My 8GB USB stick will only format to 8MB in Windows ...
Posted: 24 Oct 2012, 12:11
Hello.
I have an 8GB USB stick that Windows insists has a capacity of 8MB all of a sudden.
I have tried using Gparted and a few other tools with no success.
I know that the CHS should be 16383-16-63 with a sector size of 512.
I have changed the geometry in TestDisk to reflect the above CHS.
I then wrote the MBR code to the stick.
I unplug the stick, then plug it back in.
I skip Windows offer to format it.
I run TestDisk and the stick is back to 8MB.
The stick is around 2 months old, is it dead or is there anything i can do ?
Thank you,
DC.
I have an 8GB USB stick that Windows insists has a capacity of 8MB all of a sudden.
I have tried using Gparted and a few other tools with no success.
I know that the CHS should be 16383-16-63 with a sector size of 512.
I have changed the geometry in TestDisk to reflect the above CHS.
I then wrote the MBR code to the stick.
I unplug the stick, then plug it back in.
I skip Windows offer to format it.
I run TestDisk and the stick is back to 8MB.
The stick is around 2 months old, is it dead or is there anything i can do ?
Thank you,
DC.