How can I fix my corrupted USB drive?

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USB hard drive problem?

okay I have a small 80 gig usb HDD and some how some files I put on there got corrupted they show up as being there but I can't move them delete them or anything there using up space and causing problems what can I do to fix this is there a free software I can use to format and will formating make the drive unusable I really need to fix this problem any help would be great

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I would recommend running ScanDisk, which the person above failed to mention. It is on the Start Menu...

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Can I still fix a corrupted usb flash drive?

I downloaded something and copied it on my flash drive. My brother said the file is not safe/it has virus. But when i scanned the file using an anti-virus program, the result showed no threats of viruses etc.. So, i copied it and when i went home and...

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These have a warranty period. Call customer support for your brand if still covered.

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How do you fix a corrupted USB flash drive?

I was loading movies into my friends Flash Drive when the My Computer window became "not responding." It did this a few times and I had to go to the task manager, end that process and wait for 20 mins. The last time it got hung up, I got frustrated...

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It sounds like you fried something inside of this drive. You can attempt to do a Software Recovery of...

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Go: -Right click on My computer -Select Manage -In the list at the left select "Device Manager...

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Anyway to fix corrupted USB Flash Drive?

Hi, I have an 8GB flash drive, which seems to be corrupted. When plugged in, windows installs the drivers, and says that the drive is ready for use. However, the device does not show up in My Computer. It does show up in Device Manager. And with the...

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use the disk management tool to manage the partitions on the device.

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First you will want to plug in the USB stick and try to open it through "My Computer" if you...

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Click on format. Select fat32 for windows operating systems beyond 98. Click "start" and formatting...

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What is wrong with my 32GB USB flash drive and how can I fix it?

I have a USB memory stick flash drive which has a 32GB capacity. I am able to load it full of movies and TV shows until it's close to full. Then, when I try to play the movies or TV shows, only some of it works. I would say that only around 7 or 8GB...

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fake or dodgy drive. fake drives are on sale so much, the higher the capacity the more fake drives there...

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How To Fix A Corrupted HDD?

I have a 500GB internal hard drive that I connect to my notebook through a SATA to USB connector. For some reason I could not get in to it so i had tried to format it. During the format, my power went out and since then, the drive won't show up on my...

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Your disk should still work but because it was in the middle of a format the partition table is most...

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USB 2.0 Drive does not work well on my computer... How can I fix this problem?

I have a computer which I am assuming is USB 1.1. I have an HP External drive that keeps disconnecting and reconnecting and I cannot retrieve files from it.. I received this message that the drive is 2.0 and I should use a 2.0 USB port for the drive...

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At this point the only option would be to either get the PCI card like you said or upgrade the usb ports...

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