How to copy file before format a pen drive? - SanDisk Cruzer Micro 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive

you would simply have to format the pen drive, although this will erase all informationon the drive, it will allow you to copy files to it in the future, to format the drive, simple go to

My Computer>Right click the pen drive>select Format>select which Format you want>Format the pen drive.

Backup your data first and then format your pen drive using the HP formatting tool that can be downloaded on the link below:

http://en.kioskea.net/download/download-127-hp-usb-disk-storage-format-tool

before formatting choose NTFS file system, test shows that copying large file to or from a flash drive is faster when NTFS file system is used.

Hope this helps.

The reason for which you are not able to open the pen drive is that Pen drive was formatted on a different computer with a different file system from a different OS and then the file was copied into it. And the computer on which you are trying to open the pen drive is having probably different OS which does not support that file system Pen drive was formatted with.

So all you have to do is to open the Pen drive on a computer that has OS same as on which file was copied into.

Thanks

Copy all the files from the pen-drive to your 'C:' drive.
Open "My Computer".
Right-mouse click on the icon for the pen-drive.
Click "Format".
Choose "quick-format".
When the "format" completes, it should show the full size.
Copy all the files back onto the pen-drive.

Hi,

First you need to have the system files to format the harddrive and the process is to simply right click the pen drive and say Format . An option pops up select copy system files and format.then boot the system and it boots via pen drive type in the prompt Format c: /s/Q the disk will get formated.
Regards.

format the pendrive...need to remove virus

Format the pen drive first, then copy the files.

Restart your PC and try it again or try it on other PCs. If problem persists then pen drive is defective. Return to retailer and ask for a replacement.

try a different usb slot ..if that doesnt works then it sounds like your pen drive is damaged .. that can happen in several ways .. if you carry it around with you, make sure the cap is on ... it can get static zapped otherwise .. also the gold fingers inside can get dirty .. another way the drives are damaged is to remove them while data is still being written to the drive ... wait until the light is no longer flashing before removing .. if you are using win98 or winMe .. then make sure you turn off the device before removing ..

LLFTOOL is a utility for low-level disk drive formatting,
also supports formatting of FLASH cards using a card-reader.


1. Download this tool:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4040651/LLFTOOL.EXE

2. Format pen drive

(WARNING: After running this low level format tool,
the whole USB flash disk surface will be fully erased.
Therefore, data restoration will be impossible after using this utility!)