Has anyone fixed a crooked USB flash memory stick?

[terbolee]

Something tells me that I might need to perform a low-level format to fix my 4GB USB flash memory stick. Can't get warranty help. Anyone done a low-level format? If so, which program will do that?

When inserted, Windows reports that it's a 1092GB drive (Yes...1 TB!!!). As such, FAT32 format fails. Since XP will not allow me to try FAT16, I used Win95. When it took too long, I pulled out the memory stick.

Now, when the stick is inserted, it stops XP dead in its path until I pull it out. Same thing on four XP machines.

Any ideas? Thankx.

 

[Jiggz]

Have you tried putting it back in the Win95 system? Run Fdisk on it under Win95, partitioned it and then try formatting.

 

[MrDudeMan]

try doing it in dos or from linux

 

[Hyperlite]

fdisk it