www.4shared.com/get/aVwlcL_k/DrUFD_10235.html). (Just

copy it and paste in your URL)

147.

Hal Waish



….the only problem is that you will lose all data since your flash will be formated by Dr

UFD. But i better have back a formatted disk than buy a new one.

148.

Karim



At last Dr.UFD came to the rescue. I’ve tried other methods..nothing works..:)

149.

Melanie



I found another tool on the Transcender website. RecoveryISP….that totally worked. I had

the drive back in seconds with all the files. Now…time to teach a friend how to

CORRECTLY remove a flash drive from a pc….

150.

S;adkam



Dr.UFD helped me! tnx

151.

madd



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Go up to comment number 101

Ultimate Solution’s suggestion works perfectly without any flaws. I recommend you guys

out there who has tried everything possible to recover your pen drive but have failed to

give it a shot

I did and recovered my Transcend 2gb pen drive.

Good Luck!!!!!!!!

Sora



Thanks alot, I have save my 32GB pendrive ! (problem happen when I use one of pendrive

performance checking tools to test the write/read speed)

153.

seven (http://myjseven.tumblr.com)



Dr.UFD says it cannot fix the device.

Any other tools or ways to fix my 32gb Imation Nano?

Kindly help. Thanx!

154.

Srashid



None of the downloads worked for me. However what did work was a method someone

posted. on win7 go to start>right click on computer>manage>storage>disk

management.

Your drive should show up here. A format from here fixed my issue, after I deleted a

partition that was probably stopping it from working. But many thanks for the user who

posted this method and to the original author for beginning this helpful discussion.

155.

The dude



@ 27. Khoi – Thanks a lot dude…it worked. Got my Transcend pen drive up and running.

156.

Omid



hi Ultimate Solution

i follow your instruction and i recover my 16GB flash to 7.8GB!!!

can you help me how can i restore my flash to 16GB?

Thanks

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puto



Thank you Feyy! And Thank you benny for your update!! Dr. UFD fixed my Maxell 16 gb.

158.

MrWareWolf



1) Don’t download RANDOM tools off the internet to try to solve your problem! It is not

safe, you could get a virus, and they probably won’t work anyway.

2) The KingMax tool, while somewhat universal CANNOT work with ANY flash drive. This

is just NOT technically possible. You need a formatting tool that can PROPERLY address

your flashdrive firmware. An 8gb drive could have 2 x 4gb chips, or 4 x 2gb chips, these

may be technically different enough that a formatter for one will not work with another,

etcetra.

3) The HP repair tool might work for their products, but if you have transcend, corsair,

adata, or any other brand than HP it is VERY unlikely to work.

4) Go the manufacturer website for your flashdrive and download THEIR tool. Follow the

instructions for use explicitly, and be SURE you run the file as administrator (right click

the .exe they offer, and choose “run as…” Pick the administrator account for your pc, give

the admin password, and then proceed with the instructions they provide for using their

tool properly.

I have an AData 8gb flash drive, and it was formatted partially (by me), making it useless.

When I visited the Adata website, I was prompted to enter the serial number from the usb

port, and then sent the tool to format my flashdrive back to factory settings. The serial

number was odd, and I had to try it a few times to get the digits it wanted me to input (in

my case the last 2 numbers were not used..strange, but whatever..). My first try went ok

until the end, when it gave an error code. So I ran it again, this time with “run as…admin”

and it worked fine. Moral of the story: don’t try random stuff, and expect it to work, as

this is very unlikely to solve your issue & get the support you need from the people who

made the device, if you expect useful results. My flashdrive works fine again, and I hope

you all learn from my advice here.

p.s. If you don’t know your admin password, you should reload your operating system,

and when it asks for the administrator password you want to use: make it a password you

will remember, as there will come a time when you will need it in the future.

159.

Cacena



@harvey.. thanks for the post it really did me a great help.. Actually it took me less than

ten seconds, thanks

160.

welldone



@Ultimate Solution. . thnx bro, you rock! :D

161.

