So I have a SSK 64GB USB 3.0 Flash Drive that I bought around 4 years ago, it worked up until a few days ago. Now when I plug it in to any Windows machine (Mainly my desktop) it will flash the LED for half a second. Then it will turn back on and the LED will stay on, windows recognizes it and asks me to format. Here's the different reactions depending on what method I try:
Plain Windows format- No matter the options chosen the bar does not move, causes all explorer windows to run painfully slow or freeze entirely.
Windows Disk Management- Similar results, sometimes throws up a generic failure message. Pc then starts to make the USB connect/disconnect noise every 20~ seconds.
Windows CMD Diskpart- Stays at 0% when formatting, cleaning eventually says 'could not find the file specified'
Laptop running Kali- Accepts any and all commands relating to formatting that I know of, such as creating partitions, deleting partitions etc. Freezes everything when trying to actually format.
I'm just finding it weird that my various computers can see that it's a memory stick, can see the capacity and partitions on it, but can't format it whatsoever.
Any ideas? I think it must be something hardware related, I've opened it up and checked for any visual damage. Beyond 3 blank connections that may or may not hold MLCC, it looks fine.
Thanks for any help, I know the answer will probably be "it's dead, buy a new one" but it's worth a try.
Plain Windows format- No matter the options chosen the bar does not move, causes all explorer windows to run painfully slow or freeze entirely.
Windows Disk Management- Similar results, sometimes throws up a generic failure message. Pc then starts to make the USB connect/disconnect noise every 20~ seconds.
Windows CMD Diskpart- Stays at 0% when formatting, cleaning eventually says 'could not find the file specified'
Laptop running Kali- Accepts any and all commands relating to formatting that I know of, such as creating partitions, deleting partitions etc. Freezes everything when trying to actually format.
I'm just finding it weird that my various computers can see that it's a memory stick, can see the capacity and partitions on it, but can't format it whatsoever.
Any ideas? I think it must be something hardware related, I've opened it up and checked for any visual damage. Beyond 3 blank connections that may or may not hold MLCC, it looks fine.
Thanks for any help, I know the answer will probably be "it's dead, buy a new one" but it's worth a try.
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