Windows 7 – How to Reformat an Unrecognized Flash Drive

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I just got a new flash drive (Corsair Flash Voyager 32GB). I tried to install live Chromium OS on it but I messed something up and decided to reformat it. The formatter froze and I canceled it. Now neither my Windows 7 Dell nor my Apple OS X Lion can recognize my flash drive when I plug it in (it does not show up anywhere). How can I force it to show up so I can reformat it?

Best Answer

I got a usb flash drive which was unrecognized by my pc. I followed following steps to make it recognized.

  1. Right click on Computer icon in desktop.
  2. Go for manage
  3. In that option use disk management. You can see available disk in your pc. Your flash drive is seen in that as "disk 1" (note disk 0 is your primary harddrive)
  4. Change the drive letter if possible.
  5. If you cant right click and use "delete drive" option.
  6. Then you can see that Drive as "UNALLOTED"
  7. Right click on it and go for "New simple Volume"
  8. Follow the wizard as it instructed. It requires formatting.
  9. Now it is your Flash Drive Flashing on your desktop.

Enjoy. All the best.

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