fight4frdm Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 I apologize in advance if I am posting this incorrectly in the wrong location. My Corsair Flash Voyager 16GB (CMFUSB2.0-16GB) is only registering as 7.6GB even after multiple formatting attempts with my PC. Is there any utilities or applications that I can use to correct this? or is my flash drive defective? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 30, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 30, 2009 Where did you purchase the drive from and have you tried to format the drive with the SD-CARD Organization Flash Format Utility. and see if that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fight4frdm Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 I just tried the SD-Card Utility and tried formatting it with different settings each time and it still only registers as 7.6GB. I also tried formatting it with Disk Utility on my macbook with no luck. It was about a year ago when I purchased it new online... I think it was Newegg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted October 30, 2009 Share Posted October 30, 2009 Has it always shown up as 7.6 GB or did it once show up as 16 GB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fight4frdm Posted October 30, 2009 Author Share Posted October 30, 2009 Before now after I formatted it it would registered as a 16GB Flash drive, showing me around 15GB available free space (in FAT32). Now it is only registering as having 7.56GB free space (with the same FAT32) after formatting. It is in fact the 16GB version because it was showing up before now and it has G16G engraved on it's USB tip and on the blue LED indicator light on the drive it has 16G on it. Is it possible one of the chips could have died leaving only half the space? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthohol Posted October 31, 2009 Share Posted October 31, 2009 look at it in disk management. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fight4frdm Posted October 31, 2009 Author Share Posted October 31, 2009 Here is a print screen of Disk Utility on my MacBook with the Corsair 16GB Flash Voyager (shown as only having 7.6 GB of capacity) http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2668/4059802240_e4a78d1729_o.jpg Here is the print screen of Disk Management on Windows XP Pro 32 bit with the drive shown as having only 7.56 GB (Shown as Drive "E:") http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2665/4059058587_796c09177b_o.jpg As I said in my previous post the Corsair Flash Voyager 16GB (CMFUSB2.0-16GB) is only giving me half the space I initially received it with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fight4frdm Posted November 2, 2009 Author Share Posted November 2, 2009 Problem still persists any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fight4frdm Posted November 3, 2009 Author Share Posted November 3, 2009 ---BUMP--- I miss NOT having all 16GB usable... I didn't buy an 8GB flash drive for a reason! Somebody please help! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted November 3, 2009 Corsair Employees Share Posted November 3, 2009 Let's get it replaced, please use the On Line RMA Request Form and we will be happy to replace it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmm47172 Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 I have the same issues nad tried everything suggested here and elsewhere. How can I get a replacement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 1. Did you try any of the troubleshooting steps below? 2. The RMA link is right above your post (as well as on the left). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmm47172 Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 I tried to no avail. It seems the answer to all of the problems posted on this forum is to replace the drive. That's a headache that I would rather not deal with. This happend to me once before and I somehow managed to fix it, can't remember though. If you have any new fix suggestions that have not already been posted please do so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted September 27, 2010 Corsair Employees Share Posted September 27, 2010 If it shows only 8 Gig and its a 16 Gig drive; the only solution would be to replace the drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kronik Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Ok go to this page : http://www.partition-tool.com/download.htm and download the free partition tool. install it and run it (make sure your flash drive is in the computer before running the program). once the program is open you should see a list of "Disks" with partitions listed underneath each "disk" one of the disks (labeled "disk 1" or "disk 2" etc.) should be your drive. you should see all the partitions of that drive (one of them should be 8 gigs and have the name and drive letter next to it that is the name and drive letter for your flash drive). you probably have one that says "unallocated" right near your flash drive. under whatever disk happens to be your flash drive, right click on each of the partitions and choose "delete" untill you only have one gray partition labeled "unallocated." then right click on that partition and choose "create." a window will pop up and just simply click ok. now down near the bottom left of the screen there should be a button that reads "apply." Double check to make sure that what you did was NOT to any of your main drives but only to the drive that had your flash drive's name in it. then click "apply." wait for it to do its thing (it may take a while) and you should have your full memory back!! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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