How to Restore USB Flash Drive to FULL Capacity (Fix Corrupted USB Drive)

[@paulpaganetto7603]

Just the fix I was looking for without downloading extra software. Spot on. Thank you.

[@miguelbarboza2224]

Hello and thank you for this video. I followed all steps and after I type CLEAN I get the following message "Diskpart has encountered an error: Data error (cyclic redundancy check). See the system event Log for more information." can you please assist me with this? thank you for your time.

[@jeff4867]

Ya ever find a solution dealing with the same problem. My hard drive is brand new so I know it is not a physical issue

[@Namibal204]

ok, so i think the original capacity of my USB has been overwritten. because i have a 256 GB, and now it only shows 3.74 GB.

[@genteraka4642]

when i typed in "create partition primary" and checked my storage it still shows 9MB instead of 16gb someone please help

[@Bishop2g]

Same for me. I have 128 and only 114 is showing

[@rossw73]

Type format in the diskpart utility after the partition is created

[@Jonquavious2780]

@Deejay Bishop Because your computer measures storage space in GiB, not GB. 128 GB is 128 billion bytes. When your computer says “114gb”, it means 114 units each equal to 1,024 megabytes, each megabyte equal to 1,024 kilbobytes, and each kilobyte equal to 1,024 bytes.

[@muugeeverse]

This tutorial is so amazing! Thank you so much!

[@spockw.5250]

Exactly the thing you need after you're done using a USB drive to install Ubuntu. Thank you!

[@gilbertginegobis7596]

you just lifted a ton off my shoulder,thanks friend.

[@lawsonwilliam2056]

Pro trick : you can watch series at kaldrostream. Me and my gf have been using it for watching loads of movies during the lockdown.

[@emmittcairo7619]

@Lawson William Yea, have been watching on Kaldrostream for years myself =)

[@killertruth186]

This actually made the risk of creating linux boot drive or installation disk a complete no risk endeavor. Thanks.

[@AndrewMaksymBrainNectar]

I followed the tutorial and while yes it did reformat my flash drive it did leave it invisible afterwards. Meaning my PC could not find it after wards. So not necessarily the best way to reformat something.

[@limitlesssarah355]

Hi. Firstly, thanks for the tutorial. I'm following all your steps but after I type 'clean', it's not bringing the next step and then it stops responding. What could be the problem? Thanks

[@renz.5592]

helppp mine says "DiskPart has encountered an error: A device which does not exist was specified. See the System Event Log for more information." ppls heeelpp

[@OffcialAbdulPlays]

Thank you brother you helped me fix my usb!

[@computer.tutorials]

That was very helpful, Thanks Tim!

[@TheGoldnDog]

I get the error "diskpart has encontered an errer" A device which does not exist was specified. See the system event log for more information." My computer wont recognize it but yet the drive shows up from time to time even with the error from windows showing up. So i guess this is an intermittent problem. I tried reformatting my desk with no luck either. i use this usb for in the car it has music off it and can you normally play using voice commands. Can anyone help with getting this error fixed

[@wonchoi5442]

Same😢

[@AriianaGrande_]

Thank you very much from my heart i almost thought that my usb will never get back thank you bro i really appreciate

[@a_random_hollow]

You are a legend, thank you. So many "free" disk cleaners/ partition editors that will only scan for free and it was this simple...

[@josephcdeiter470]

Just what I needed. Quick and easy directions, Worked perfectly.

[@missingknow]

Thank you so much man, I've been struggling with reformatting my USB after using it as a boot drive for Linux

[@Lil__Ro]

Oh my god thank you! This is the only working tutorial I found and I was so scared my USB wouldn’t work anymore!

[@Ngr318]

same :D

[@JT-vg1qn]

Thank you for the video! Now if I can ever get Batocera to load I'll be one happy camper! Thank you again

[@jonnalynterry4799]

I failed to convert my flash drive to ntfs. Then it became useless. Your tutorial is very easy to understand. Thank you so much.

[@meowstonks8793]

thank you so much life saver

[@2HAMMERS1]

AWESOME, You're a lifesaver. At first I it was a 250G USB Flashdrive After a while only 32G was available Watched this video and - like - a - magic - I now have 250G back to normal Make more vids, your help is very much appreciated

[@boojaado]

Did you recover the data after following this process?

