The usb drive doesnot open windows need to format

Connect the affected USB drive to your computer. When the files on your USB drive have been changed to shortcuts, your files are actually still there in a hidden location. This process will restore the files so that you can see them again.

• Do not run any of the shortcuts on the USB drive, or you risk spreading the infection.

Determine the drive letter of the USB drive. You'll need to know the drive letter for the USB drive or memory card that has been affected by the virus. The quickest way to find this is to open the "Computer"/"This PC" window. The drive letter for the USB drive will be listed next to the drive label.

• Press Win+E to open the window on any version of Windows.
• Click the Folder button in your taskbar to open the window.
• Click "Computer" in the Start menu if you're using Windows 7 or Vista.

Open the Command Prompt. You'll be performing the fix using a few quick Command Prompt commands. The process for opening the Command Prompt varies depending on the version of Windows you are using:

• Any version - Press Win+R and type "cmd" to launch the Command Prompt.
• Windows 8 and newer - Right-click the Windows button and select "Command Prompt."
• Windows 7 and older - Open the Start menu and select "Command Prompt."

Type .attrib -h -r -s /s /d X:\*.*and press? Enter. Replace Xwith your USB drive's letter. For example, if your USB drive's letter is E, typeattrib -h -r -s /s /d E:\*.* and press ? Enter.[1]

• This will unhide the files, remove any read-only attributes, and remove the shortcuts.
• The process may take a while to complete, depending on how much data is on the USB drive.

Open the unnamed folder created on your USB drive. This folder will contain all of the data that was previously hidden by the infection.

Copy the recovered data to a safe location on your computer. This is a temporary location while you finish cleaning the drive. You can create a folder on your desktop to hold the files for now. Just drag the files from your USB drive to whichever folder you choose.

• It may take a while to copy large amounts of data.

Right-click on your drive in "Computer"/"This PC" and select "Format." This will open the Format window.

• The formatting process will completely erase the drive, so make sure that you've copied your data off of it first.

Uncheck "Quick Format" and click "Start." Unchecking "Quick Format" will scan for and remove the infection on the USB drive. The format process will likely take a while to complete.

If there is any Media Error not possible to format the drive otherwise use the following method on Windows 7

Open a Administrator command Prompt and type the command one by one

1.list disk

you can find the avilable disk and note your USB Drive Disk Number


2.select disk 1 (change the number)

3.clean

4.create partition primary
5.format fs=ntfs quick
6.assign


if no problem in usb it will format your USB Drive

Try formatting it using windows explorer. if the drive where your flash drive is plugged is recognized by windows explorer and the drivers have been installed but if not perhaps your flash drive is defective and need to be replaced..

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.

it seems its not formatted - if you have Windows, try this:
Start > control panel. Then Go to Administration Tools (or somethine like that, dont have windows in english) and find Computer Management icon. Run it. Now explore to Disc management - there you will see your USB HDD. Click on them with right mouse button and create new partition, etc..

put your USB drive in open windows explorer my computer you should see your drive right click select format

Hello,
You can try to format the disk NTFS File system.
Go through: Setting>Control Panel>Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Disk management>
Try to format NTFS files system.
hope this help you
Regards
uttam

try to format it in another computer, see if it works over there or not. if not then its the time to buy a new one.

I formats the pen drive but due to the electricity cut off, format doesn't complete and pen drive doesn't recognize in computer