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Removable Disk = 0 bytes (4gig originally)

Discussion in 'Computers & Modding' started by Blade5406, Aug 19, 2009.

  1. Blade5406

    Blade5406 Well-Known Member

    Here's what happened:

    I inserted my Flash Drive into another computer, then I waited for it to appear on "My Computer". After it was done installing itself, the USB icon appeared, but it suddenly disappeared then re-appeared :eek: , I double-clicked the icon but the message:

    "Please insert a disk into drive F: " appeared.

    I went to "Properties" and saw that the capacity has turned 0 bytes.

    - Was it caused by a virus or something?
     
  2. tehuber1337

    tehuber1337 Well-Known Member

    Remove and reinsert. If that fails, try another computer. If that fails, try formatting it.
     
  3. Blade5406

    Blade5406 Well-Known Member

    Just tried it on twelve other computers even my own and they won't let me format the disk, here's the message:

    "There is no disk in Drive F:"
    "Insert a disk, and try again" ???
     
  4. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    the flash drive has died then.
     
  5. Blade5406

    Blade5406 Well-Known Member

    Man, and it was so sudden.
    Even one of my classmates who put his flash drive in the same PC just went and died, I mean the flash drive.

    It was a new purchase btw. Now I got to buy a new one.

    EDIT:

    Is a virus capable of doing that kind of thing, "killing" the flash drive?
     
  6. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    no, more likely its a faulty USB port.
     
  7. damanali

    damanali Well-Known Member

    hm, i got a experience of something like a virus for the usb. Well, the computer can read the flashdisk contents, but you need to use the autoplay option. ( its the plug then choose the option ) but if you tried opening it in the my computer, it will say, pls insert the flashdisk which is already plug in.

    i think i got the virus from a flashdisk of a classmate, since then, i dont let anyone touch my netbook/laptop without checking for viruses first, even if it has loads of files.
     
  8. Blade5406

    Blade5406 Well-Known Member

    It is not functional anymore. :(
    The capacity is 0 bytes.

    -Although it installed itself all over again when I put it in my own PC which of course should have recognized that the Flash Drive's software is already installed.
     
  9. damanali

    damanali Well-Known Member

    what a waste of 4GB. is it still under warranty? if it is, get it exchange/fixed, but if its not, damn.
    Hope nothing important is in that thing.
     
  10. Blade5406

    Blade5406 Well-Known Member

    I lost the warranty. :( . Bad luck indeed.

    -Important?
    ->My project files and some useful programs/installers.
     
  11. mds64

    mds64 Well-Known Member

    From what I have heard-someone did create a virus that kills hard drives.


    The FBI went straight down-first virus to affect hardware rather than software.


    It speed up the drive-causing over heat and failure.


    I'd hate to have that thing spread.


    Well anyway I doubt it-it never got out from where ever it came from (china or america).
     
  12. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    not possible.
     
  13. mds64

    mds64 Well-Known Member

    Well I heard it from the guy who has been fixing me and my mother's pc's for awhile...and has always found our viruses :)


    If anything he may have done it lol!


    If I knew the full details I would have said-believe or not-I just took his word for it...


    I think it's possible-some script that forces to make the hard drive work harder-sure you may have some reason as to why it can't-but hay I'm not dissing a guy paid to remove viruses.


    And always does ours for free :)
     
  14. GideonB

    GideonB Well-Known Member

    Well now we all know that if we find this virus, our computers are going to start smoking and becoming a fireball. GREAT! But it would be funnier than an infinite bootloop, and also more annoying. Sorry for your loss of removeable disk though, hope you get a new on that wont fry.
     
  15. timmy1991

    timmy1991 Well-Known Member

    had the same thing happen to a microSD... The store should take it back if you just bought it
     
  16. Blade5406

    Blade5406 Well-Known Member

    ...and I'm about 97 kms away from the place where I bought it...
     
  17. damanali

    damanali Well-Known Member

    thats really bad crap luck. maybe the one who sold you that is a friend? cause i had the same thing, but its a cooler for my laptop, had it exchange but forgot my warranty, but i bought it the same day! they gave me a new one, and a new warranty for it...

    hope the same can be done for you.
     
  18. redoperator

    redoperator Well-Known Member

    if it wont take it use another computer, i had that thing on my thumbdrive and when i reformmated it on a friends computer it worked agin on mine
     
  19. Fragata

    Fragata Well-Known Member

    Same thing happened to me, with my 8 gig, it turns out that the ROM drive id broken, and a) there is no way to recover the data, and b) you cant fix it :(
     
  20. NC200X

    NC200X Well-Known Member

    Not even if you scan the disk using the Recuva program?