Why cant I format my flash drive?

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dead bird

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I have a 4gb flash drive and when i first plugged it in to my computer it said it needed to be formatted. When i tried to format it, it said that windows would allow it. Now when i plug it in, it wont show up anywhere in or on my computer. Is there any hope for the flash drive?
 
Did you wait for the flash drive to finish formatting before unplugging it?
If a blank device shows up in My Computer, right click on it and click Format... and select either FAT32 or NTFS.
 
It could be recognized by your computer but not assigned a letter. If this is the case then you can assign a letter by right clicking on My computer, manage, then near the bottom of the window find disk management. In the bottom section you will find all of your recognized drives, if your flash drive is there then right click on it and assign a letter. If your drive isn't listed in disk management then the best advice I can give is to restart your computer, unplug your flash drive, and/or plug your flash drive into another computer and see if it works there.
I sure hope that you can get it all sorted out, I know what a pain these things can be.
 
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