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On Fri, 4 Jan 2013 16:32:14 +0000 |
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Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I was trying to zero out a USB stick and at some point it seems to |
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> have locked itself up. By that I mean that for all intends and |
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> purposes I cannot write to it in any conceivable way. |
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> I tried to delete /dev/sdb1 with c/fdisk, the dd zeros |
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> into /dev/sdb1, /dev/sdb and also the first 512B to delete the |
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> partition table, but nothing seems to work. |
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> /dev/sdb1 is still there no matter how I try to |
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> delete/format/overwrite it. |
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> Is there a way of resetting whatever needs resetting in the USB flash |
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> chip to make it work again? |
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USB sticks don't last long. When they do that, they are nuked. |
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They cost about as much as a packet of smokes. Chuck it in the bin, buy |
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a new one, move on. It's not worth the time to even attempt to fix it. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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