#ACRONIS HOME EDITION WINDOWS 7#

#ACRONIS HOME EDITION WINDOWS 7#

In fact tried qtparted (Qt Partition Editor) from a Linux boot CD and found that one partition exists on the stick of 1MB in size, which is wrong it should be 8GB! Qtparted does not allow any operation to be made on the stick.Īfter spending all of my afternoon today downloading various tools and swapping the USB stick between various Windows XP and Windows 7 PCs I realised that it was a lost battle and got nowhere really. The device is found with a letter but it is impossible to engage onto the partition so I cannot format it. To further illustrate my problem I am including another screenshot from Computer Management. There is no partition on it and it won't create one. There are others suggesting your solution to situations like mine, for example here: … but the result is the same: my USB stick will simply won't respond. I followed your instructions and couldn't get around the 'clean' command as shown in the screenshot provided where it says 'no media in the device'. Thanks for the detailed reply, your suggestion should have solved my problem but unfortunately it didn't. Your flash drive should now work as before. Type 'exit' and press enter again to close the command prompt. (You can also use 'format FS=NTFS quick' if you prefer NTFS formatted media) Type 'format FS=FAT32 quick' and press enter. Type 'create partition primary' and press enter.

The clean step will only take a moment or two and will delete EVERYTHING on the selected disk. (BE SURE YOU ARE CLEANING THE FLASH DRIVE ONLY!) If you are sure you are looking at your flash drive in 'detail disk', (If not, start again at 'list disk' and continue with the instructions again.) Be sure you are seeing your flash drive in this step. This will show details about the selected disk number. Type 'select disk #' (substituting '#' with the disk number of your flash drive) and press enter. Look at the list and find your USB flash drive and note the disk number (very important). You can use the Windows command line tool 'diskpart' to 'clean' the drive.įrom a command prompt enter 'diskpart' (without the quotes) and press enter.Īt the 'diskpart' prompt, type 'list disk' and press enter.

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