Comments for How do I fix bad sectors on a flash drive?

Comment from Vishal on 2008-12-04

2008-12-04T11:47:33Z

I am facing the quite similar problem with my FlashDrive.
In my case, whenever I copy any data it gets copied properly. But after sometime, the files get corrupted. Names of the files in the folder gets changed to something random.

I don't think its a virus as I have checked that.
Is it because of bad sectors? Is my problem exactly the same?

Did you read the article you just commented on? Time to replace it, it's wearing out.

- Leo
04-Dec-2008

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Comment from Markk on 2008-11-23

2008-11-24T03:24:15Z

My memory stick has falled; bad sector. Is there any way I can retrive the data I have on it before I through it out?

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Comment from Nahom on 2008-07-23

2008-07-23T10:06:17Z

i think i have a kind of same problem. i can see the flash in the my computer window. i can also see the files in it. but i cant open any of them, copy from or copy to the flash. And also i cant format it. Doing all these i see the CRC check error message. Any ideas?

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Comment from Ronald P. Nosack on 2008-05-17

2008-05-17T21:45:41Z

HP has a fee utility just for formatting flash drives. Worth a shot.

Packrat1947

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Comment from Glenn P. on 2008-05-13

2008-05-13T08:36:44Z

DON'T give up on your Flash Drive if it has corrupted files!

One thing I've found, that may be a factor in disk errors on a Flash Drive, is the type of filesystem being used. Try a more primitive one!

Some Flash Drives are intolerant of NTFS, so try FAT32 instead. Some may also be intolerant of FAT32, so if even FAT32 doesn't work, try FAT16 (a.k.a. simply "FAT") instead. I found that one Flash Drive which regularly corrupted files, abruptly settled down and started behaving perfectly, after I reformatted and went from FAT32 to ordinary FAT. In either/any case, GOOD LUCK! :)

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