Volcomuser Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 I can not format my pendrive (only appears a few seconds in the file manager and then disappears) I followed a tutorial with the CMD and it did not work either, the only side where I get recognized is in "device manager - disk drives - Generic Flash Udisk USB device " in the CMD this appears when typing(create part primary) "No usable available extension was found. It is possible that there is not enough space available to create a partition with the specified size and displacement. Specify size values and offset or do not specify any of these values for create the partition with the maximum size. It is possible that the partitions of the disk will be created with the format of MBR disk partitions and that the disk contains four main partitions (can no longer be created more partitions) or three main partitions and one extended one (they can only create logical units)." I already tried my USB slots with other pendrives and it works, same with the CMD tutorial and my other old pendrive(8gb), if anyone knows what can be done I aprecciated it, THANKS in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The AchieVer Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Press Windows key and R together and type in "compmgmt.msc", then go to Disk management (find your disk) > Change Letter and Paths (right click) > Change > Add Letter (choose an unused letter). Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debebee Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 could also be your flash drive is toast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyy Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Try another USB port? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volcomuser Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 3 hours ago, funkyy said: Try another USB port? already did... I do not know if this can help, I already did what is mentioned above(now when I enter the pendrive it is recognized with the letter and path I gave it), now I could see the properties of the pendrive. in the Volumes tab partition style: (MBR) capacity: 0MB I lent it a few weeks, and they give it back to me like this... WTF will they have done!!! I give up!!!, thanks for your answers BTW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkyy Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Volcomuser said: already did... I do not know if this can help, I already did what is mentioned above(now when I enter the pendrive it is recognized with the letter and path I gave it), now I could see the properties of the pendrive. in the Volumes tab partition style: (MBR) capacity: 0MB I lent it a few weeks, and they give it back to me like this... WTF will they have done!!! I give up!!!, thanks for your answers BTW Really sorry that you have this problem. I'm way down the line of the guys with great ability on this site so I was thinking what basic checks I would try. Have you tried the pen drive in another computer just to check it isn't dead as teodz1984 mentioned? If that's the case I guess it's a lesson learned,,,never lend your pen-drives, portable HD's , wife etc to anyone.😀😀😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The AchieVer Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 You could Repair Corrupted USB Using CMD 1. Plug in your USB flash drive or pen drive to your computer. 2. Run command prompt as an administrator 3. and type "chkdsk /X /f G:" or "chkdsk G: /f" (replace G: with the drive letter corresponding to your USB drive). The chkdsk operation will then start to repair the damaged USB drive. This operation will make Windows check and fix the file system on the flash drive. If the repair process works properly, it will show you, "Windows has made corrections to the file system" in the command window. This suggests that the corrupted USB pen drive has been successfully fixed and can be accessed again. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coromonadalix Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 try: sd card formatter 5.0.1 software, helped me a lot to correct some badly formatted usb keys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigertje Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Do you have try it whit EaseUS Partition Master ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jabrwky Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 @Volcomuser This happens after installing an O/S on a usb drive. Start command prompt Type diskpart In the new window: type list disk type select disk x (replace x with your disk number as determined by the previous command) type clean type create partition primary You can now go to disk management and format the disk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The AchieVer Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Formatting should be the last resort. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snuffy1942 Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 many questionable USB drives are not 3.1 or 3.0 but have to be using a USB 2.0 only. depends on the Manufacture of your System. 17 hours ago, Volcomuser said: I can not format my pendrive (only appears a few seconds in the file manager and then disappears) I followed a tutorial with the CMD and it did not work either, the only side where I get recognized is in "device manager - disk drives - Generic Flash Udisk USB device " in the CMD this appears when typing(create part primary) "No usable available extension was found. It is possible that there is not enough space available to create a partition with the specified size and displacement. Specify size values and offset or do not specify any of these values for create the partition with the maximum size. It is possible that the partitions of the disk will be created with the format of MBR disk partitions and that the disk contains four main partitions (can no longer be created more partitions) or three main partitions and one extended one (they can only create logical units)." I already tried my USB slots with other pendrives and it works, same with the CMD tutorial and my other old pendrive(8gb), if anyone knows what can be done I aprecciated it, THANKS in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volcomuser Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 14 hours ago, funkyy said: Have you tried the pen drive in another computer just to check it isn't dead as teodz1984 mentioned? If that's the case I guess it's a lesson learned,,,never lend your pen-drives, portable HD's , wife off course, I tried, but the result is the same!! 😫 hahaha, the part of never leaving anything (including the wife) hahahaha 13 hours ago, The AchieVer said: 1. Plug in your USB flash drive or pen drive to your computer. 2. Run command prompt as an administrator 3. and type "chkdsk /X /f G:" or "chkdsk G: /f" (replace G: with the drive letter corresponding to your USB drive). The chkdsk operation will then start to repair the damaged USB drive. can not open volume for direct access (I already gave the path and drive letter in "disk management") 7 hours ago, tigertje said: Do you have try it whit EaseUS Partition Master ? yes, the pendrive does not appear anywhere!!! 3 hours ago, Snuffy1942 said: many questionable USB drives are not 3.1 or 3.0 but have to be using a USB 2.0 only. depends on the Manufacture of your System. when I connect the pendrive to the USB3.0 port, it connects and disconnects without asking for permission(makes the sound of USB input and output), the other ports (I have 6, but only 2 are USB3.0) pendrive it connects, lasts a few seconds and disappears from the file manager, but it continues seeing in disk management Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The AchieVer Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Then , you should use Diskpart to format your pen drive. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volcomuser Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 4 hours ago, The AchieVer said: Then , you should use Diskpart to format your pen drive. dude, with the cmd I can not even give the command "clean", what it says is: virtual disk service error there are no means in the device 4 hours ago, Volcomuser said: chkdsk /X /f G: and with that command what it tells me is: can not open volume for direct access Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The AchieVer Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 16 minutes ago, Volcomuser said: and with that command what it tells me is: can not open volume for direct access Perform a clean boot . A clean boot usually can isolate most conflict issues that trigger the Cannot open volume for direct access problem. Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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