MissComoEstas



Hey guys. Will you please help me recover my 2GB Transcend flash drive with ALL the files

in it AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. They really are very important. I can’t find the best solution

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for this. Please. THANKS!

cairell



Ultimate Solution is ULTIMATE! thankx! ;)

163.

uallyjoy



thanks to ultimate finally it fixed my kingston 8gb data traveler,,,,

164.

Ravi Kiran



Thanks to ultimate solution.. Its the only one that helped me..

I have tried all the applications listed in above comments.. but only the ultimate solution

helped me..

Thank u very much.. Thank u sooooo much to the adviser..

165.

Ajfar



please help me to recover my 8gb kingston usb

166.

Khairul



An interesting post, after googling for about half minutes, i found this. Well my SanDisk

Cruzer 8Gb had a problems that i think not so differents with yours. I found this first time

while i downloaded some media files from a torrent provider websites, while

downloading my FD getting weird, their LED just pulsing and then undetected, then i do

remove and reinsert. Not too long after this, my FD can’t formatted yet unreadables,

something interesting i founda while my FD can be accessed, there is a file called “i

forgot” its a DOS shortcut files. Which i suspect as a virus while my AVG detected it as

trojan. Then, i do use any such tools but didn’t works, hopefully your answer can help me

a lot.

167.

Spike



Feyy: MANY MANY THANKS, Dr. UFD saved my Corsair Flash Survivor 16GB drive, it

works like a charm again :-)))

After many hours of playing with more than 10 programs i ran the Dr. UFD and in 2

minutes my drive was repaired :-)))

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manoj



how trascend jet flash 330 8 gb can be recover.

in my computer when trying to access it is showing disk structure corrupted and

unreadable

when trying to format it’s showing disk is write protected .

transcencend online recovery tool is not dececting the drive

169.

Polito



Hello!

I’m trying to recover a flash that’s in my mp3 sports player.

It shows the drive, but it’s not ready, no program worked, since the OS does not

recognizes it.

I tried the “Ultimate Solution”, but, for my utterly surprise, there was NO utility for my VID

and PID.

Should I quit to try?

Or there is another solution?

How do I make the OS access the flash?

Thanks!

170.

Alberto



After more than 2 hours trying dozens of applications Dr.UFD 1.0.2.31 fix my unnamed

2GB pendrive !!!!!! xD. If you’re running Windows 7 try Dr.UFD 1.0.2.35 instead of .31

version.

171.

BobRombie



http://www.transcend-info.com/support/dlcenter

/ORT_Software.asp?Link=OnlineRecoveryV15.zip (http://www.transcend-info.com

/support/dlcenter/ORT_Software.asp?Link=OnlineRecoveryV15.zip)

For my transcend 16gb drive….

172.

Nawab Sab



I have tried all of this, all softwares listed up here, but in the end got the same problem,

not detecting media, no media , insert flash, bla bla bla, for ultimate,,,, for vid pid there

was no utility software…!!!!!!!!!!!! m on dead end, no software on manufacturer website,

my flash is kingstone dt 101/ g2 skymedi flash drive…..m screwed ….literally…!!!!!! has

there any solution left????????????????????????????????? cz m so desperate now…!!!!!!

173.

Murebus


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Thanks transcend restored to a good shape thanks thanks

Ramius



YES, Ultimate Solution works!

You just have to keep trying, until you find a MP tool that works for your chip.

175.

Anonymous



Thanks you very much Ultimate Solution.

Worked for me when I was already thinking I screwed up my usb pen.

Cheers.

176.

Yudi



http://www.mydigitallife.info/reinstall-or-restore-u3-launchpad-software-into-usb-flash-

smart-drive/ (http://www.mydigitallife.info/reinstall-or-restore-u3-launchpad-software-

into-usb-flash-smart-drive/) u3launchpad for all disk companies

177.

