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jamal1984 · 03-19-2010, 11:22 AM

Any Computer expert or Geek in here can help me out with my problem.
It's a 4gb small portable flash drive.
I don't know why but now my PC only see it's as 200mb, and i can't even format it. Looking for pdedit but not working on my window 7.
any tips?

Thank You

127.0.0.1 · 03-19-2010, 01:47 PM

yup

test it on anther computer entirely

is this new ? have you verified previously that it is 4 gig ?

127.0.0.1 · 03-19-2010, 02:28 PM

fyi

best flash drive ever (I have 2, a 16gb and 32gb pico C)

http://www.buy.com/prod/super-talent...211958959.html

not the fastest, but waterproof, and sits on the keyring or in pocket... literally not-in-the-way
of anything else.

you can get them cheaper than this site, I just dug that link up

jamal1984 · 03-19-2010, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 127.0.0.1

yup

test it on anther computer entirely

is this new ? have you verified previously that it is 4 gig ?

yes it's been used for a while now, then one day when i plugged it in, everything is wiped.
My PC recognized it right away when i plugged it in, and ask me to format it. Click on format and CAPACITY only 200MB.
Google around and found this PDEDIT.exe but it's not working on my window 7.

Quote:

Originally Posted by PK198105

its also possible that you have another partition on your usb drive. Some of the USB sticks come with security software that makes a secure partition on the drive so you can encrypt the data. It's possible that you inadvertently made a bigger partition that is invisible to the system unless you access it from a dedicated security software that came with the stick. We would need more info about the actual drive to help you out more.

This one i got from Micro Center and it's don't come with anything. Just a stick itself, brand is MicroCenter 4GB.
Tried to format it on my Mac, but it's still not working, i was able to see 4gb on my Mac. Tried to erase with MS-DOS on my mac and it's show 4G.B and then plug it back to Window and still get the same message.

127.0.0.1 · 03-19-2010, 05:17 PM

Microcenter ....that is a cheap chinese knockoff flash drive

I betcha it's controller is fried. new 4gb are cheap

get one from supertalent. they do not outsource (like almost
everyone else, the name is just a name, the parts inside are a commodity
like apples....lowest bidder)

Supertalent is a us company and they build them themselves, no 'crap'

http://www.supertalent.com/products/stt_usb.php

jamal1984 · 03-23-2010, 11:37 AM

thanks guy for the help
I found out the problem now. and it's FIXED
this maybe help for whoever got the same problem as my
use pdedit.exe it's work on XP only. and use these number 0B,00,0,1,1,487,254,63,31391492
It's back to 4gb now.

03-19-2010, 11:22 AM	#1
jamal1984 The Beautification of Car View User's Garage Drives: Toyota Yaris S Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 967	Geek or Computer Expert help me out? Any Computer expert or Geek in here can help me out with my problem. It's a 4gb small portable flash drive. I don't know why but now my PC only see it's as 200mb, and i can't even format it. Looking for pdedit but not working on my window 7. any tips? Thank You

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127.0.0.1 Banned Drives: '10 Yaris5drHB+99 4runner LTD Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: NE Posts: 672	yup test it on anther computer entirely is this new ? have you verified previously that it is 4 gig ?

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127.0.0.1 Banned Drives: '10 Yaris5drHB+99 4runner LTD Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: NE Posts: 672	fyi best flash drive ever (I have 2, a 16gb and 32gb pico C) http://www.buy.com/prod/super-talent...211958959.html not the fastest, but waterproof, and sits on the keyring or in pocket... literally not-in-the-way of anything else. you can get them cheaper than this site, I just dug that link up

03-19-2010, 05:17 PM	#5
127.0.0.1 Banned Drives: '10 Yaris5drHB+99 4runner LTD Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: NE Posts: 672	Microcenter ....that is a cheap chinese knockoff flash drive I betcha it's controller is fried. new 4gb are cheap get one from supertalent. they do not outsource (like almost everyone else, the name is just a name, the parts inside are a commodity like apples....lowest bidder) Supertalent is a us company and they build them themselves, no 'crap' http://www.supertalent.com/products/stt_usb.php

03-23-2010, 11:37 AM	#6
jamal1984 The Beautification of Car View User's Garage Drives: Toyota Yaris S Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 967	thanks guy for the help I found out the problem now. and it's FIXED this maybe help for whoever got the same problem as my use pdedit.exe it's work on XP only. and use these number 0B,00,0,1,1,487,254,63,31391492 It's back to 4gb now.