How Do You Repair A USB Flash Drive?
Do you have a USB flash drive that just won’t work anymore? Assuming the hardware is undamaged, you could try formatting the USB drive. • Insert the flash drive into a USB port on your computer. If it is detected, it should show up in your “My Computer” after a couple of seconds. • Try right clicking on the USB drive icon and then left click on format. Select fat32 for windows operating systems beyond 98. Click “start” and formatting should begin. Note: Formatting will erase everything on the device. Try using the USB drive again as before. • Backup all data from your hard drive to another hard drive or CDs or DVDs. • Turn off your computer. • Insert the USB drive to a USB port. • Turn on your computer. • Hit the F8 key when prompted to get to your system bios. Some computers required the Delete key or F2 instead of F8. There should be a note on the screen that specifies the key. • Navigate your bios (usually using your cursor keys) to boot from CD drive first. Save and exit. • Insert
