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Fixed: USB drive unusable, unformattable, and reporting 0 bytes capacity 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.

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

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(http://www.ardamis.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/deviceproperties2.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

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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-StorageFormat-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-bootloaderfrom-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: 1 2

[Update] 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)

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.

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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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188 Responses to “Fixed: USB drive unusable, unformattable, and reporting 0 bytes capacity” 1. _JayK74u 10 October 2009 at 7:57 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-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.

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

3. devonte 22 November 2009 at 8:28 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-23957) mines say 0 bites but when i try to download it it says it needs activex

4. Felix Calderon 23 November 2009 at 11:50 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-23983) 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

5. ekaansh 14 January 2010 at 12:30 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-26042) what to do for a transcend 512 mb……….

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6. seth (http://thepeoplescube.com) 19 January 2010 at 12:57 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-26269) 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

7. ajay 26 January 2010 at 12:37 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-26664) what to do for transcend 8 GB ??????????????

8. Mandi 26 January 2010 at 9:32 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-26677) Mine just isn’t recognising anything. I can’t save to it… and nothing is showing up.

9. harvey 26 January 2010 at 11:04 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-26680) 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..

10. Deepak 3 February 2010 at 4:23 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-27108) 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

11. yoza 4 February 2010 at 11:58 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-27243) 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…

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12. Richie Rich 2 March 2010 at 3:41 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-28844) worked for my Cruzer 2GB after I thought I would have to toss it. Thanks dude.

13. Antonio Carmona Reyna 2 March 2010 at 6:49 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-28859) 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.

14. deepak adhana 3 March 2010 at 7:31 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-28897) 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])

15. Faiyaz 3 March 2010 at 12:35 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-28913) 11.I had problem with kingston 2 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…

16. Asif 23 March 2010 at 5:43 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-30036) My 4 GB kingston usb also saying “usb flash disk not fount” Help plz

17. Asif Khan 14 April 2010 at 5:19 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-31309) Tried both methods but unfortunately they did not work for my brand new kingston 8 gig….sucks

18. Manish 14 April 2010 at 1:00 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-31348) Hello,

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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

19. hey 18 May 2010 at 11:41 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-33885) “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?

20. dian 25 May 2010 at 2:35 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-34461) hello, where could i found the ActiveX… sorry, my english is not good… Thx Before

21. please 28 May 2010 at 9:49 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-34734) 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

22. patrick 11 June 2010 at 6:07 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-35959) hello guys i got some problem here ill try all your ways that have given but where can i find active x

23. Yatindestel 13 June 2010 at 10:38 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-36258) either solution not working for my 4 gb moser baer usb drive :( error: device not found in deepak’s solution…

24. yabady dabady 30 June 2010 at 8:46 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-38175) 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&

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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.

25. geishaslave 2 July 2010 at 12:28 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-38367) 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.

26. Siddharth 6 July 2010 at 7:24 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-38847) 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

27. Khoi 19 July 2010 at 3:51 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-40477) For Transcend USB, use this tool: http://www.transcendusa.com/Products/online_recovery_1.asp (http://www.transcendusa.com/Products/online_recovery_1.asp)

28. GreyGrue 23 July 2010 at 2:39 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-40944) 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.

29. jojomannoh 27 July 2010 at 10:57 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-41465) 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])

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

30. ardamis (http://www.ardamis.com/) 1 August 2010 at 11:03 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-42127) 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)

31. egp 17 August 2010 at 9:08 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-42164) Thank you very much, GreyGrue! I did what you wrote and saved my Verbatim U3 smart 4GB USB stick.

32. ip 8 September 2010 at 1:59 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-42235) When I click the link, it states I need admin rights, my account is an admin account, please help?

33. RJ 12 September 2010 at 12:08 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-42252) Thanks GreyGrue. You are a life saver :) . The procedure worked flawlessly.

34. SP 25 September 2010 at 4:23 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-42313) Thanks GreyGrue and to all here – seems a combination of all of the above got my cruzer back. thanks

35. jr 28 September 2010 at 7:02 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-42341) how to fix unusable sony usb. help

36. Sonu Gupta 29 September 2010 at 1:52 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-42349) 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.

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Please help me.

