Ways to repair USB flash drive

If your USB Drive undetectable, does not appear in my computer, does not want to format or 0 byte despite the presence of files you need to repair your USB flash drive.

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This can happen for example when we unplug the USB without turn it off.

This tutorial list different techniques to repair your USB starting with the simplest solutions without formatting your USB flash drive.

Read : Easy Way To Format USB Flash Drive Protected Write In Windows 7, 8 And Windows 10

Solutions without formatting the USB

The first solutions is to simply restart the computer and then to re - test your USB.

The problem may also come from the USB port of your computer. For this plug your USB stick on another USB port.

Naming a new letter:

Sometimes Windows can't assign a letter to your USB stick.

First plug your USB stick.

Go to control panel  >  administrative tools  >  computer management.

In the storage section click on disk management  > right click on USB  > click on explore.

If no letter is assigned to your USB key go to step 2, otherwise go to step 1.

Step 1) return to the disk management  >  right click on your key USB  >  click on change drive letter and paths...  >  click on edit  >  select a letter  >  click Ok  >  click Yes

Step 2) return to the disk management  >  right click on your key USB  >  click on change drive letter and paths...  >  click on add  >  choose a new letter for your USB key  >  click Ok  >  click Yes

Recover your USB:

Via cmd.exe

The Chkdsk command to detect and repair any errors from your USB. You must be an administrator to run the Chkdsk command. No files in the USB should - be open during the process.

Click on start  >  run (or Windows key + R)  >  type "cmd"  >  type Chkdsk /f F: (F: being the letter of your key)  >  type 'Y' If prompted

Through the properties of the USB stick:

An alternative to repair your USB is to go through the properties.

Click on my computer  >  right click on your key USB  >  properties  >  Tools tab  > click on check now  >  check both options then click on start

A report is generated at the end.

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Solutions by formatting the USB

If the previous solutions fail will need to go through your USB stick formatting.

Via disk management

Go to control panel  >  administrative tools  >  computer management  >  disk management  >  right click on your key USB > format... >  click Yes and then select a volume and file system name (to know what file system use see this tutorial)  >  click Ok

Recreate a partition using Diskpart from Windows

This utility allows to recreate a partition in the event of disk corrupted.

Click Start  >  run (or Windows key + R)

 >  enter cmd in the fields then enter

 >  type "diskpart" and confirm with the Enter key

 >  enter the following command: 'list disk' and confirm with the Enter key

 >  locate your USB using the size of volumes information and then type select disk X or X is the disk number of your USB

 >  enter clean and confirm with enter

 >  successively enter these commanndes posting by the Enter key: "create partition primary" and then "format fs = ntfs quick" then "assign" and finally "exit".

 >  close the command window.

Via HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool

HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool is a small utility specially designed to format the USB.

A program launched, locate the letter for your USB key and select the device

Select the formatting mode in File System

Give a name to your USB flash drive in the Volume label field

Click on Start and confirm by clicking Yes

How to install Kali Linux on USB drive

wikiHard : How to install Kali Linux on USB

Boot and install Kali from a USB key is our preferred method. To accomplish this, we must first create an ISO image on a USB key. If you want to add persistence with the installation, please read this entire document.

Prepare the USB key

1. Download Kali Linux.
2. If Windows is used, download "Win32 Disk Imager".
3. No additional software is required for the systems * nix.
4. A USB (minimum capacity of 2Go)

Installation procedure Kali Linux on USB key

Creation from a Windows system

• Plug your USB stick into your Windows computer and run start "Win32 Disk Imager".
• Choose the image, ISO, Kali file and make sure that the USB key that will be used is correct.

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• Once the process is complete, eject the key to the system properly. You can now start Kali Linux from your USB key.

Creating from a Linux system

Create a USB key that will start Kali Linux is very simple in a Linux environment. Once you have downloaded the image, use the "dd" command to copy the files on your device.

warning : even if this process is easy, you can easily destroy partitions of arbitrarily with the "dd" tool if you don't know what you're doing. Now, consider yourself warned.

1. Plug the key into your system.
2. Check the path to the key using the command 'dmesg'.
3. Make the application of the Kali image on your USB key (carefully!):

dd if=kali.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=512k

It's that simple! Now you can start from your key and access the environment Kali Linux and install it on disk.

Persistence in your USB key

Add to persistence (the ability to back up files and changes after reboot) your Kali Linux image can be very useful in certain occasions. Our example will assume your USB stick is mounted on / dev / sdb. With a key persistence with greater capcité necessary.

1. Apply the image Kali Linux on your USB key as described above with the tool "dd".
2. Create and format additional partitions on the key. Our example we will use "gparted" like this:

 gparted /dev/sdb

3. The layout of your partitions would look like this:

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4. Proceed to format the new partition. Our example will use the available space. Make sure you name the label "persistence" and format with the ext4 file system.

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5. Once completed, use the "mount" command to make available your persistence USB like this partition :>

mkdir /mnt/usb

mount /dev/sdb2 /mnt/usb

echo "/ union" >> /mnt/usb/persistence.conf

umount /mnt/usb

6. Plug the USB key into your system. Make sure that the necessary adjustments are made so that the system boots from the key. When Kali Linux menu on your screen, select "Live Boot" but do not press 'Enter', press the 'Tab' key. This will allow you to add your persistence partition to the boot settings. Simply add "persistence" whenever you wish to have available.

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Easy way to format USB Flash drive protected write in Windows 7, 8 and windows 10

Easy way to format USB Flash drive protected write in Windows 7, 8 and windows 10

When you try to open a USB stick, Windows warns you that the latter is write protected? Cannot have access to the files and much less to erase the contents.

Drive protected write message

Cause the most widespread: a clerical error changed data in the partition of the key table, which has the effect of making it write-protected.
In this case, cannot have access to the USB stick, copy a file on it or to delete a file that it contains.
No problem yet, simply go through the Windows registry.
To do this, press at the same time Windows and R. In the field that appears, type regedit and confirm.
Find the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies.
Click on it and look in the right column and change the value Writeprotect to 0.

Easy way to format USB flash drive protected write

Then click the OK button to confirm. Finally, quit Registry Editor and restart the computer.
There is another solution which allows to format a USB key non-writeable and that works fine under Windows 7.8 and Windows 10. This solution is based on the Windows Diskpart utility.
DiskPart is a small command-line utility that allows the management of the disks. It is integrated with the majority of Windows: XP, Seven, Win 8 and 10.
To use it, please follow these steps:
First run a command prompt by using the Windows key and R, typing cmd and then validating by the Enter key.

• Then type diskpart and confirm.
• Type list disk to get the list of the discs and are looking for the USB number identifying its ability.
• Select the key by typing select disk X, or X is the number that you have found, and validate.
• To remove the read-only attribute, type attributes disk clear readonly and confirm.
• Finally, type exit and press to exit the program.

Easy way to format USB flash disk protected write 

This way is for all windows version : Windows 7, Windows 8 and  Windows 10

Windows 7

windows 8

windows 10

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