[@anthonyguada]

@@boojaado It had files I did not care about I ended up formatting the drive, back to 250G, Huge Thanks I'd give you a kiss but I have morals. Your so awesome, do create more important vids

[@Us3r0ffline.]

I spent 48 hours straight at my pc trying to fix a really rare issue, thank you so much man

[@Belan01]

The W

[@tomthumb5445]

my 32G still shows as 29.9 so I will just smash with a hammer and buy another one :)

[@kauw51644]

Try to calculate by this way. 32*(1000^3))/(1024^3) If you learn somthing you will know.

[@fangs9790]

This tutorial is so amazing! Thank you so much!

[@BlazeJesters]

Still stuck at 8mb pls help

[@georgejrpetre6155]

Hey, so I purchased the SanDisk 256GB iXpand Flash Drive Luxe (type C) from Best Buy, which instead of 256GB it shows 238GB. After doing what you explained here: clean/create partition primary/Format, everything that was on it did erase indeed but it is still at 238GB! Why so? Please let me know! 10X

[@relasssyt4863]

im having a problem fixing my usb it says "DiskPart has encountered an error: Access is denied. See the System Event Log for more information." after i type clean

[@LheMejares]

same as mine'

[@artheurnkenzacki7697]

@@LheMejares same

[@ΗλιαςΚακαγης]

@@artheurnkenzacki7697 just follow his steps and the flash disk will be fixed

[@majicsoap6436]

important to right click and do it as administrator

[@rohanjhugaroo5604]

Best video Straight to the point and everything done step by step A big thumbs-up 👍

[@samidsaudsyed2808]

Tank you sir for this

[@craigzale4345]

WOW!!!!!! Thank you Your Six and You Tube. I was done using it for a recovery disk and took out the wrong partition and killed my 1TB USB. Less than 4 minuets of help and "Bam" we are back in business. :)

[@Yoyoyoitsfortniteday]

IM SO MAD MY STUPID WINDOWS DRIVE DOESNT EVEN SHOW UP IN DISK MANAGEMENT ITS ONLY DISK 0 NOTHING ELSE. Sorry i had caps lock on and didnt was to re type it

[@SAKEWCW]

Thank you so much your video help me a lot, my Verbatim 256gb USB Flash Drive had become in a 32gb after use it for install Windows 10 now is repaired thanks to you.

[@nestitog]

WOW WOW WOW!!! It worked on my Windows 11 PC fixing a corrupted PenDrive. God bless you

[@afreen5058]

Bought a 16GB flash drive from PNY. It can't fit 5GB on it. Bought a 32 GB flash drive from PNY. It can't git 5GB on it. And they both say 28.8GB capacity. This didn't fix it. PNY is ridiculous!!

[@debashishkakoti2583]

Thanks buddy. I really appreciate it. Keep helping the community. Cheers !

[@NaviO.o]

My 2TB USB was showing 120MB of available space with nothing on it. I actually had found these exact instructions written out on google but didn't feel confident in knowing which drive was the USB so I had asked my partner for help to delete the extra partition. He fiddled around with it for 2 hours doing everything other than the instructions I had found, before telling me I should just give up and toss it because he had deleted the extra partition but the wrong drive amount was showing 😭 I knew there had to be another way! Turns out the way I was originally going was actually the correct one and I should've just trusted myself! Thank you SO MUCH for this; such a lifesaver!

[@EduardsTilgals]

i have 16gb usb flash drive that was corrapted when i did all what you said i have working usb flash drive but it's only 14,5gb not 16

[@ibrahimonal90]

My disk is shown as 0 size 0 capacity. Nothing in it. I deleted this USB drive unintentionally. Do you know how to install it back

[@mapping1]

Sir, thank you for sharing this video. You have helped me out. My 128Gb USB stick was showing only 32Gb in properties. Recently it had been out to a friend for file sharing and lately in my smart TV. I followed all the steps that you clearly demonstrated and my USB stick now has full capacity again. Many thanks. All the best, Martin

[@skyclark1238]

mine though is 128GB USB and it was showing 128GB in my computer but I can only put up to 30GB in it.😥

[@treephan]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you.