37. Jose Luis Benavent 10 October 2010 at 3:37 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-42452) this : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L6PSHSO4 (http://www.megaupload.com /?d=L6PSHSO4) worked for me !! thanks,,

38. Jamie Wong 19 October 2010 at 8:07 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-42480) 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?!

39. Edward Hardy 31 October 2010 at 11:08 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-42751) 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 ^^

40. 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-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-42966) [...] 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 [...]

41. deepak 4 November 2010 at 6:45 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-43243) transcend software really works which are best than other software

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42. deCKerz 7 November 2010 at 3:31 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-43610) 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.

43. iq0099 15 November 2010 at 4:54 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-43752) 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)

44. iq0099 16 November 2010 at 6:37 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-43755) 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?

45. aashish 23 November 2010 at 6:41 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-43774) It is the confirm solution……… HP Drive Key Boot Utility.. use it… magic……..

46. r341 6 December 2010 at 9:18 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-43870) http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L6PSHSO4 (http://www.megaupload.com /?d=L6PSHSO4) is working dude .. thx alot .. work on my kingstone 1Gb “no media” error ..

47. Ashish Singh 6 December 2010 at 11:36 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-43872) 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.

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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!!

48. Ranko 10 December 2010 at 9:39 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-43888) 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… :-))

49. Maxtor 14 December 2010 at 7:05 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-43951) 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

50. Sucabu 10 January 2011 at 9:53 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-44069) My Lacie Moskeyto 8gb has died just after two days of use! “device not found, please insert device” What the frak?!

51. John Boon (http://www.johnboon.com.au) 15 January 2011 at 1:11 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-44078) 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

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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.

52. cindy 23 January 2011 at 5:27 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-44126) 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…

53. GakwayaInnocent 30 January 2011 at 10:40 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-44174) Thanks very much, MEGAUPLOAD really worked for me and thanks for the spirit you have to help.

54. Brome 10 February 2011 at 7:43 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-44870) 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.

55. Brome 10 February 2011 at 7:45 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-44874) 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.

56. Jeppe Bonde Mikkelsen (http://www.webguden.dk) 12 February 2011 at 12:58 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-45471) None of the above worked for me with my 8GB TDK Trans-IT stick.

57. Taengoo 13 February 2011 at 1:13 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-45825)

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@GreyGrue your post a legend. Thanks a lot!

58. AL-Amin 15 February 2011 at 1:10 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-46393) @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???

59. Vivek 14 March 2011 at 4:58 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-50424) Hi, It works fine until the finish wizard appears. AFter that the pen drive goes back to its 0 KB state. Please help.

60. mark 10 April 2011 at 3:05 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-50523) what about for cdr king 1gb flash disk… not of the solution above worked

61. lloyd 22 April 2011 at 10:22 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-50588) 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????????

62. 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-isunformattable-reporting-0-bytes-no-media-but-recognize.html#post242347) 27 April 2011 at 11:24 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-50619) [...] Perhaps some help for you: http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/us (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/us)…ytes-capacity/ A [...]

63. Sarav (http://www.ardamis.com) 7 May 2011 at 5:05 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-50656) Hi All, I bought brand new Transcend 32 Gb pen drive and tried to fromat it for first use.

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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..

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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,

64. Fahd 8 May 2011 at 10:29 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-50669) 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.

65. Fahd 8 May 2011 at 10:38 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-50670) 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)

66. leonidas 23 June 2011 at 7:13 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-52646) 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…

67. me 28 June 2011 at 12:20 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-52897) Siddharth solution is working

68. weeljack 1 July 2011 at 1:32 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-53483) 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

69. meiappan 3 July 2011 at 4:25 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-53799) 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

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3 July 2011 at 2:55 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-53864) Hi.. i have a 8gig verbatim with the same problem none of the above worked for me.it shows 0MB please help

71. Km 20 July 2011 at 11:57 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-55347) 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…

72. ahmed nasr 2 August 2011 at 9:30 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-56481) 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

73. jumpi 19 August 2011 at 8:18 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-57954) it says contact system administrator for assistance but i am sure i do have administrator rights what should i do?

74. Deepak 20 August 2011 at 10:13 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-58098) hi you can also use hdd low level format tool …………………………………………….? just download and try it ………….. woks for all pendrives…………………………. rply on my account ……..

75. RSW 23 August 2011 at 9:51 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-58338) 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?

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76. jaydip 24 August 2011 at 6:37 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-58413) my transcend pen drive is showing RAW file system & it couldn’t formatted. Please tell me what i do?

