help!!

winnie · 9th Sep 2006, 04:56 AM

Hi,

Recently after I formatted my usb flash drive, all my computers couldn't read the drive. It always shows an error "The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable." Does anyone have a solution on this ?

thanks,

Chai · 9th Sep 2006, 07:50 AM

Solution?

I think the drive is dead.

Adrian Wong · 9th Sep 2006, 10:34 AM

You can try formatting again, but if that fails, it's very likely that the drive is dead.

elton · 9th Sep 2006, 08:05 PM

If dead just try for warranty

strawroot · 9th Sep 2006, 11:25 PM

i had similar problems with my SD card too. i formatted n reformatted, to no avail. So, i buried it

Olle P · 12th Sep 2006, 02:31 PM

Is there really any good reason to reformat a flash drive in the first place?

Tey're allready formatted when you get them, and then it's just to write, delete and overwrite until they run out of battery or something. Right?

I'm very hesitant to mess with my thumb drives. Even defragmentation is something I rarely do...

Cheers
Olle

Chai · 12th Sep 2006, 02:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Olle P

Is there really any good reason to reformat a flash drive in the first place?

Tey're allready formatted when you get them, and then it's just to write, delete and overwrite until they run out of battery or something. Right?

I'm very hesitant to mess with my thumb drives. Even defragmentation is something I rarely do...

Cheers
Olle

Formatting will remove fragmentation?

Olle P · 12th Sep 2006, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chai

Formatting will remove fragmentation?

As will a complete deletion, which is faster and considerably safer from a functionality point of view.

/Olle

Chai · 13th Sep 2006, 07:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Olle P

As will a complete deletion, which is faster and considerably safer from a functionality point of view.

/Olle

Quick format is much easier for me, especially for my CF cards. I never keep data only on the flash drive anyway, so shouldn't you.

strawroot · 13th Sep 2006, 09:16 AM

uh.. i nv stored data on my SD card again ever since the very first piece failed me

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