how to burn all usb devices and live happily ... :(

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Folkert Rienstra ha scritto:

hmm I am not sure about that perhaps the recovery software is just
"pretending" :)
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More likely the reader driver.
When one does not insert the disk it says no disk.
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Sure, but it reserves drive letters for the other slots nonetheless,
even without anything inserted.
It may be just some crude keying (detection) mechanism that makes it
think that there is 'something' there and just because it reserves it a
drive letter it therefor calls it a disk.
When I insert the disk a red light light up,
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That may not mean much, it may be just a key on the drive connector.
Does it take a while before it lights or is it immediate?
but then if I try to format with XP, the OS answers it is not possible
to format the drive.
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Maybe just because of the type of emulation that the reader is providing.
You can't usually partition a logical drive and fixed disk
drives are usually partitioned before they can be formatted.
It is even possible that perhaps the disk migh be reconditioned,
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Nah, it either works or it is dead.
but I guess I do not have the appropriate tools in any case.
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Perhaps XP needs some basic information
on the disk which has been damaged....
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It should be made to see it without some kind of drive letter emulation
so that it sees it as a physical fixed disk drive.
 
Folkert Rienstra ha scritto:

Actually it's amazing how small are these drives.
That may not mean much, it may be just a key on the drive connector.
Does it take a while before it lights or is it immediate?
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it's immediate
Maybe just because of the type of emulation that the reader is providing.
You can't usually partition a logical drive and fixed disk
drives are usually partitioned before they can be formatted.


Nah, it either works or it is dead.
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yeah I think now it's definitely dead. Hmm.... The power inversion seem
to be highly letal
for these USB devices. A "secure" way to destroy any data, just in case
you need to
get rid of some embarassing data :)

Lesson for the future ...
It should be made to see it without some kind of drive letter emulation
so that it sees it as a physical fixed disk drive.
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Requiescat in Pace :(
 
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