http://forum.lowyat.net/ Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:30:16 +0800 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1206479 I bought a 8gb Kingston pendrive few weeks back but only started to use it last week. It happened that after few uses it shows corruption, i think.<br /><b>Signs:</b><br />No file in the drive detected.<br />Name of the drive converted to Removable Disk (H).<br />Unable to open the drive, double-clicking will ask me to format it ... &quot;You need to format it before you can use it&quot;.<br />Able to open as Portable Device, but still, no file detected ...<br />Unable to virus scan nor window scan disk ... <br />Under properties, used and free spaces show 0 byte ... while in Disk Management it show 7.90GB.<br />In Disk Management, it shows 7.90GB in RAW(file system).<br />After formating in either fat32, fat, NTFS format, it still unable to complete format, my OS system is in NTFS format.<br />Since formating on my Vista wouldnt work, i tried on other XP and vista, but still not working ... but havent try on Mac or linux<br />Even downloaded HP Disk Storage Format Tool, Registry Booster ... still not working<br /><br />I read several articles and solutions but all seems do not work ... <br />This one seems similar to my situation but the solution given i have no idea how to do ...<br /><a href='http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081106231534AAWiP4W' target='_blank'>http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qi...06231534AAWiP4W</a><br /><span style='color:purple'><span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'><b>And i know i can return or change for a new one from the seller, but i hope i can do it myself ...</b><br /></span></span><br /><b>Any help pls?</b> <!--emo&:stars:--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/rclxub.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='rclxub.gif' /><!--endemo--> xXCanyXx Technical Support Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:20:18 +0800