77. Razor 27 August 2011 at 10:05 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-58782) any solutions with Kingston 16 GB data traveler…. no media problem from disk management…

78. ravindra 29 August 2011 at 12:10 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-58868) my pen drive of 4gb of kingston not working . plz send me mbr file code then i will manage it . with my software

79. Feyy 2 September 2011 at 7:48 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-59422) 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 :)

80. JacobM 3 September 2011 at 12:20 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-59449) 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.

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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.

81. umar 3 September 2011 at 9:17 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-59503) 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

82. JacobM 4 September 2011 at 12:11 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-59593) @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?

83. Mikoy 9 September 2011 at 3:04 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-60220) 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.

84. Khurt M. 12 September 2011 at 2:59 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-60498) 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.

85. Anlyn (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-unformattableand-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/) 15 September 2011 at 4:13 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-60767) My kingston 2 gb pen drive works :) thanks to GreyGrue :D

86. HDmark 16 September 2011 at 1:58 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-60878)

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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-FormatTool/3000-2094_4-10974082.html (http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-StorageFormat-Tool/3000-2094_4-10974082.html) Install and go. Kingston DataTraveler 1 (16GB) recovered. 2 minutes.

87. Gabessz 24 September 2011 at 5:51 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-61465) @Ashish Singh Thank you so much Dude!!! You are my savior!!!!!! :D :D

88. jeana 2 October 2011 at 3:01 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-62113) All of them di’dnt work my usb is cdrking Pls help me!!!!!

89. USER 5 October 2011 at 3:13 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-62430) 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 Link here : http://turbobit.net/1rhhcv1zsuos.html (http://turbobit.net/1rhhcv1zsuos.html)

90. mantasz01 5 October 2011 at 4:53 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-62438) 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.

91. Bob90 8 October 2011 at 2:31 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-62708) Thanks Ranko. Worked for me. I could see the drive in ‘My Computer’ and ‘Disk Management’ though.

92. ubru bey 12 October 2011 at 2:25 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-63122) many thanks for the info..i had a Cruzer too (just hope it won’t happen to me:P)

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16 October 2011 at 12:57 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-63715) 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 ??

94. Anant 16 October 2011 at 1:36 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-63721) 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 :(

95. Marvz 20 October 2011 at 12:38 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-64093) 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.

96. sasa 20 October 2011 at 2:00 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-64098) @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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

97. sandy 20 October 2011 at 5:20 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-64116) 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

98. Laurence 24 October 2011 at 2:53 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-64514) 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!

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25 October 2011 at 3:13 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-64615) how to format a memory card which has the same problem like the pendrive that u say

100. zzz 25 October 2011 at 3:17 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-64617) 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 .

101. Ultimate Solution 27 October 2011 at 8:27 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-64881) 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

102. zzz 27 October 2011 at 11:41 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-64953) Please anyone help me

103. Hyperz 31 October 2011 at 11:55 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-65298)

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

104. Scottdog129 (http://www.clutchinc.net) 3 November 2011 at 1:09 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-65521) YEAH!!! Siddharth saves the day!! Worked perfectly!!

105. Amit (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-unformattableand-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/) 5 November 2011 at 7:03 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-65712) Still facing the same Problem …….. USB drive unusable, unformattable, and reporting 0 bytes capacity

106. Asad (http://facebook.com/CyberLogicAsad) 5 November 2011 at 12:26 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-65729) @Ultimate Solution: I LOVE YOU. That is all.

107. zzz 6 November 2011 at 2:00 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-65782) Ultimate solution can be used for memory stick with the exactly same problem???

108. Akshay 6 November 2011 at 12:11 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-65826) Any Solution for “Corsair Flash Voyager 8gb Pendrive” Detected as “USBest USB2flashStorage USB” I Tried All Solutions Posted Above but didnt Work for Me….

109. zzz 6 November 2011 at 11:07 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-65870) How to repair a memory stick with the same problem

110. HAPPY 7 November 2011 at 8:56 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-65984) Feyy http://turbobit.net/1rhhcv1zsuos.html (http://turbobit.net/1rhhcv1zsuos.html) WORKS PERFECTLY!

