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Pen Drive shows incorrect funtion...PLEASE HELP!!!!

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Rohit211195 Original post #1
May 13, 2015 at 8:48 AM
I have a Moser Baer 8 gb pendrive which was working fine untill it came up with an error ....which says incorrect function....i have tried formatting the disk through normal options and through device management and i have also tried disabling and reinstalling the device through the device manager....none of them worked...reply asap...it gets detcted but wont let me tranfer data.....!!!:-?:-?
Link to the screenshot.
*drive.google.com/file/d/0B64NmUMxT6jqZGctWlg1ZW00SW8/view?usp=sharing
$hadow
$hadow #2
May 13, 2015 at 2:52 PM
That's a virus most probably. Run virus scan and then format it again.
Vyom
Vyom #3
May 13, 2015 at 8:24 PM
Its Virus/malware for sure.
So glad I moved onto Linux.
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madanforever4u #4
May 20, 2015 at 4:06 PM
do format it from cmd. i think it will help you.for that follow below step
open cmd
type format/q/x G and press enter
(replace the g with your pendrive drive)