usb drive format

timbo2410

timbo2410

timbo2410

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Hi all, just got a pair of Patriot 8gb usb drives. Plugged em in but cannot format. Just get a "cannot format" error .. any hints here please. I just want to laod it with mp3's for the car ..
 
yep .. brand new .. ocuk .. Patriot 8gb .. tried both of them .. no go .. win7 wants to format so I go yep format me baby and it takes about 5 minutes and I get the error "cannot format" .. with no explaination ..
 
yep tried both usb ports on front of case. But not the ones at the rear. The drives show up in "my computer" even though they will not format nor can I access them ...
 
I've looked under disc management and all appears well. It's listed as healthy, fat 32 (which I need for the car audio system to be able to read), and has a primary partition. I haven't used the patriot utility .. am looking for it now ..
 
ok here is what the error is in the command prompt:
Diskpart has encountered an error: the semaphore timeout period has expired.

Time to contact OCUK me thinks ...
 
I can see the Patriot drive in "my computer" .. I can also see the drive as being healthy in disk manager .. just can't format it .. or use it at all ??
 
yep tried to clear the "read only" in the command prompt but it says "error this function not available on removable drives" ..
I then tried to find the device policies but cannot find them in windows 7 64 bit .. there is a "device" and "policies" but neither has reference to drives ..
 
haha I've even had my reading glasses out in the sunshine to see if Ican locate a switch. Even resorted to asking the wife if she could see anything :eek: that's how crazy it's sent me :D
 
i've just found a config for enabling usb drives in windows 7 under gpedit.msc. .... I've just disabled the USB constraints and am about to try to format again .. will report back in 10 ..
 
ok managed to get a restore on the stick using Patriots own utility. Cannot write to the stick so re-tried to format it. Format failed was the error. Again ..
 
ok ... just tried another formatting with Patriots utility and it looks like it is formatting ?? I have actually got a green status bar starting on the app. How long should it take to complete a format on an 8gb stick? ..
 
your doing more than me ... still no go .. the format didn't say it had finished but had returned to the "what do you want to do" position. I tried to access the stick but it comes up "need to format" ... so nope no progress .. looks like a return to shop job ..
 
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