pendrive stucked in RAW format

pendrive transcend 4GB

my pen drive is in RAW format so i cant format it :cry:

i tried Control Panel => Admin. Tools => Disk Management
but pen drive is not listed in this list :shock:

so any other idea about this :idea:

So ur PenDrive is recognized by Windows?

If yes, try to open it by double clicking, it would ask u to format b4 using...
Format and use.
or,
Right click on it and select FORMAT.

It can never happen that u can't format a RAW partition/USB drive.

A few months ago, my USB drive crashed and showed up directly as RAW...I formatted as NTFS, and it allowed me to.

Try using a Linux Live CD and then formatting.

ico said:
Try using a Linux Live CD and then formatting.

If u r gonna use this solution, remember, through Linux u can't (AFAIK) format that in NTFS, FAT32 or FAT...

rhitwick said:
If u r gonna use this solution, remember, through Linux u can't (AFAIK) format that in NTFS, FAT32 or FAT...

We can easily format them in FAT and FAT32.

ico said:
We can easily format them in FAT or FAT32.

Can we?? but I could not find that option........

^^ You can use Gparted Live disc for formatting pen drives.

- *sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/gparted-live-stable/

Or you can simply install Gparted in your Linux distro to do so. Here's how Gparted looks:
*img522.imageshack.us/img522/8712/gpartedr.th.jpg

It can also be done using terminal. - *sathyasays.com/2007/06/13/formatting-usb-pen-drive-in-linux-using-terminal/

@rhitwick
when i click on format from right click menu nothing shows up...
NO DIALOG APPEAR

@ico
gpart

dude its 100MB download

thanks for your replies still not solved

Well, it is a 100MB download, but it is something one must really have IMHO.

And also tell us about your Pen drive? Company? Model? Capacity?

dont have that much time now
and formatting is kinda urgent

Try this and let us know: HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool *www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,64963-order,1-page,1-c,peripherals/description.html

naah not working its shows checking drive but nothing happen since 10 minutes still processing

Try these two links:-
*www.howtomendit.com/answers.php?id=46383

and

*www.computing.net/answers/hardware/usb-pen-drive-problem/51606.html
(if in a hurry start reading from response no. 8)

i already mentioned its not showing up in the list

and utility is not for my pendrive
error please insert data traveler to continue

i was scared so decided try getting a solution from vendor site
and i found it problem solved with this link
*www.transcendusa.com/Products/online_recovery_2.asp