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October 15th, 2010, 14:00
62.5GB usb drive is unable for format under win xp even with plugin of Exfat ? the shows as healthy in disk management, but unable to format under any file system, any tips ?
thanks in advance !
October 15th, 2010, 14:54
chinopk wrote:but unable to format under any file system, any tips ?
I get that option in Windows7. But try to run a command prompt window:
format driveLetter
: /fs:exfat
October 15th, 2010, 15:46
You can also try zeroing the MBR in case there is something weird there that is preventing it from wanting to format
October 15th, 2010, 16:26
Hi, sounds like a fake usb to me...verify it with this prog: H2testw
http://www.raymond.cc/blog/archives/200 ... h-h2testw/Regards/ Bosse
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