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Usb flash not working

I am getting this messeage " you need to format the disk in drive F: before you can use it.

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Click start control panel administrative tools computer management disk management right click on your drive select properties click tools you should see click check now click start two boxes

automatically fix files and scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors place then a tick in both boxes then select check now start

you might tick one box then return after its finished the first repair then return and tick the second box you should not do anything while the chkdsk utility is in progress any input may damage this drive

I found that you get best results by ticking one box then returning after it has finished then tick the other box

If you need more help with this post a reply

hope this helps you

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Can't get the disk to format. Keeps saying "Windows in unable to complete this format"

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you can get it to www.thepiratebay.org just type the file..
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I can't format my usb flash drive. when i plug-in my usb, the computer said, "you need to format the disk in drive F" then i click, "ok" then i click "start formatting"...

lots of flash drives have a little switch on the drive which will say something like lock-unlock or protect--open this needs to be set to the open position,also right click then properties the drive in my computer and it could be set as protected there so unprotect and carry on.hope that helps.
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"the format did not complete

The memory chip inside your stick has failed, the stick is dead. Junk this and get a new one.
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My flash drive gives me "The disk is write protected.". There is no any protection notch or button on the flash drive. Any Ideas?

well maybe u'll need to consider formatting the flash disk to work properly but before doing that try to use it in different USB ports and in a different computer and see if it is working or not.

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