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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



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