Thread: USB pen drive dead?
hi, have 8gb pen drive used create liveusb boot disk of chromiumos ( http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/wiki/doku...x_instructions ) usb-imagewriter (frontend dd). had used times , worked fine except once when gave , error , flash drive became unusable. ubuntu , windows detect drive plugged act card reader no card inserted, disk utility (and correspondent in windows) shows drive plugged in /dev/sdc has no partition , when try create partition table or format drive, says "no medium found". tried sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdc , using shred wipe drive commands there no medium found. gparted doesn't find drive. fdisk says "unable open /dev/sdc". steps in http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...dead%3f&page=3 don't either. there way reformat drive can used again? appreciated. tried ubuntu 11.04 11.10 , win7 thanks Forum The Ubuntu Forum Community Ubuntu Official Flavours Support Hardw...