cannot access or format my USB

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I have a 16Gb flash drive, was working fine till it just someday stopped working, when i plug it the drivers are loaded, but i can't see it the "explorer" i went to "Disk managment" but this is what i get: disk

as u see the flash drive name is (Disque 1) (sorry it in French) and under F:

when i go to cmd and type: Formt F: i get Can not open volume for direct access. i even tried: chkdsk F: /F /X i got the same message

i tried to use the DiskPart utility, here s what i've done:

List disk Select Disk 1 Clean i get: Virtual Disk Service Error. There is no media in the device.

Does this means the my drive is broken forever? and there can't be a way to fix it?

USBDeview properties: enter image description here

Ouerghi Yassine

Posted 2014-10-02T12:41:36.490

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Question was closed 2015-02-12T22:29:40.083

could try formatting it in Linux. Sometimes Linux "sees" drives easier than windows – Eric F – 2014-10-02T12:44:08.283

tried with linux it cant detect it either – Ouerghi Yassine – 2014-10-02T12:45:06.487

I think your drive is heading towards electronic afterlife then. – Eric F – 2014-10-02T12:46:22.370

but its like one month old! – Ouerghi Yassine – 2014-10-02T12:47:00.963

warranty / receipt? Who makes it? – Eric F – 2014-10-02T12:48:10.147

no warranty, the maker is "takeMS" – Ouerghi Yassine – 2014-10-02T12:49:47.033

Well like the user below said, try using gparted when you get home otherwise your drive is probably toast – Eric F – 2014-10-02T12:51:12.763

It says No media. The drive is probably dead. – bwDraco – 2015-01-31T02:34:36.307

Answers

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The only way to know if it's broken is to use gnome-disk-utility with a Linux and mount the device.

If not, try to use gparted and see if the filesystem/partition have any errors.

Can you still see which sdX is your usb-key with gnome-disk-utility, is it even detected ?(also named Disks or palimpsest)

I suggest you to backup and format your usb drive with the dd command, to make your usb key completey erased.

X.LINK

Posted 2014-10-02T12:41:36.490

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i dont have linux for now, im not home, is there any other "windows" solution? – Ouerghi Yassine – 2014-10-02T12:49:13.007

Peut-etre, as-tu ouvert la "gestion de l'ordinateur" en mode administrateur ?

Tu as deja pu avoir une lettre pour ta cle, mais tu ne peut pas voir le contenu, on dirait une erreur de partition. C'est ca qui est bizarre. – X.LINK – 2014-10-02T12:53:21.823

Edit:

Did you opened the "manage" as an administrator (right click) ?

It looks weird, since you still got a letter for your usb key (F:), but still can't see what's inside. It means that the partition is still here with your datas, but that it got problems.

If you can have a Linux, it'll be much more easier to see what problems your partitions may have. – X.LINK – 2014-10-02T13:01:40.780

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