USB Pen Drive

Member • Aug 30, 2008

i have allready done it. i format it many times, and always it shows capacity of 15 gb, but when i try to store data it got corrupt after 30 mb. i heared that there are some software that tell real memory of any such fake pen drives. any one know this type of software.

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Member • Aug 30, 2008

i really need that type of software because seller give me 5 year wareenty, so to replace me this fake pen drive i need to show him the real memory of it'

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just2rock

Member • Sep 1, 2008

Jckson,

Gone through all posts.
What i suggest on all...
1>Go to seller & simply presuurize him to replace.
2>Maybe 30mb data will be a reason of its corrupted EEPROM.
3>Ask them to let you show around 15.3Gb of space as it will be or ask them to copy anything on it above 30 Mb.

Hope you will find your solution
Regards,
J2R😁

jcksn
i really need that type of software because seller give me 5 year wareenty, so to replace me this fake pen drive i need to show him the real memory of it'

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linda

Member • Sep 5, 2008

A USB flash drive is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory#NAND_memories" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Flash memory - Wikipedia</a>-type <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Flash memory - Wikipedia</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_storage_device" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Data storage - Wikipedia</a> integrated with a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">USB - Wikipedia</a> (universal serial bus) interface. USB flash drives are typically removable and rewritable.SStorage capacities typically range from 64 MB to 64 GBtorage capacities typically range from 64 MB to 64 GB.
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Member • Sep 6, 2008

thenks J2R...

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zaid_chauhan

Member • Sep 21, 2008

It's not type fake storage device,
But many times in Company Manufacturer some device not properly made or configured so if your pen drive is branded then replace it to company

If not then buy a branded pen drive because they give life time warranty

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pranaysingh

Member • Oct 10, 2008

I have bought a new 30gb pen drive. When i transfer data (about 1 gb), it shows that the data has been transferred but when I remove the pen drive and plug it again in my laptop or any other comp, there is no data and the folders are empty, word docs are coverted into some other format that cannnot be deleted.

Please Help!!!

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scandalouskk

Member • Oct 28, 2008

Hello ,
my pen drive is detecting when it is inserted into port.
When i tried to open, system displays an message "INSERT DISK INTO DRIVE "..
My keyboard and mouse are working properly which when connected through same port.
I tried at different port but in vain.
wat shall i do???
Thx in advance

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nitz3D

Member • Dec 17, 2008

Problem With Kingston DT 32GB

Hi.. I have bought a Kingston DT 32GB and whenever i am copying anything in it.. the files are getting corrupted.. and some files get disappear and shows some rubbish files.. with rubbish extensions.. What could be the problem.. Could you help..

Nitesh

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Ashutosh_shukla

Member • Dec 23, 2008

Check for viruses and also try to format once using the command prompt

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Member • Mar 2, 2009

Hi, i cheque my fake 16 gb pen drive, it has realy 4 gb memory. Now when i format this pen drive in fat it shows 4 gb space, but when again format it in fat 32 or ntfs it shows 16 gb. Is any way or any tool by which i can got at least that 4 gb of space.

If any one know this type of software or tool plz tell me.

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Member • Mar 3, 2009

Hi guys, today i got a software that make my 16 gb fake pen drive into working 4 gb pen drive. If any one have this type of fake pen drive then use this software-"HP Drive Key Boot Utility".

You got it from hp website. I hope it work for you as well...

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d21deepesh

Member • Apr 3, 2009

hey jackson ,
i think i may help you..
actually pendrives are usually made up of capacitors(not real aluminium spinddle)
these capacitors are used as flash memory as charge is stored in there
in market capacitor can have (at max) 4gb of storage capacity
to make larger size pendrive we connect the capacitors in series so if one capactior fails(or is of cheap quality)others follow..
you will encounter problems like this either your data is corrupt or it is not shown at all(but you find size equilent)..
so
1. never buy pendrives above 4gb of storage(at least for a year or so)
2. always look for serial no on your pen-drive(tell me the distributor i'lltell you where to find it)
genrally this is escaled on your pendrive's metallic part (the one that is plugged into your pc)

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engineer_vinay

Member • May 4, 2009

I think you purchased it from street shop. is it right?

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g_rakesh2

Member • May 5, 2009

So buy pendrives of reputed companies...
I think Kingston is the good one or even transcent

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abhi_003_sonu

Member • Apr 3, 2010

how can i stop my usb pen drive by viruse

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optimystix

Member • Apr 3, 2010

abhi_003_sonu
how can i stop my usb pen drive by viruse

pendrive viruses are mainly activated by autorun.inf . to reduce the problem disable autorun feature(autorun is different from autoplay).

read more about autorun problem <a href="https://babbleona.blogspot.com/2009/07/autorun-problem.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Technorama Blog: Autorun problem !!</a> and download the registry crack for stopping it at the end of the post.

also, use autorun eater . get it from here for #-Link-Snipped-#. it will automatically kill malicious autorun.inf files in the usb drives.

additionally you may also use the free panda usb vaccine and use it to vaccinate your drives and usb drives. download from #-Link-Snipped-#

follow the steps and you will be relieved from most usb drive related problems.
also take care to scan your usb drive once before using it , with an antivirus.

