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I have a flash drive that was corrupted while the power went out while trying to partition and install files to it. I have tried many, many ways to fix it both in Windows and Linux and I cannot find a single way to solve this. Here is a list of things that appear (or don't appear) when trying to fix the drive.
Windows:
- Appears as "Removable Media"
- No Size or File System
- Does not appear in chkdsk or disk management
- When "Remove Safely" is clicked, there is an error
- The drive cannot be opened
Linux:
- Drive cannot be mounted
- Drive cannot be opened/explored
- Size unknown and unknown file system
- Error when partitioned
- fdisk returns "unable to open /dev/sdf" (sdf is the drive)
- Does not register in the GParted application
The drive trashed beyond partitioning with any software I can find. I do not give a **** about any of the software what's on it, I just need the drive fixed.
EDIT: The drive CANNOT BE FORMATTED, Windows does not even recognise the fact that it is a drive, much less offer to format.
Windows:
- Appears as "Removable Media"
- No Size or File System
- Does not appear in chkdsk or disk management
- When "Remove Safely" is clicked, there is an error
- The drive cannot be opened
Linux:
- Drive cannot be mounted
- Drive cannot be opened/explored
- Size unknown and unknown file system
- Error when partitioned
- fdisk returns "unable to open /dev/sdf" (sdf is the drive)
- Does not register in the GParted application
The drive trashed beyond partitioning with any software I can find. I do not give a **** about any of the software what's on it, I just need the drive fixed.
EDIT: The drive CANNOT BE FORMATTED, Windows does not even recognise the fact that it is a drive, much less offer to format.