[superboy]

Was trying to copy gigs and gigs over, however 2 hours through i realised I was plugged into a usb 1.1 port So i took it out and now it shows 0bytes, I tried formatting via fat32 in both xp and 7 yet at the end I get the message "Windows was unable to complete the format"

Any idea what i'm doing wrong?? thanks

[Empirical]

Did you unplug it whilst it was being written to?

[superboy]

Originally Posted by Empirical

Did you unplug it whilst it was being written to?

maybe although i had left it there for 2 hours, the bar had stil not gone up, it still said 0% and for time it still said 'calculating' I figured it wasnt working

Originally Posted by superboy

maybe although i had left it there for 2 hours, the bar had stil not gone up, it still said 0% and for time it still said 'calculating' I figured it wasnt working

may'be stuck at an unreadable part of data
cyclic redundancy error

[superboy]

Originally Posted by beintot

may'be stuck at an unreadable part of data
cyclic redundancy error

how would I go about fixing that?

Originally Posted by superboy

how would I go about fixing that?

i'm only pointing out an idea why you remained at 0% while copying ,rather than fixing the usb problem.

Personally if i was copying huge amounts of data over i'd have done a few gbs at a time,if there were issues with the first try at copying,that way you see where the error lies.

[superboy]

Originally Posted by beintot

i'm only pointing out an idea why you remained at 0% while copying ,rather than fixing the usb problem.

Personally if i was copying huge amounts of data over i'd have done a few gbs at a time,if there were issues with the first try at copying,that way you see where the error lies.

Its a 32gb kingston stick, my computer doesnt have many usb ports so i was using a hub however the hub has usb 1.1 ports. I was copying 4gb over and after 2 hours it was still on 0% so i figured it wasnt working, do you think the problem is fixable? What about trying one of those 3rd party formatting programs? (am on Windows 7 32bit beta at the moment)

[horns]

Originally Posted by superboy

Its a 32gb kingston stick, my computer doesnt have many usb ports so i was using a hub however the hub has usb 1.1 ports. I was copying 4gb over and after 2 hours it was still on 0% so i figured it wasnt working, do you think the problem is fixable? What about trying one of those 3rd party formatting programs? (am on Windows 7 32bit beta at the moment)

Did you buy it on eBay, by any chance?

Originally Posted by superboy

Its a 32gb kingston stick, my computer doesnt have many usb ports so i was using a hub however the hub has usb 1.1 ports. I was copying 4gb over and after 2 hours it was still on 0% so i figured it wasnt working, do you think the problem is fixable? What about trying one of those 3rd party formatting programs? (am on Windows 7 32bit beta at the moment)

what was the file at 4gb or above ,a single file?

If the kingston drive is fat 32 formatted there is the answer,you were trying to copy a file at 4gb or above therefore it halted at 0% and didn't do anything at all.4gb is the fat 32 file size limit.
http://www.computerforum.com/129514-...fer-issue.html

[captncool]

re format to fat only

[superboy]

Originally Posted by beintot

what was the file at 4gb or above ,a single file?

If the kingston drive is fat 32 formatted there is the answer,you were trying to copy a file at 4gb or above therefore it halted at 0% and didn't do anything at all.4gb is the fat 32 file size limit.
http://www.computerforum.com/129514-...fer-issue.html

no, it was many files that in total came up to 4.13gb (roughly).

Cool i will try to format to fat only

I have also noticed that if I try quick format, it will instantly give me the windows was unable to compelte the format message, however when trying a normal format it takes forever, the bar goes all the way up, then it gives me the error message

Originally Posted by superboy

no, it was many files that in total came up to 4.13gb (roughly).

Cool i will try to format to fat only

it it was many files then the 4gb limit wasn't the problem.keep it as it is.

[superboy]

ok, the format attempt to fat didnt work either lol

[captncool]

Originally Posted by superboy

no, it was many files that in total came up to 4.13gb (roughly).

Cool i will try to format to fat only

I have also noticed that if I try quick format, it will instantly give me the windows was unable to compelte the format message, however when trying a normal format it takes forever, the bar goes all the way up, then it gives me the error message

its a common problem ,
try this -
start
control panel
performance and maintenance
admin tools
disc mannagement


flash drive should show up on right side of window ,
right click in its box and select format
tick fat and size you require in mb and name it .

[superboy]

Originally Posted by captncool

its a common problem ,
try this -
start
control panel
performance and maintenance
admin tools
disc mannagement


flash drive should show up on right side of window ,
right click in its box and select format
tick fat and size you require in mb and name it .

funny you should say that because thats what I just tried lol, originally the flash drive said "32gb - unallocated" and after attempting a format (which failed and gave the same "Windows was unable to complete the format" message), it now says 32GB RAW (Healthy partition). I guess its that "RAW" that is now causing the problem, however formatting still gives the same message

[captncool]

what capacity is the flash drive ?
if it says 32 gig raw use disc mannagement thing to create a fat partition over it .

Originally Posted by captncool

what capacity is the flash drive ?
if it says 32 gig raw use disc mannagement thing to create a fat partition over it .

32gb kingston drive is what they mentioned earlier.

[captncool]

Originally Posted by beintot

32gb kingston drive is what they mentioned earlier.

op needs to convert that into mbs and create a partition in fat format
via disc mannager
should fix the problem

[superboy]

Originally Posted by captncool

op needs to convert that into mbs and create a partition in fat format
via disc mannager
should fix the problem

how would I go about doing that?

Originally Posted by superboy

how would I go about doing that?

here is the answer
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...6141538AAn5wHY

32GB X 1024MB = 32768 MB

[captncool]

Originally Posted by superboy

how would I go about doing that?

what does it say in disc mannager about flash drive
raw/fat/healthy /size etc .

[superboy]

Originally Posted by beintot

here is the answer
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/in...6141538AAn5wHY

32GB X 1024MB = 32768 MB

soo format as a fat, (not fat32) then in allocation size put 32768mb?

[captncool]

always use remove hardware safely in taskbar to avoid this sort or problem .

[captncool]

Originally Posted by superboy

soo format as a fat, (not fat32) then in allocation size put 32768mb?

thats the idea .

[superboy]

Originally Posted by captncool

thats the idea .

cool shall try it quick format or not? And will i then be able to format to fat32 because as far as i'm aware my ps3 only reads fat 32