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Pensu

Member • Apr 3, 2010

Ya you may have got a fake pen drive.One of my friend also got a pen drive like that.It shows 80Gb storage space but you cant store more than 512Mb in it.He went to the shop and got that replaced.
Just try to contact the dealer as soon as possible,may be he can help you.

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rohit bisht

Member • Jun 6, 2010

i also think tha same. bcoz there are also chinese pendrive exists in the market , that don't store the capacity writen on them, and also they are not reliable.so u should go for a pendrive of a good company..

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karge

Member • Jul 23, 2010

Hello guys,

3 Newest USB pen drive launched and theire name is Key, Spin and Hulk from Strontium.#-Link-Snipped-#

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sbscetferozpur

Member • Jul 31, 2010

recently a lot of news about fake pen drives.
i have heard that fake pen drives contain software which increases its storage capacity but its fake capacity.
once u format pen drive, it contains no software in it, hence its capacity reduces to a great extent.
these pen drive are available without any warrenty so we cannot claim anybody later

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Vikram kumar

Member • Sep 18, 2010

Yes fake pen drives do exist.But in your case a 16gb pendrive is providing 15gb space,what more you want.Its working properly,for example a 2gb pendrive provives space of 1.88gb.

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anandkumarjha

Member • Sep 18, 2010

Re: Problem With Kingston DT 32GB

nitz3D
Hi.. I have bought a Kingston DT 32GB and whenever i am copying anything in it.. the files are getting corrupted.. and some files get disappear and shows some rubbish files.. with rubbish extensions.. What could be the problem.. Could you help..

Nitesh

as we know that the pen drive must be of EEPROM type....so it may happen that you have bought the pendrive which does not support EEPROM

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anandkumarjha

Member • Sep 18, 2010

how to format pen drive using command prompt??please suggest

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headRush

Member • Sep 19, 2010

jcksn
i have buy a pen drive of 16 gb. But it can't store data more than 30 mb. After formatting it still show 15gb. I want to know how i can know the real capacity of my pen drive.

As i hear that in market there are fake memory pen drives come, then how we know that it is fake or real?

Very much so sir.

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Member • Oct 16, 2010

actually the manufacturing of a usb drive/ pen drive is very cheap....... almost 8-10 bucks only........... so dats why most of the companies doesn't replace them easily........... n there r chances to get even d fake one also........... try buying transcend pen drives......

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Member • Oct 16, 2010

to format, just simply type format:drive_letter;

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BCA_GIRL

Member • Oct 16, 2010

Format it twice or trice.Because i have noticed with my pendrive, formatting single time doesn't effect it.But when i format it twice then i got the efficient space.

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nvrajasekhar

Member • Dec 20, 2010

Hi, Simply i am giving you the solution that 'Change your pen drive' otherwise if u want to try to recover the pendrive,it will eat your valuable time. I think the pendrive name is Kingston,because most of the fake flash drives found on that name(Chinese). The operations that can try to do recover are

--Formatting the Pendrive was of no use(even 100 times).
--Disk Check utility to see whether the bad sectors could be recovered but the program used to hang on initiating it. It will consume ur hours of time,but can't say.
--On opening the pendrive we can find the PCB was in a pretty bad condition,It had a 2GB RAM chip and was patched in firmware to make it look as it was of 32 GB or 16 gb or something
--Many Hidden system folders with random names having files more that 2.5 GB of size appeared randomly and you cannot delete them.
--so on......

Better to dont buy at out side including ebay(may be fake).
Try to buy the pendrives at reputed showrooms.

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sachin bankar

Member • Dec 20, 2010

jcksn
i have buy a pen drive of 16 gb. But it can't store data more than 30 mb. After formatting it still show 15gb. I want to know how i can know the real capacity of my pen drive.

As i hear that in market there are fake memory pen drives come, then how we know that it is fake or real?

May be you have bought chinese pen drive.
Some chinese pen drive have capacity upto 32GB But can store only upto 1 or 2 GB
So go for Iball,Transcend,Moserbear,HCL etc.

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Member • Dec 23, 2010

1) has any1 tried to replace his usb drives??? how was the response????
2) has any1 used his flash drive as a RAM ????? did it really helped????
waiting ur replies...............

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4M4N

Member • Dec 23, 2010

usb as a ram was helpful....

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Member • Dec 24, 2010

but i guess it doesn't speed up the process.......does it........ n dats because actual ram is much faster in operating than the solid state devices........ correct me if i m wrong..........

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ashishgupta652

Member • Jan 9, 2011

how to make pen drive bootable for installing windows xp.

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4M4N

Member • Jan 9, 2011

lovejeet
but i guess it doesn't speed up the process.......does it........ n dats because actual ram is much faster in operating than the solid state devices........ correct me if i m wrong..........

ofcourse the speed can never be equal to the actual ram u are absolutely right, but it was useful in case u need for example 2 gb ram to run any application and you have less than 2 gb

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Member • Jan 16, 2011

ashishgupta652
how to make pen drive bootable for installing windows xp.

