Re: [Blind-Computing] Problems formatting pen drive
Chances are then that it's a goner. For example, don't let them lie around in front of speakers etc. - not saying you did - but sometimes these things just fail anyway. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' - Original Message - From: "Elaine" To: Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 10:46 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Problems formatting pen drive hi Jacob yes tried all that. nope no luck. I've found a low level format program that sometimes helps. I've just tried it once with no luck, but the article does say it might have to be formatted a couple times. so I'll go through that couple more times and see if it helps. I'm honestly thinking it's dead but thought I'd try it any way. it was a free tool. *smiles* when I look at the properties of the drive it says 0 bytes with 0 bytes capacity. weird. when I try to open the drive I get the message saying the device needs to be formatted, but the format never completes. or I'll get the windows message, the drive is right protected. also weird. ah well...least it didn't have anything on it. I'd have been madder than a hatter if it did. Elaine For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4836 (20100204) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4836 (20100204) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] Problems formatting pen drive
Hi,
If it's this it's death.
:-(
With best regards,
Marek Durila
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hi Jacob
yes tried all that. nope no luck.
I've found a low level format program that sometimes helps. I've just
tried
it once with no luck, but the article does say it might have to be
formatted
a couple times. so I'll go through that couple more times and see if it
helps.
I'm honestly thinking it's dead but thought I'd try it any way. it was a
free tool. *smiles*
when I look at the properties of the drive it says 0 bytes with 0 bytes
capacity. weird.
when I try to open the drive I get the message saying the device needs to
be
formatted, but the format never completes. or I'll get the windows
message,
the drive is right protected. also weird.
ah well...least it didn't have anything on it. I'd have been madder than a
hatter if it did.
Elaine
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Re: [Blind-Computing] Problems formatting pen drive
hi Jacob yes tried all that. nope no luck. I've found a low level format program that sometimes helps. I've just tried it once with no luck, but the article does say it might have to be formatted a couple times. so I'll go through that couple more times and see if it helps. I'm honestly thinking it's dead but thought I'd try it any way. it was a free tool. *smiles* when I look at the properties of the drive it says 0 bytes with 0 bytes capacity. weird. when I try to open the drive I get the message saying the device needs to be formatted, but the format never completes. or I'll get the windows message, the drive is right protected. also weird. ah well...least it didn't have anything on it. I'd have been madder than a hatter if it did. Elaine For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] Problems formatting pen drive
Hi, One-time I had this problem and I never used this flash drive, because it was death :-(. With best regards, Marek Durila IBM Global Services Delivery Center Czech Republic, s.r.o., Sídlo: Brno, Technická 2995/21, PSC 61600 IC: 26244535, Zapsaná v obchodním rejstríku, vedeném Krajským soudem v Brne oddíl C, vložka 39922 IBM Global Services Delivery Center Czech Republic, s.r.o., Registered address: Brno, Technicka 2995/21, Zip code: 61600 Company ID: 26244535, Entered in the Commercial Register maintained by the Regional Court in Brno (Part C, Entry 39922) "Elaine" To Sent by: blind-computing-b cc oun...@jaws-users .com Subject [Blind-Computing] Problems formatting pen drive 04/02/2010 17:07 Please respond to blind-comput...@j aws-users.com Hi guys wonder if anyone could help with a really strange problem I've got with a pen drive. I've had this pen drive for about 6 months, up until today it was fine. I went to move a file on to it and windows told me it was right protected. I hadn't changed anything so don't know why I got that message. When I looked on the pen itself there were about 64 files but non of which I'd placed on the drive. the file names were really weird. I did consider the drive had a virus of some kind so thought I'd format it. I cant appear to format the drive, windows keeps telling me I don't have permission and the drive is right protected. Does anyone know what the problem is and how to solve it? or is this a dead drive. I'm using vista so wondered if that was another issue here. any help would be appreciated. thanks in advance Elaine For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] Problems formatting pen drive
Some pen drives do have small slider switches that allow you to lock them/make them read only, but if you really can't find anything like that, are you sure this is your original, own one, and that it didn't get swapped around with someone else's one somehow - unlikely, but still. Also, I think windows 7 has a way to sort of lock pen/flash drives when they then get used on other machines, but don't think that would really stop you from formatting them. When you try to format this drive, maybe make sure it's contents aren't being displayed since this would sort of put them in use, which also shouldn't stop you from formatting it, but I suppose it just could. In other words, in something like windows XP, and I think also in later operating systems, hit windows key + E to open windows explorer, if not already in the file/drive listing, tab over to it, move down to the flash drive itsself, hit the context menu key, and look for either a format option there, or else hit enter on properties, and then in that dialogue, ctrl + tab over to the tools section and look for a format button or something there. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' - Original Message - From: "Elaine" To: Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 6:07 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Problems formatting pen drive Hi guys wonder if anyone could help with a really strange problem I've got with a pen drive. I've had this pen drive for about 6 months, up until today it was fine. I went to move a file on to it and windows told me it was right protected. I hadn't changed anything so don't know why I got that message. When I looked on the pen itself there were about 64 files but non of which I'd placed on the drive. the file names were really weird. I did consider the drive had a virus of some kind so thought I'd format it. I cant appear to format the drive, windows keeps telling me I don't have permission and the drive is right protected. Does anyone know what the problem is and how to solve it? or is this a dead drive. I'm using vista so wondered if that was another issue here. any help would be appreciated. thanks in advance Elaine For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4836 (20100204) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4836 (20100204) __ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] Problems formatting pen drive
Hi Matthew cant feel any switches. beginning to think it's a dead drive. just as well it didn't have anything on it. thanks for the suggestion though. Elaine For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
Re: [Blind-Computing] Problems formatting pen drive
Look on the pen drive and see if there are any switches or anything that would lock it so that data can't be erased. -- From: "Elaine" Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 10:07 AM To: Subject: [Blind-Computing] Problems formatting pen drive Hi guys wonder if anyone could help with a really strange problem I've got with a pen drive. I've had this pen drive for about 6 months, up until today it was fine. I went to move a file on to it and windows told me it was right protected. I hadn't changed anything so don't know why I got that message. When I looked on the pen itself there were about 64 files but non of which I'd placed on the drive. the file names were really weird. I did consider the drive had a virus of some kind so thought I'd format it. I cant appear to format the drive, windows keeps telling me I don't have permission and the drive is right protected. Does anyone know what the problem is and how to solve it? or is this a dead drive. I'm using vista so wondered if that was another issue here. any help would be appreciated. thanks in advance Elaine For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
