Usb th-dumb drive

[danmitch1]

Hi guys, I have this verbatim 8 gb thumb drive that seems dead or corrupted. I tried all the usual tricks mentioned here
Virtual Disk Service error: There is no media in the device. is the error i get..

So In that link at the end it says you can try rebuilding the MBR but the software isnt free (of course)

Is there a way to do this without 3rd party sw?

 

[Lysrin]

Have you tried accessing it on Linux? Sometimes you can get farther on Linux, if your goal at this point is just getting the files off the drive.

 

[SugarJ]

Seeing as you can get a 5-pack of 8GB USB drives for $20 on Amazon, is it really worth the effort?

 

[Lysrin]

Seeing as you can get a 5-pack of 8GB USB drives for $20 on Amazon, is it really worth the effort?

We must have posted at the same time! I agree not for the drive itself, but perhaps for the files on the drive.

 

[danmitch1]

Nope, no files to recover. Its also not mine, my colleague asked me if I could fix it.. I think its brand new..
No access to Linux either unfortunately, I suppose I could run a virtual instance/?

oh and yeah, its really just for the challenge of fixing it, and showing off to my less tech savy co workers lol

 

[Izerous]

When in doubt i resort to linux for things like that too. Too many times run into formats that a device simply doesn't understand. It is amazing how many things can only understand fat/fat32 and will throw a fit when they encounter ex-fat etc. Or a Mac drive on Windows not being read properly.

I was going to ask if you made sure you tried formatting it but the link you provided seems to cover anything I would have directly suggested along those lines.

 

[Lysrin]

Nope, no files to recover. Its also not mine, my colleague asked me if I could fix it.. I think its brand new..
No access to Linux either unfortunately, I suppose I could run a virtual instance/?

oh and yeah, its really just for the challenge of fixing it, and showing off to my less tech savy co workers lol

Well that is indeed a pure and noble effort! You may be able to access it with linux and the reformat it on there with gparted or similar tool. Worth a shot if you can set up a VM. Linux and VirtualBox are free, so just a matter of how much time you want to spend to prove yourself

 

[lowfat]

Did you try using Disk Part?

 

[Lysrin]

Did you try using Disk Part?

Some info to go with @lowfat 's question: https://www.windowscentral.com/how-clean-and-format-storage-drive-using-diskpart-windows-10

 

[danmitch1]

Thanks guys, im off work tomorrow so ill get back at it Thursday.
I did try disk part (elevated ), thats what gave me the error " Virtual Disk Service error: There is no media in the device. "