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Use above link for downloading Winsetupfromusb. This software very easy for making windows xp bootable pendrive.

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Member • Jan 16, 2011

4M4N
ofcourse the speed can never be equal to the actual ram u are absolutely right, but it was useful in case u need for example 2 gb ram to run any application and you have less than 2 gb

Yes i agree with 4M4N. if wana read more about it then go to this link <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ReadyBoost" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Readyboost</a>

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crazy_neo

Member • Jan 20, 2011

Thanks for such a good comment.....

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ramana_slv

Member • Jan 29, 2011

shadeslayer
it may be possible that its fake ..coz this type of pendrives exists... i better suggest buy the pendrives of reputed company and that to are having warrenty,,dnt buy stuff witout warrenty... now about your pendrive nothing can be done as i think,, njoy a greate 30mb pendrive that is what at the end i can say..

ya shadeslayer your correct. In present days lot of pendrives come to market with high capability but it's not work yaar. So,I better suggest buy the pendrives of reputed company and that to are having warrenty,don't buy stuff witout warrenty...

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balus143

Member • Feb 6, 2011

hi... is it possible to design a circuit diagram for pen drive??i'm studying b.tech final year.. i want to make a pendrive , blutooths.. if know that pls help me or post the ckt diagrams and book links
Thanku

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narayana murthy

Member • Feb 6, 2011

hope this may help you
<a href="https://www.google.co.in/images?hl=en&q=pen+drive+circuit+diagram&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=a89OTdr3OMGrcbO1sOQL&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=3&ved=0CDcQsAQwAg&biw=994&bih=601" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">pen drive circuit diagram - Google Search</a>

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hackerboy

Member • Feb 6, 2011

i came across such types of USB drives when one of my frnz got such drives from north east india......these drives are manufactured especially in china ......so the best option is to buy an original branded PD ...

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chokolove

Member • Feb 6, 2011

I think the use of pen drives etc needs to be secure especially in services like medical transcription services

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varfpangit

Member • Feb 6, 2011

I also read about how data security can be a problem with <removed> while using USB devices.

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loveshore191

Member • Jun 27, 2011

my sandick cruizer blade broken.how get it's circuite diagram

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loveshore191

Member • Jun 27, 2011

plz help me

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Member • Jun 28, 2011

Guys, you won't believe, I got a 32 GB Kingston pen drive for just 300 INR. It was working perfectly fine for three month's time and then, it says Removable Disk and ... Where did the disk go??? 😲

Fake pen drives exist, but this is kind of trial pen drive!!! 😛

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Prem Anand

Member • Jan 6, 2012

I got a HP v250w 16 GB for Rs.927 from flipkart.com......it works fine.
It has an amazing data transfer rate.😁

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Kaustubh Katdare

Administrator • Jan 6, 2012

Praveen-Kumar
Guys, you won't believe, I got a 32 GB Kingston pen drive for just 300 INR. It was working perfectly fine for three month's time and then, it says Removable Disk and ... Where did the disk go??? 😲

Fake pen drives exist, but this is kind of trial pen drive!!! 😛

Guess what, I've had the same experience 😉 . The Pen Drive ceases to work after about 10 runs.

Prem Anand
I got a HP v250w 16 GB for Rs.927 from flipkart.com......it works fine.
It has an amazing data transfer rate.😁

I've it too and it rocks! Can't believe I've got 16 Gb of personal storage. I also ordered a MicroSD (16 Gb) for my phone 😉

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Member • Jan 6, 2012

The_Big_K
I've it too and it rocks! Can't believe I've got 16 Gb of personal storage. I also ordered a MicroSD (16 Gb) for my phone 😉

16 GB SanDisk original is 900 INR now... 😀 Please update and upgrade your price lists buddies! 😀
Check out at deltapage[dot]com[slash]list for more details about prices... PS: I refer and buy there... 😛

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Member • Jan 7, 2012

Praveen-Kumar
Guys, you won't believe, I got a 32 GB Kingston pen drive for just 300 INR. It was working perfectly fine for three month's time and then, it says Removable Disk and ... Where did the disk go??? 😲

Fake pen drives exist, but this is kind of trial pen drive!!! 😛

May be these pen drive have very poor quality chip, that burn after few uses... Its magic of China made 😉

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Member • Jan 7, 2012

Kishan Gupta
May be these pen drive have very poor quality chip, that burn after few uses... Its magic of China made 😉

No man... They were using the third grade chips. But the performance was superb!!!

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Member • Jan 7, 2012

Praveen-Kumar
No man... They were using the third grade chips. But the performance was superb!!!

Thats why it stop working after sometime. It is always better to buy a genuine Pen Drive, as it work for years.

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Member • Jan 8, 2012

Kishan Gupta
Thats why it stop working after sometime. It is always better to buy a genuine Pen Drive, as it work for years.

Anyways, having had a huge storage for 3 months was awesome!!! 😀

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pradeep.pawar

Member • Jan 9, 2012

what is the maximum size of a pen drive?

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Member • Jan 9, 2012

pradeep.pawar
what is the maximum size of a pen drive?

64 GB As of now in Chennai...

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