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sandisk 8gb usb flashdrive will not format

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by scphill34

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through xp i have tried to format it since it shows the two drives it supposed to but they are only 63 meg apiece. What can i use to reformat to the correct partitions and drive size. Partition majic doesn't see the drives at all.

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by robo_dev

which is defective?

USB flashdrives are never difficult to format

by dmambo

Twice actually. Contact Sandisk support. They have replaced my drive twice after a couple of brief (well maybe not too brief) chat sessions. There's a link on their web site. Of course, all my data was lost, but that's life. I have learned never to rely on a flash drive that's not backed-up.

by boxfiddler Hot topic

before the drive can be formatted. A U3 removal tool is available at Sandisk website:

http://tinyurl.com/2lhrcp

I have several 2 and 4G drives by Sandisk, and in each case I have had to first remove the software in order to format the drive.

by dumphrey

and the linux fdisk command line tools to clean up and reformat my sandisk 4Gb.

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