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Something happened with my USB flash disk and I had to format it. Every time I tried to format it, I've got: "Windows is unable to format" message.
I found a program SDFormatter and tried it. I don't know what happened after the format but every time I plug my flash memory it won't show in my computer.
I have got a new driver (USB Mass Storage) installed and opened disk management and I don't see the flash memory. :(
How can I get my USB Flash Disk to start working again?

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Mathew
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As a Helpdesk technician I've seen this scenario several times. About 25% of the time the flash drive is just dead and won't ever work again. When this happens, plugging in the USB drive to either a Mac or Windows machine causes erratic results such as the machine freezing up, not booting, or the machine being exceptionally slow. The other 75% of the time, I plug it into a Linux machine or a Mac and format it FAT32. When I bring it back to Windows it works perfectly fine again and I can format it any which way I please.

Depending on the flash drive's actual dollar value, you might just want to get another one if you can't fix it quickly.

John Carr
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