adrian23
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"Error in IOCTL call" error message while formatting USB Drive
Hello
I recently got "ADATA USA DashDrive Choice UC510 USB 32GB Flash Drive (AUC510-32G-RTI)" from Amazon and tried formatting it to NTFS.
But this is what I get:
I tried it in command prompt as well:
It looks to me that the drive is DoA. I'd prefer keeping it since I only paid $7. Any ideas would be great. Thanks.
I recently got "ADATA USA DashDrive Choice UC510 USB 32GB Flash Drive (AUC510-32G-RTI)" from Amazon and tried formatting it to NTFS.
But this is what I get:
I tried it in command prompt as well:
C:\Users\Adrian>format e:
Insert new disk for drive E:
and press ENTER when ready...
Error in IOCTL call.
C:\Users\Adrian>It looks to me that the drive is DoA. I'd prefer keeping it since I only paid $7. Any ideas would be great. Thanks.
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Iain MacMillan
if windows doesn't recognise the flash drive, doesn't matter what you try and do with the formatting. i have formatted plenty to NTFS from the explorer interface, you only convert when you need to keep the data on the drive.
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Thanks Iain and Davis.
No, it was the first time that I plugged the drive to the port. I tried to format to NTFS on another laptop and it seems to have worked.
I tried copying files (larger than 4GB) and it seems to be ok albeit a little slow (8 - 9 MB/s) over a 2.0 USB hub. The speed is fine by me.
I'm currently running CrystalDigitalMark tests on it and will post the results shortly.
No, it was the first time that I plugged the drive to the port. I tried to format to NTFS on another laptop and it seems to have worked.
I tried copying files (larger than 4GB) and it seems to be ok albeit a little slow (8 - 9 MB/s) over a 2.0 USB hub. The speed is fine by me.
I'm currently running CrystalDigitalMark tests on it and will post the results shortly.
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Here are the results:
h2testw:
CrystalDigitalMark
Do these look ok to you guys? Seems they're pretty slow when plugged to an USB 2.0 hub. I don't have free ports to plug directly to. :(
h2testw:
CrystalDigitalMark
Do these look ok to you guys? Seems they're pretty slow when plugged to an USB 2.0 hub. I don't have free ports to plug directly to. :(
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Thanks Iain.. Appreciate the info. Guess I can live with the speed until I get an USB 3.0 PC.
i have a 8 GB Sony pen drive when i want to format my pen drive it displaying message WINDOWS WAS UNABLE TO COMPLETE FORMAT.PLEASE HELP ME TO slove these problem
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