I have a corrupt PNY 64GB USB, and I am not interested in recovering contents; I just want to reformat it clean.
The first diagnostic message I get in TestDisk is this:
- Partition sector doesn't have the endmark 0xAA55
- Disk /dev/sdb - 64 GB / 59 GiB - CHS 7782 255 63
The harddisk (64 GB / 59 GiB) seems too small! (< 96 GB / 89 GiB)
Check the harddisk size: HD jumpers settings, BIOS detection...
The following partitions can't be recovered:
Partition Start End Size in sectors
> HPFS - NTFS 4 52 49 7787 29 50 125032448
HPFS - NTFS 8 73 2 7791 50 3 125032448
HPFS - NTFS 12 93 18 7795 70 19 125032448
HPFS - NTFS 16 113 34 7799 90 35 125032448
HPFS - NTFS 20 133 50 7803 110 51 125032448
HPFS - NTFS 24 154 3 7807 131 4 125032448
HPFS - NTFS 28 174 19 7811 151 20 125032448
HPFS - NTFS 32 194 35 7815 171 36 125032448
HPFS - NTFS 36 214 51 7819 191 52 125032448
HPFS - NTFS 40 235 4 7823 212 5 125032448
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exFAT, blocksize=131072, 64 GB / 59 GiB
- Disk /dev/sdb - 64 GB / 59 GiB - CHS 7782 255 63
Partition Start End Size in sectors
No partition found or selected for recovery
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Windows Format says that the USB is write-protected, but this USB does not have any physical switch of the sort.
Thanks a lot for any help!