[@Solid-Matrix]

I have that same drive but it’s 64 gb. It doesn’t format most of the time, but when it does. It doesn’t stay formatted for long. I have absolutely no idea how to fix it. Help is accepted

[@Pascal61]

thank you, i had problems with ejecting the usb. this fixed it.

[@loong111]

Didn't work. 512g thumbdrive still says 8mb. I believe firmware corrupted. Low level formatters don't work either. 😢

[@geraldokothKE]

Fantastic, this actually solved my problem.

[@NazaninExplore]

how to restore space if you don’t want to loose the files you have but want the space back from folders removed!!??

[@рпреп]

Thx

[@VALI-tv]

thanks bro for this I have usb 64gb from 32 its making to 64gb

[@akeinruwanpathirana]

Thank You! I searched for a whole week to turn my USB back to normal because, I had used it as an ISO Flash to install ChromeOS Flex! Thank You Again. The only video that worked!😀

[@Banus-]

YES FINALLY THANK YOU SO MUCH, I recently flashed a iso of archlinux onto my usb drive but I never seemed to be able to install it due to computer issues and stuff like that so when i tried to use it obviously the usb didnt work because a iso was flashed onto it, I didnt know how to clean my usb without damaging anything and when I tried to open it it came up with errors all over the place, thank God this worked! 100% better than other tutorials out there.

[@christianvogt3297]

This was everything I was looking for. Thanks so much for the great video.

[@ajones3397]

Thank you so much. I wanted to Format a Flash Drive to Make a Win 11 Recovery Backup, but the Flash Drive was not listed under the list of disk drives in Windows. Acer Tech was no help to find the USB Flash Drive. You are a star!

[@xx-terror-xx5925]

WO HOO!! THANK U VERY MUCH! my USB was done and i will not need to buy another USB cuz i will done to repair my 8GB 😍😍👍👍

[@JewelWildmoon]

Any way to fix without deleting all the files? I really need to get my uni work back

[@ingvariyan]

not help me. my flash drive. originally has a 1 GB volume, I used Rufus to make a bootable flash drive with 256 Mb capacity. Now I wanna restore the full capacity, the Rufus not restored and diskpart either.

[@peterchristensen2897]

my command promt is giving this error, after I try the "clean" command. It will work for a while, and then this message pop up: "DiskPart has encountered an error: "Semaforens timeout-period has expired"

[@johneaglin7541]

Bless you! This little tip also worked for me to clean an old laptop HD that had Cloudready Chrome OS installed with a dozen or more partitions on it. Used the command line from the bootable Windows media in the repair section of installation. It worked and let Windows Media continue with the install. Thank you sir!

[@rommich2724]

Good and easy to follow instructions. However, my 1TB USB flash drive only shows 29.2GB storage and nothing else. Any ideas?

[@Freeeeeeeee27]

FINALLY!!! MY USB HAD 14GB FREE SPACE BUT COULD NOT COPY A 3GB VIDEO. THANK YOU!!!!!!

[@davidbarlow2960]

Silly me, used a 256gb flash to -flash- an os, didn't realize it was going to be shunned to outer darkness by windows... thanks, you helped me fix it.

[@yoursixgaming]

I'm so glad to be out of that house :D No more towels for my shades lol

[@losangeles_bum]

thank you thank thank you!!! I tried everything except for this. I was ready to trash all 3 of my still good as new thumb drives. Worked perfectly

[@orta4791]

Thank you! This is exactly what I needed to do when the volume disappeared!

[@mikecasados1534]

Thank you so very much! I had an issue with a San Disk 256G flash drive and following your in instruction made the drive usable again!!

[@jordanbien6752]

Good day! I have my problem with my external drive. I used my external hard drive as a tool to download the drive for windows 11. After downloading the whole file needed for installation, my external turned to esd. Then, I turned to back to usb. Suddenly, all my files in usb are missing. I think they are gone. Please help me to find a way how I recover my important files in my external. What should I do?