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111. Wicky 9 November 2011 at 9:44 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-66185) Hey..can’t thank you enough bro..just recovered two of my 8GB drives..”you are the man” :)

112. Said 13 November 2011 at 9:19 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-66574) Dears, I have ’35 SONY VAIO USB Storage Media 2 Giga’ with the same error 1-Device Not Ready 2- No Media

113. alexis 15 November 2011 at 8:12 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-66716) YOU SAVE MY SISTER DISK SOLUTION ULTIMATE THANK YOU SO MUCH :)

114. charan 24 November 2011 at 9:27 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-67741) hey how can i fix the problem of my 8 gb transcend pen drive.can any one help me plea se

115. alwasyforu 25 November 2011 at 6:20 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-67791) 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.

116. Fox 25 November 2011 at 12:05 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-67823) 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)

117. Pentathlete 26 November 2011 at 3:46 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-68002) 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

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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.

118. kirkukly 27 November 2011 at 4:10 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-68052) Ultimate Solution , my great thanks from my deep heart .it really worked

119. Geoff 28 November 2011 at 6:26 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-68283) 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-FormatTool-SP27608.html) SP27608.exe

120. Datatraveler 120 3 December 2011 at 1:37 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-68994) Ultimate Solution: YOU ROCK!

121. ryan 6 December 2011 at 1:38 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-69377) how to fixed my flash disk transcend 2gb bro! :)

122. ryan 6 December 2011 at 1:40 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-69378) 0bytes

123. shamboobs 6 December 2011 at 5:40 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-69508) 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.

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124. suraj bisht 8 December 2011 at 6:39 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-69771) my hp 4 gb pen drive has detcted but no space of it

125. balbir negi 10 December 2011 at 2:31 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-70128) 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

126. Szabo Ferenc 12 December 2011 at 5:28 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-70486) Dr.UFDv1.0.2.31 worked for me on Transend JF V60 4GB! Thanks everyone! :)

127. Dipto 23 December 2011 at 1:02 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-74928) THANK YOU ULTIMATE SOLUTION!!!

128. benny 30 December 2011 at 4:53 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-77876) “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” thx a lot Feyy, u are genious :) problem solved

129. hrzndr 4 January 2012 at 4:10 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-

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unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-81108) @ siddharth. Super stick recovery tool worked when all other failed. Did not need to try DRUFC. Thanks bro!!

130. Nohemi 5 January 2012 at 4:08 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-81795) 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 :)

131. Len 6 January 2012 at 10:35 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-82106) THANK YOU Ashish Singh! The Transend JetFlash Recovery tool worked perfectly!

132. Gigi 15 January 2012 at 8:27 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-86597) 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.

133. Gabriel 18 January 2012 at 5:18 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-88311) 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

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134. ahmad 19 January 2012 at 2:09 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-88781) ultimate worked for me jetflash 8gb thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanx

135. Angelo 20 January 2012 at 5:49 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-89521) I followed the steps and diskpart shows me that encountered an error because of a I/O device error

136. sajid 27 January 2012 at 11:43 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-90316) 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…

137. BKS 28 January 2012 at 3:50 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-90322) worked for my Transcend 8gb flash drive. Thanksssssssssssss

138. Rodrigo (http://www.rodrigodamico.com.br) 7 February 2012 at 1:16 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-90770) 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

139. Jonathan 8 February 2012 at 9:49 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-90785) How many minutes does it takes for the u3 software to be installed on the drive

140. Sammi 10 February 2012 at 6:59 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-90885) 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!!

141. Miguel Luiz 12 February 2012 at 6:44 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-90942) 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.siliconpower.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

142. bhanu 12 February 2012 at 6:56 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-90943) 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

143. sammi 13 February 2012 at 3:23 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-90994) Bhanu just right click on the popup above then select allow activex components the refresh.

144. Chetan 14 February 2012 at 5:27 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-91059) One simple solution is change your usb cable

145. Markus 21 February 2012 at 7:49 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-91604) 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

146. shue 28 February 2012 at 10:12 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-92724) Hi….is any solution for kingston pen drive? i try everything but no luck…

147. Hal Waish 7 March 2012 at 4:31 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-92801) 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)

148. Hal Waish 7 March 2012 at 4:47 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-92802) ….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.

149. Karim 14 March 2012 at 8:46 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-92914) At last Dr.UFD came to the rescue. I’ve tried other methods..nothing works..:)

150. Melanie 15 March 2012 at 11:02 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-92929) 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….

