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« on: May 26, 2010, 08:46:06 PM » |
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My 16GB Sandisk Cruzer flash drive only shows 750mb. How can I fix it? I've had it for about a year and it has shown 14.9GB until today, it's only 750mb for some reason. Please help...  |
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« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2010, 09:02:58 PM » |
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Re-format I guess. My 16GB Sandisk does the same thing with the 14.9 GB.... weird.
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« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2010, 09:15:14 PM » |
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Thats because the manufacturers use 1000 bytes = 1kb, and computers use 1024 bytes = 1kb. So the actual capacity should only be about 93% of advertised capacity. But mine suddenly went down to 750mb (5% if my math is right)
Reformat didnt work.
Disk management shows 14.9gb, but my computer only shows 750mb.
This is not the same drive I used for the linux bootable drive, by the way. That one's fine.
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« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2010, 09:28:41 PM » |
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alright, plug in the drive, go to computer, right click on the drive, click properties, hit the tools tab and run an error checking. let me know what happens
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« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2010, 09:41:51 PM » |
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No problem was found.  |
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« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2010, 10:01:53 PM » |
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So, in My Computer (Or Computer if you're on Vista) it shows that there is <something> megabytes free out of <something> gigabytes? or what?
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« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2010, 06:07:01 AM » |
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he is using windows 7 (from the screen shot he showed us). can you possibly upload another screen shot?
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« Reply #7 on: May 27, 2010, 06:21:35 AM » |
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It became completely empty once the problem started. It's 749 of 750 mb free. I'll upload a screenshot later today.
When I plug it into my mac, it's capacity is normal. But as soon as it is plugged into my windows machine, it's 750mb again.
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« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2010, 08:00:00 AM » |
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Try a different USB port if you have any.
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« Reply #9 on: May 27, 2010, 08:21:48 AM » |
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I tried 3 different computers, mac, laptop (3 ports), and netbook (2 ports). The laptop (Windows) and netbook (Windows) show 750mb. The mac shows the correct capacity. I also tried Ubuntu on the netbook, that also shows the correct capacity. It looks like windows is the problem.
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« Reply #10 on: May 27, 2010, 05:26:12 PM » |
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perhaps a hardware error? scan your system for any errors with the hardware, or check manually
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« Reply #11 on: May 27, 2010, 05:34:00 PM » |
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I installed a Windows update, and it worked for an hour, but went back to 750mb again
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« Reply #12 on: May 27, 2010, 07:21:01 PM » |
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here, do this.
open attachment
Look around in here, see if anything looks odd....
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« Reply #13 on: May 27, 2010, 07:36:02 PM » |
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here, do this.
open attachment
Look around in here, see if anything looks odd....
I didn't download the attachment, but the file extension is .wmv. How is that an executable file? |
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« Reply #14 on: May 27, 2010, 07:43:49 PM » |
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I'll download it anyway. I have a strange feeling I'm about to get rickrolled, but hes an admin, so I trust him.
EDIT: I doesn't look like anything is wrong there. One thing I noticed, when I plug it in, it shows the 750mb, then when I remove and plug in again, its 14.9gb, then next time its 750mb again. Also, whenever I fill it up more than 750mb, it gets wiped...
EDIT: If I get a new one, whats a good < $50 16gb drive I could get?
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