[@logos9869]

You are the best. Very few videos on KZbin are as straightforward as yours. I accidentally deleted the partition on my drive and this fixed it! Liked and subbed.

[@ledexyt4917]

thx a lot, my flash drive was a mess, when i pluged my FD i saw 3 drives in my computer and all of them have a capacity or 150mb and 300kb ,and this video helped fixing it

[@darrenpasno4836]

Still works 100% 2024 thank you so much, my hero and lifesaver xD

[@ahldeopolicarpio7659]

Sir can I ask what is the cause of USB flash drive storage damage or that thing called corrupted ..correct me if I'm wrong because I don't know how to avoid it. And also it is making depressed and afraid to try using USB flash drive again for my video files.. hope you notice this and thank you in advance.

[@RonalRomeroVergel]

help meeee thats dont work to me

[@ume-cp1ym]

Hi. I have a memory stick showing this massage (( The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable. F:/ is not accessible )) would you please help me to fix it?

[@TheNwoLegend]

Yoursixstudio everything worked good for me.I understand why the capacity is different on the flash drive.Too much info to explain here.It's the same explanation you mentioned in one of your videos.

[@pyxis_7]

You sir, just saved my life, I needed to put a Windows iso inside my flash drive, but it was corrupted since it's an old flash I had, thanks for the help!!

[@Dabs_Rulez]

Hello, diskpart doesn’t want to load when I have this usb

[@Spartan-ts5dy]

I have a question my USB says 64gb but after doing all the steps 57.7 gb available...is this right By the way its says exFAT

[@Oliver1269ii]

Thank you so much, my usb was corrupted to the point it was detecting 4 different devices when i plugged it in, and this helped quickly. Thank you

[@owenmashele5065]

Thank you, I followed your instructions now my USB is working fine🙏

[@ArfanMirza]

My USB disk is showing in Disk Part but 0KB, and in disk management or any other tool is showing no media. Even is showing in the system tray. Please tell the solution

[@Places4u]

my flash drive is not showing in "show disk" even though I can see it in windows

[@7Bandana7]

thanks so much i just got it back 2tb usb and was only 100mb xd

[@lxl.crybaby]

When I plug in my USB Drive, the blue light on it flashes but it doesn't show up on my screen. I tried this and it also didn't show up. What should I do?

[@spider-manseriesvideos8899]

My USB is so broken that when I plug it in nothing works

[@skyclark1238]

i already did this to my flash that has a 128GB capacity, but everytime I put some movies/series in there it only read up to 30GB, once I add another video in it the video is not playable or corrupt.

[@FelixSantana-dh4vr]

Thanks bro, i like the video, i finally fix my USB flash drive!! 10 q bro.

[@julzdefelipe9567]

Thank you so much.. you did so much to me... Specially like us😁👍👍👍

[@Electronics61]

Many thanks. I recovered my 16G USB Flash drive.

[@shinlea13]

It worked!!!! Thank you so much!

[@RECOMIX7]

thank you i did as you said and fixed my two usb flash drive thanks

[@lettuce4630]

yay, thx soo much, i got worried cause i nearly lost like $200, phew, thx so much

[@jeffpaige1294]

Had to do it twice, as my pny kept showing 1gb out of 16gb, but yeah worked on the 2nd go. A+.

[@johncarlopagcamaan4724]

Can anyone help me please? After I type "list disk" in CMD, my flash drive shows 8mb only.

[@ghost4889]

I needed after these steps to go in disk managment and set letter for that new formated disk then it worked perfectly from 30GB back to 250GB thanks man!

[@jokerzwild106]

Worked perfectly on windows 11. Thanks.

[@Stat1cNugget]

Tysm 🥰💙

[@Keng14223]

Appears to have worked for me on an out of the wrapper brand new nonfunctioning PNY 64 GB flash drive. Many thanks.

[@RokPodaro]

mine doesn't show the usb that I want to fix when I type list disk ,only shows current hard disk that I'm using .Is there another way to fix this or not? Thank u In advance.

[@MarkOliverGalzote-rz7eb]

Thank You Sir for good advice in my flashdrive. Be clear.

[@whiskey5963]

amazing video! thank you for the help. now i can put my steam os to boot up my newly upgraded deck