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On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I was trying to zero out a USB stick and at some point it seems to have locked |
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> itself up. By that I mean that for all intends and purposes I cannot write to |
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> it in any conceivable way. |
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> I tried to delete /dev/sdb1 with c/fdisk, the dd zeros into /dev/sdb1, |
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> /dev/sdb and also the first 512B to delete the partition table, but nothing |
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> seems to work. |
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> /dev/sdb1 is still there no matter how I try to delete/format/overwrite it. |
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> Is there a way of resetting whatever needs resetting in the USB flash chip to |
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> make it work again? |
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> Regards, |
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> Mick |
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Was it a drive with U3 on it? If so, there are tools you might use, |
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but I can't remember their name. |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U3 |
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:wq |