Can somebody help me, i cannpt format may usb

A formatted 4 gb card will always show less than 4 gb begause formatting tales up some space.

To Format Any Flash (USB) Drive

WARNING: This will permanently remove ALL data from your flash drive.

1) Insert the flash drive into a working usb port on your Windows PC.
2) Open "My Computer" in Windows XP or eariler OR "Computer" in Windows Vista/7
3) Right click on the Flash Drive (Usually labeled "Removable Disk")
4) Click "Format..."
5) Ensure that file system is "FAT32", Volume label is a name of your choosing, and that "Quick Format" is unchecked
6) Click "Start"
7) Windows will warn you that all data is about to be deleted. Click OK.
8) Once the format is complete, Windows will produce a pop-up window telling you so.

You now have a blank flash drive.

To format a USB Flash Drive, follow the steps below for your OS:
A. Windows PC
1. Power on your computer. 2. Insert the USB flash drive. 3. Click on the "Start" menu and click on "My Computer". 4. Right-click the drive letter that corresponds to your USB flash drive. 5. Select "Format" from the context-menu. 6. A new window will open, input the following information in the correct fields:
File System: FAT32 Volume Label: "Give your USB drive a title" (optional)
7. Check the "Quick Format" checkbox. 8. Click "Start" 9. Upon completion, your USB flash drive will be formatted.

B. Mac OS
1. Power on your computer. 2. Insert the USB flash drive. 3. Double-click on your Macintosh HD. 4. Double-click on the "Applications" folder. 5. Double-click on the "Utilities" folder. 6. Double-click on the "Disk Utility" application. 7. The program will open, select your device from the left-hand pane. 8. Click on "Erase" on the main page. 9. Input the following information in the correct fields:
Format: MS-DOS Label: "Give your USB flash drive a title" (optional)
10. Click on the "Erase" button. 11. Upon completion, your USB flash drive will be formatted.

1. Open control panel.
2. Open administrative tools.
3. Open Computer management.
4. In the left column click disk management.
5. This populate all the disk present
6. Locate your memory card
7. Then you can delete the partition entire and build new one
8. You can format with Fat Or FAT32 file system
9. Do not perform quick format.

Another options are available to format via cmd
To do that
At the run Menu type:CMD
then a command promt window will open
Type format x: /fs:fat32
Note that x is volume label (memory card drive label may d, e or f)
ok
try this

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

(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!)

Hi

try to format your kingston with
Following tool.(HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool )

from the site

http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool-Download-123786.html

This tool allows you to format your pendrive either
in fat32 or NTFS
IN which NTFS is better
.
and also IT· Allows creation of a FAT32 volume larger than 32 GB.
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An alternative is to format it in any linux
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Have you tried doing it from another PC? If the same problem persists, look closely at your drive and check for a tiny switch that has a lock label on it- it maybe switched to the lock position. Most USB drives has this switch for write protection.

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

2. Format

(Before removing USB flash drive click on the Safely Remove
Hardware icon and then click on USB flash drive you want to remove)

i have usb kingston 4 GB data mini traveler, and my problem usb detect skymidi usb drive i dont know skymedi. i don't want if have format,because there are many data which is of important.
how is it's solution.


thanks 4 all

by blurz

Dude I just fixed mine running the SKYMEDI tool version SK6211BA_20080917 on my 8GB kingston datatraveler 100 is hard to get it but you will find it, you need to determine what version of the sw applies to your flash drive, check the SKYMEDI website www.skymedi.com.tw