Yudi



since i had problem wid my 32gb kingston pen drive so imma tell u the kingston

u3launchpad http://www.kingston.com/us/support/technical

/downloads?product=dtiu3&filename=U3update (http://www.kingston.com/us/support

/technical/downloads?product=dtiu3&filename=U3update)

178.

maniaz



dr ufd version 35 gave me an error message: dr ufd is unable to repair ur device..contact

blah blah blah……the ultimate solution didnt work for me too…my flash isnt seen on my

computer..can see it in disk managment as no media n obytes….i cant change the drive or

format!..help guys

179.

jamanz



have run into this problem with my 64g Patriot and was wondering if anyone has been

able to solve it, was unable to find any helpful info on there website

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Raj



Super Stick You saved me

181.

Marwan



I have an eFortune USB 2GB flash memory card and I looked for S/W that suits it as a

manufacturer. I tried more than 14 programs besides Command & DiskPart on Windows

XP, Vista & 7 on 3 computers but there was no progress. By the way the computer reads it

as 10.9MB instead of 4GB??? Any help please.

182.

Tomas



For my Corsair Flash Voyager 8 GB drive the Ultimate Solution above worked. I had to go

through many of the programs though until I found one that would recognize my chip.

I was hoping to recover the data that was on the usb drive but I was only able to do a

reformat, so be aware of this b4 you try the Ultimate Solution.

One thing, I cannot reformat the drive as NTFS now, only FAT32 or exFAT, any solution

for this?

183.

sukhjit



My 2gb moserbaer usb driveis not getting detected by any device(pc or tab). I am not

even sure if its software or hardware problem . Can anybody help me with this problem.

184.

Arrvin



Sensonic FD600 USB MEMORY BAR problem… plz help me…

185.

Alan



After days of pulling what’s left of my hair out, I have found another solution. I have

Samsung Kies installed in my computer, and after ‘killing’ all the Kies processes, (in Task

Manager) the USB drive now shows up properly and operates normally, instead of giving

me the No media etc error. Simple answer was to either un-install Samsung Kies, or kill all

Kies processes prior to plugging in the USB drive.

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from FAQ of Sandisk



Note: This article is advanced troubleshooting for a rare condition wherein a flash drive

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stops getting recognized on a Windows computer, but is still working on other

computers. Please reference the following articles first before attempting the instructions

in this article.

Cruzer flash drive NOT detected by Windows PC

Cruzer flash drive could not be detected due to drive letter conflict

Computer cannot detect SDHC (4GB-32GB) memory card

A corrupt registry entry could cause your SanDisk product to not be detected by the

computer. Removing the registry keys created on installation of your SanDisk product

will allow the computer to fully reinstall the device and may resolve the issue.

STEP 1 – Backup the registry

1. Unplug the device from the USB port.

2. Run regedit.

Windows XP: Go to Start > Run, type in regedit and then click OK.

Windows 7, 8 and Vista: Click the Start button, type regedit in the search box, and then

press Enter.

3. From the registry menu, choose File > Export.

4. Name the file SNDK.reg and save it to your desktop.

STEP 2 – Remove SanDisk info from the registry

WARNING: DO NOT delete any registry key other than keys that include VID_0781.

Deleting registry keys other than keys that include VID_0781 MAY cause your computer

to not boot properly.

1. From the registry menu, click Edit and choose Find.

2. Type in VID_0781 and click Find Next.

3. Once the search finishes, right-click the highlighted registry key and select delete.

4. Press the F3 key to find the next registry key that includes VID_0781.

5. Right-click the highlighted registry key and select delete.

6. Repeat this process until the search returns with No results Found.

NOTE: Under Windows 7, 8 and Vista, some registry keys may be protected and cannot

be deleted. Simply skip over these keys if you receive a message that the key cannot be

deleted.

7. Once all registry keys containing VID_0781 have been deleted, reboot your computer.

8. Plug the device into the computer after it’s finished rebooting.

Roka Ezz



I tried most of these solutions .. but no way .. My usb is Kingston 8GB (DT101 G2) and

Win 7 OS .. When I plug it in .. Windows prompts that I’ve to format it .. I click format .. It

prompts that windows can’t format it .. When I try to open the drive .. it says no media ..

an error also showed before .. windows can’t access

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