151. S;adkam 15 March 2012 at 12:46 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-92942) Dr.UFD helped me! tnx

152. madd 22 March 2012 at 12:11 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-93001)

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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!!!!!!!!

153. Sora 13 April 2012 at 9:32 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-93473) 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)

154. seven (http://myjseven.tumblr.com) 13 April 2012 at 10:26 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-93474) Dr.UFD says it cannot fix the device. Any other tools or ways to fix my 32gb Imation Nano? Kindly help. Thanx!

155. Srashid 15 April 2012 at 8:35 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-93485) 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.

156. The dude 17 April 2012 at 12:53 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-93491) @ 27. Khoi – Thanks a lot dude…it worked. Got my Transcend pen drive up and running.

157. Omid 21 April 2012 at 12:55 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-93502) 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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158. puto 23 April 2012 at 11:00 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-93523) Thank you Feyy! And Thank you benny for your update!! Dr. UFD fixed my Maxell 16 gb.

159. MrWareWolf 11 May 2012 at 2:26 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-93599) 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.

160. Cacena 11 May 2012 at 2:54 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-93600) @harvey.. thanks for the post it really did me a great help.. Actually it took me less than ten seconds, thanks

161. welldone 24 May 2012 at 6:45 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-93954) @Ultimate Solution. . thnx bro, you rock! :D

162. MissComoEstas 1 June 2012 at 9:45 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-94059) 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!

163. cairell 9 June 2012 at 8:57 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-94249) Ultimate Solution is ULTIMATE! thankx! ;)

164. uallyjoy 13 June 2012 at 2:16 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-94283) thanks to ultimate finally it fixed my kingston 8gb data traveler,,,,

165. Ravi Kiran 19 June 2012 at 2:13 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-94588) 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..

166. Ajfar 22 June 2012 at 6:45 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-95031) please help me to recover my 8gb kingston usb

167. Khairul 29 June 2012 at 8:31 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-95727) 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.

168. Spike 20 July 2012 at 9:40 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-97875) 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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169. manoj 21 July 2012 at 9:16 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-97942) 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

170. Polito 15 August 2012 at 10:29 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-100415) 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!

171. Alberto 22 August 2012 at 9:57 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-100483) 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.

172. BobRombie 28 August 2012 at 12:56 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-100525) 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….

173. Nawab Sab 29 August 2012 at 1:33 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-100528) 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…!!!!!!

174. Murebus 29 August 2012 at 7:00 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusable-

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unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-100529) Thanks transcend restored to a good shape thanks thanks

175. Ramius 30 August 2012 at 3:32 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-100532) YES, Ultimate Solution works! You just have to keep trying, until you find a MP tool that works for your chip.

176. Anonymous 30 August 2012 at 7:06 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-100538) Thanks you very much Ultimate Solution. Worked for me when I was already thinking I screwed up my usb pen. Cheers.

177. Yudi 1 September 2012 at 1:20 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-100548) http://www.mydigitallife.info/reinstall-or-restore-u3-launchpad-software-into-usb-flashsmart-drive/ (http://www.mydigitallife.info/reinstall-or-restore-u3-launchpad-softwareinto-usb-flash-smart-drive/) u3launchpad for all disk companies

178. Yudi 1 September 2012 at 1:21 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-100549) 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)

179. maniaz 6 September 2012 at 8:38 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-100586) 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

180. jamanz 8 September 2012 at 11:10 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-100594) 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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181. Raj 14 September 2012 at 2:43 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-100606) Super Stick You saved me

182. Marwan 15 September 2012 at 5:21 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-100609) 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.

183. Tomas 15 October 2012 at 3:29 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-100680) 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?

184. sukhjit 5 December 2012 at 7:35 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-drive-unusableunformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-100793) 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.

185. Arrvin 9 December 2012 at 10:48 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-100820) Sensonic FD600 USB MEMORY BAR problem… plz help me…

186. Alan 12 December 2012 at 9:52 am (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-100833) 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.

187. from FAQ of Sandisk 12 December 2012 at 6:23 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-100836) 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.

188. Roka Ezz 25 December 2012 at 3:54 pm (http://www.ardamis.com/2009/07/02/usb-driveunusable-unformattable-and-reporting-0-bytes-capacity/#comment-101810) 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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