Firebird 16gb flash drive now shows only 64mb.

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@hugethetank wrote:

Let me share to you what I have experienced and the solution. 

 

I have the same 16gb and I accidentally nuke it. When I plug it in on my other laptop it shows 64mb and I am not able to reformat. So here’s what I did.

 

1. Usb must be plug in.

  1. I downloaded EaseUS data recovery and run it.
  1. Select the unallocated data storage. 
  1. once done no need to hit on recover or anything.
  1. close EaseUS data recovery
  1. unplug/replug the USB
  1. goto disk management on your windows
  1. promt will show up.
  1. now you should see the 14gb unallocated data
  1. On the prompt it will ask you to format the unallocated space. no changes needed just hit on next and proceed with it.
  1. Done. USB should be fix

 

After step 10, it might be fixed, but I expect you’ve lost all your files. At least with Testdisk (under Linux) all I had to do was run the utility once, properly eject the disk (which was still showing as a Firebird 64Mb) and plug it back in. It’s back to normal, thankfully.

 

And not everyone runs Windows, HugetheTank. I try to create helps that work in either Windows or Linux because of that fact. (MacOS is similar enough to Linux that most Linux repair methods work there, too. In all cases, working with the command-line is pretty much a given.)