How do you Format a RAW USB Flash Drive under WinXP

The 98SE disc should be bootable. Boot from CD with CD Rom support. If it kick you into Windows setup, quit- it'll take you to a dos prompt, not reboot.

If not, you can find Win98 boot discs for download (floppy images) that will allow you to use the files off the 98 setup CD in a dos mode.
 
Hmm, did boot up with my 98SE bootdisk with CD support. Go to a dos prompt. Cannot locate USB to reformat. Recognise my

A: - virtual drive
B: - floppy
d: - CD/DVD

No usb drive!! Argh!!
 
USB 512 Memory Stick

I Have a similia problem and am in great need of help. My 512 USB memory stick is like Brand new. When I try to use it for the first time I get prompted to Format it. When I try formatting I get message that windows cannot format. I have tried going into administator to do it there, but get the same results, and what more, this is a 512mb memory stick, not a 8mb like the computer is saying. Is there any way to fix this problem, or do I have to find the nearest trash can? Please Help the Judge.
 
When i try to used my jumpdrive it ask me to insert a disk in drive, when i try to format it i get the message that windows could not format the drive what can i do yo repair my usb drive, i am using windows xp pro it is a (data traveler 512mb and a cruzer mini 1.0 gb drive)
Hope you could help me...


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Hi All,
Recently I have purchased 2GM simpletech USB 2.0 flash drive.When I tried to use in a WINXP computer, it is saying " the drive is not formatted? Do you want to format it?" . When i tried formatting, it is showing only two options FAT and FAT32. I tried selecting either of them. But at the end I am getting error message "The windows could not format your drive completely?"

Now, i am not able to use the flash drive.Can anyone help me in resolving this issue.?

Thanks,
Sreekanth
 
Hi All,
Recently I have purchased 64MB USB 2.0 flash drive.When I tried to use in a WINXP computer, it is saying " the drive is not formatted? Do you want to format it?" . When i tried formatting, it is showing only two options FAT and FAT32. I tried selecting either of them. But at the end I am getting error message "The windows could not format your drive completely?"

Now, i am not able to use the flash drive.Can anyone help me in resolving this issue.?
 
thanks for the help, kill disk worked wonders for me. the only problem was that i was only able to format in NTFS format. I took the option and it worked for my computer. but every usb stick i put in my pc, i have to format to ntfs format.

just a question. im not a technical wizz like everyone else here but, is NTFS compatible with all windows pcs??
 
now i have another problem. I used a mirror of the HP Utility Formatter, (or whatever it's called) and i formated my usb to a NTFS format. but after entering and re-entering it about 8 times (for a test) i found that my computer says i have to re-format it again. but like my problem before i try to format it everyway and it says that it is unable to format. i think i may be missing an important driver on my computer. but i have no idea which one.
 
I Solved My problem

I have 512 MB usb flash ram i repartition it in win xp.after re partition the size of my flash ram remains 470MB.

To solve this problem i remove flash ram's partition in win 2000 then i downloaded the software"KillDiskSuiteFree-Setup" which is sujested by MetroidFan2002. after install it i opened Active@ KillDisk for Windows
i erase flash ram in Active@ KillDisk for Windows.then i opened disk managment in win xp & jush format it & i got 512MB space .
 

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