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USB Drive is stuck with two partitions

Discussion in 'Windows OS' started by aeSentinel, Aug 27, 2006.

  1. aeSentinel Newcomer, in training

    Hey everyone.
    After trying Damn Small Linux and removing it, I found it had repartitioned my 256mb USB drive to a 49mb partition and an innaccessable second one.

    Partition Magic can't fix the problem. Neither can KillDisk or Disk Management.

    I'm running Windows XP Pro and have a copy of Damn Small Linux on LiveCD at my disposal.

    Can anyone help?
    aeSentinel, Aug 27, 2006
    #1

  2. korrupt Newcomer, in training Posts: 1,060

    Is there any information in the inaccessible partition?

    If not, simply copy the info onto pc and reformat drive.

    Regards,

    Korrupt
    korrupt, Aug 27, 2006
    #2

  3. aeSentinel Newcomer, in training

    I currently have nothing on the USB drive. Formatting the first partition does nothing. I can't access the second to format it.
    aeSentinel, Aug 27, 2006
    #3

  4. Mictlantecuhtli TS Special Forces Posts: 4,916   +9

    Try removing it with Linux. DSL should have at least fdisk to modify partitions, the USB stick device is usually something like /dev/sda.
    Mictlantecuhtli, Aug 28, 2006
    #4

  5. jobeard TS Ambassador Posts: 12,223   +120

    delete the partition table altogether. this will force a reparitioning where you
    will get the default as the entire device capacity. be sure to format as you need. fyi: for compatibility with the most systems, use FAT32 but this will
    limit the partition to 137gb. NTFS is the preferred for Win/* and EXT3 for Linux.
    jobeard, Aug 28, 2006
    #5

  6. sellmesanity Newcomer, in training Posts: 268

    If that doesn't work, get an RMA from the manufacturer! I think they would replace it, just say it doesn't load anymore or something.
    sellmesanity, Aug 29, 2006
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