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when you ran FDisk, did it show any partition? even a non-dos one?
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when you ran FDisk, did it show any partition? even a non-dos one?
It showed no partition the flash drive but it did allow me to try and create a ms-dos partition.
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I have a new corsair survivor 16gb I was using it to move some files to my laptop and it went right protected and for the life of me i can't clear it hoping someone knows how to remove the protection.
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I have an almost new 8Gb Voyager Mini.I cannot format it and it appears to be write protected.I try the initial sugestion and don't work.
I have tried several other solutions described in these forums and elsewhere but to no avail.

Format in Windows




Use the HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool (v2.0.6)


Use SD Formatter (v2.0.0.3)


I have tried KillDisk to erase the whole device and start again but don't work.
Is there anything else I can try or do I need to conclude that this the drive duff?
Thanks for any advice.

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Old 06-10-2011, 10:48 AM
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I also have the same issue with 128GB Corsair. But I don't know much details about it. One of my friends gave it to me and I know it is not a fake one.

Please anyone reply to this. Tell us how to format the disk. Thanks.
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Old 06-10-2011, 12:06 PM
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I also have the same issue with 128GB Corsair. But I don't know much details about it. One of my friends gave it to me and I know it is not a fake one.

Please anyone reply to this. Tell us how to format the disk. Thanks.
There's characters on the USB connector, correct? RMA the drive.
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There's characters on the USB connector, correct? RMA the drive.
It says SM334AC Card Reader in the Safe Removal Dialog box when connected.
It detects and asks me to format it. In the formatting dialog box, it only shows
31.5mb and can't be formatted.

Currently I am in a Asian country, It'll take few months to get back. Isn't there anything I can do my self to fix this ?

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my brand new 256gb flash drive wouldn't format under disk management or any other method....until I downloaded http://files.extremeoverclocking.com...fb321d0152b482

The trick for me was to use fat32 format rather than ntfs.
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Old 06-26-2011, 10:21 AM
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i own flash voyager mini 8gb i CAN format it fat32 but i CANNOT format it ntfs. i am using windows 7.i tried format f:/fs:ntfs/a:16k from command prompt it goes to 100% but after this its says "11849728 bad sectors" and cant complete formating. what to do?
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I have the same problem as Choto Cheeta. Sorry, but if tech support for a shoddy product basically equates to downloading outdated software programs and tons of steps to follow and even THEN it doesn't guarantee 100% success, the best thing to do is avoid the product altogether.

To use a win 98 boot disk just to fdisk... but if you don't have a floppy... then you need tons of other programs to make a bootable cd without a floppy...etc...etc..etc.

What a joke!

Why doesn't Corsair spend some money to have one of their techies build a program that will fix these problems? I'll pass on buying anymore USB flash drives, especially Corsair.
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To use a win 98 boot disk just to fdisk... but if you don't have a floppy... then you need tons of other programs to make a bootable cd without a floppy...etc...etc..etc.

What a joke!

Why doesn't Corsair spend some money to have one of their techies build a program that will fix these problems?
No, you don't need a floppy drive and yes, we already have built a utility to help with all sorts of things. It's in the HOW TO section; How To Make the Ultimate Bootable Flash Drive. You can use it for this and many other things.
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How to burn win 98 se OEM to cd or dvd.....pls help..
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Hello Folks,

Today I have had bad luck with same problem in discussion here with my Corsair Voyager Mini 16GB!
In first instance I have felt the same situation of the user Adanec.




And on my VAIO notebook..



Then, I have also tried to throw the FDISK command on Windows 98SE CD but, without any result, the command to cancel the partition of my Corsair USB key is not carried out, the PC work a pair of minutes and the cursor blink in the windos (sorry for the flashlight)





and after it return the message displayed in the pics!






Please any help... Or I must to go with RMA?
Thanks in advance.
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Try using the DISKPART utility in WIN7 to CLEAN the drive and make a new partition.
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Try using the DISKPART utility in WIN7 to CLEAN the drive and make a new partition.
Thanks for suggestion, but I tried that command, without any resolution...

Discouraged and after many attempts, yesterday I sent my Voyager Mini 16GB with another 32GB "died" prematurely after six months of regular use, to Corsair EU in the Netherlands for replacement.

Thanks for your support!
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