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pen drive converted to RAW

4 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/pen-drive-converted-to-raw.78677/

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mgupta Original post #1
Jan 21, 2008 at 10:00 AM
hi frnds
My UMAX Apus 210 pen drive has been rendered unusable as it has been converted to RAW file system and nothing can be written on it.I cant format it anyway.
Pls help.
QwertyManiac
QwertyManiac #2
Jan 21, 2008 at 10:24 AM
People gift free pen-drives at Digit Forums? :)
alsiladka
alsiladka #3
Jan 21, 2008 at 3:05 PM
You cannot format it from the Computer Management console too (Disk Management)?
ayush_chh
ayush_chh #4
Jan 24, 2008 at 2:06 PM
boot in DOS and then try formating........