How do I fix a corrupted flash drive?

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How do you fix a corrupted USB flash drive?

I was loading movies into my friends Flash Drive when the My Computer window became "not responding." It did this a few times and I had to go to the task manager, end that process and wait for 20 mins. The last time it got hung up, I got frustrated and just pulled out the flash drive. Now, when I insert it back, nothing. My laptop can't read it. In My Computer, the drive letter doesn't even show up. The flashdrive now doesn't light up like it used to. I searched the web for answers but...

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It sounds like you fried something inside of this drive. You can attempt to do a Software Recovery of...

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How do you fix a corrupted Flash Drive?

I opened up my flash drive last night it worked fine. I transferred all my files to my other flash drive. Then the next morning i plug in my flash drive and tried to write files to it ...show more

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That Paul dude is right, but if you had it near any strong magnets then that may have strongly had an...

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How to fix a corrupted flash drive?

it is a 16gb sandisk cruzer. it now thinks it has only 63mb capacity. i can see it in "My Computer" but when i try to open it, it says it needs to be formatted, which fails. it fails when using format in the right click menu in my computer...

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Replace it, is the best advice, I can give you.

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Can I still fix a corrupted usb flash drive?

I downloaded something and copied it on my flash drive. My brother said the file is not safe/it has virus. But when i scanned the file using an anti-virus program, the result showed no threats of viruses etc.. So, i copied it and when i went home and...

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These have a warranty period. Call customer support for your brand if still covered.

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Can you fix a corrupted flash drive without deleting the files on it?

Okay I have a flash drive I have had for quite some time, today I noticed it was acting weird this had happened previously to me with an old flash drive that I forgot to back up the files, so today after school I got on my computer plugged it in and...

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Almost impossible. From what I've experience you will have to relive all those moments with your flash...

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Anyway to fix corrupted USB Flash Drive?

Hi, I have an 8GB flash drive, which seems to be corrupted. When plugged in, windows installs the drivers, and says that the drive is ready for use. However, the device does not show up in My Computer. It does show up in Device Manager. And with the...

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use the disk management tool to manage the partitions on the device.

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Accidentally pull out my Flash Drive. Everyhings Corrupted. Any way to fix!?

I have Windows 7. I accidentally pulled out my flash drive containing all my school work. Now nothing can be opened. Is there anyway to reaccess it!?

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I'm pretty sure that doublemyspeed its a program fixes all corrupted files but it costs money so are...

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What is wrong with my 32GB USB flash drive and how can I fix it?

I have a USB memory stick flash drive which has a 32GB capacity. I am able to load it full of movies and TV shows until it's close to full. Then, when I try to play the movies or TV shows, only some of it works. I would say that only around 7 or 8GB...

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fake or dodgy drive. fake drives are on sale so much, the higher the capacity the more fake drives there...

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How to FIX My USB Flash Drive that CORRUPTS MY FILES?

- i've got a 2gb flash drive and it always corrupts all the files that i put in it.. even documents(.docx) that has pictures(it deletes the pictures in it), videos(it makes the video corrupted and Unreadable), and programs[(.exe) it cannot be run again...

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Take it over to the trash bin. Drop it in. Go buy another. Problem solved.

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Flash drive problem either Recycler virus or some other problems?

Long story short, flash drive got infected from school computer, went home and used Avast to clean it, threats found, mainly Recycler viruses and I deleted them. Unfortunately some files are corrupted. I have some images for instant that when you open...

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You need to format the flash drive. That will delete everything off it and clean it up again. Once you...

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