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 Post subject: 4GB verbatim pendrive, error in 98%- can i reduce the vol
PostPosted: February 25th, 2019, 11:03 
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I have a 4GB verbatim pendrive, while formatting in Windows or thru SDCardformatter5, giving error in 98%- can i reduce the volume to 3GB.


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 Post subject: Re: 4GB verbatim pendrive, error in 98%- can i reduce the vo
PostPosted: February 25th, 2019, 15:07 
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Why bother? You can probably get a new one for $3, or maybe even for free from some PC shop who gives them out as promotional items.

Certainly isn't worth my time trying to explain how to even attempt something like that. I can't imagine how it's worth your time.

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 Post subject: Re: 4GB verbatim pendrive, error in 98%- can i reduce the vo
PostPosted: February 25th, 2019, 18:48 
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ICBW, but you could create 2 partitions in Linux, and Windows would then only see the first partition.

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 Post subject: Re: 4GB verbatim pendrive, error in 98%- can i reduce the vo
PostPosted: February 25th, 2019, 21:29 
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I would reduce the volume to 0GB. With a sledgehammer.


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 Post subject: Re: 4GB verbatim pendrive, error in 98%- can i reduce the vo
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Thanks FZABKAR, for the suggestion.


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 Post subject: Re: 4GB verbatim pendrive, error in 98%- can i reduce the vo
PostPosted: February 25th, 2019, 22:19 
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I would think that wear levelling would eventually thwart any attempt to avoid a bad area of NAND. Just because there may be bad cells at the 98% LBA mark doesn't necessarily mean that the physically adjacent cells, which may be potentially bad, occupy adjacent LBAs.

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