Cheat Engine

kls85 · Last edited by kls85 on Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:16 am; edited 1 time in total

My friend went to school and type his research paper in one of the school's computer labs.
He pulled out the flash drive, went home and plugged it to his home PC.
When the USB flash drive is inserted, it says "drive is not formatted, do you want to format now?"

Here's what I've tried so far...

1. I've check into properties and the drive is now stated as "RAW".
2. Ran chkdsk, but Windows cannot scan RAW drives. Tried to force it and still does not work. And since it seems the drive is busted, I thought might was well format it and use a data recovery software to get his files back so

3. Format under windows and it says "windows is not able to complete the format".
4. Tried HP's format utility and it says the drive is locked.

I've went online to check for solutions and so far there isn't one that is feasible.

Now is there any programs that you guys may think will get the flash drive back in working order?
Your answer are appreciated and +rep for the best/working solution.

Farr. · Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:48 am Post subject:

maybe it was a fault on his part? Did he just pull out the flash drive or used the "safely remove hardware" way as he should have done.
Also, my friend had the EXACT same problem but she ended up just buying a new one so I can't be much help here.

kls85 · Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:12 pm Post subject:

He just pulled it out, without the safe removal, but he told me that's how he always does it and so far he hasn't enounter this before.
And even if there was a error, all windows does is just ran a chkdsk on the flash drive and the drive will be back in working order.

I've read somewhere that this was a cause of a bug from MS, I'll post the link once I find it.

BTW the flash drive is at least 4 years old.

Cheetah · Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 12:42 pm Post subject:

K, Alcohol · Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 7:20 am Post subject:

By the way, that "Safely remove hardware" isn't there just to annoy the user.

kls85 · Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:06 pm Post subject:

Sadly majority of computer idiots out there will never notice that icon.

As for the flash drive, I've tried hex editor, and software with "BS" claims, and it all does not work.

Therefore the flash drive is dead.

Speaking of removal media, you can just pull it out without the safe removal, but you'll need to change the drive's properties settings.

hcavolsdsadgadsg · Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:23 pm Post subject:

Haswell · Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 11:57 pm Post subject:

Just don't be idiotic enough to yank it while it's writing or accessing data.

K, Alcohol · Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:54 am Post subject:

kls85 · Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:24 am Post subject:

K, Alcohol · Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 10:00 am Post subject:

Yes, i didn't say the opposite. I completely agree with you.