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How to revive a "no medium found" usb drive?
I bought a Chinese 32gb usb drive from ebay about 1-2 weeks ago and now it seems the usb drive is bricked somehow.
I've formatted the drive gnome-disk-util, then created a fat32 partition on it. After mounting with gui the drive, a bunch of non-sense files were on it taking up space. When I tried to delete them, I've got errors saying the drive was mounted read-only.
After that, I've tried to reformat and repartition the drive again, only to find today the drive cannot be even formatted any longer.
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdd bs=4M conv=sync,notrunc dd: failed to open ‘/dev/sdd’: No medium found
Gparted doesn't show the drive, gnome disk shows its location as /dev/sdd. sudo mount gives the same
no medium found
error.
I tried
sudo mkfs.vfat -I /dev/sdd mkfs.fat 3.0.27 (2014-11-12) /dev/sdd: No medium found
and
sudo mkfs.vfat /dev/sdd mkfs.fat 3.0.27 (2014-11-12) /dev/sdd: No medium found
none of these work either.
edit:
I've given earlier fdisk a try, but:
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.25.2). Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. Be careful before using the write command. fdisk: cannot open /dev/sdd: No medium found
I'm still googling around but none of their commands do anything.
I tried plugging this into my raspberry pi, but then it doesn't listen to vnc or ssh. No idea why.
edit2:
dmesg output after depluggins and repluggins the drive:
[132594.092572] usb 8-1.4.4: USB disconnect, device number 13 [132618.100086] usb 8-1.4.4: new high-speed USB device number 14 using ehci-pci [132618.209949] usb 8-1.4.4: New USB device found, idVendor=058f, idProduct=1234 [132618.209954] usb 8-1.4.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0 [132618.209956] usb 8-1.4.4: Product: Mass Storage Device [132618.209958] usb 8-1.4.4: Manufacturer: Alcor Micro [132618.210558] usb-storage 8-1.4.4:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected [132618.215793] scsi13 : usb-storage 8-1.4.4:1.0 [132619.212848] scsi 13:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic USB Flash Disk 7.76 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4 [132619.214667] sd 13:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg5 type 0 [132619.219593] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk
Comments
I had this error before, just bin it or ask to return it
more like 2GB lol, use mymemory in future.
It really had 30-32GB storage before I reformatted and got gibberish after first repartioning post-formatting.
Yeah, I believe I saved your link to ebay. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MyMemory-128GB-USB-3-0-Flash-Drive-Memory-Stick-Pen-Thumb-Red-/291442446921
I will ask for another usb drive or leave a negative feedback.
Try "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdd" without any extra options as a last resort, it will be very slow but might work.
I've replugged it and it's now on /dev/sdg, but I got the same error.
If,you have another computer, try to plug it. For example, a windows pc.
Last,try to put it in a referigerator for a minutes, put it inside a plastic. And try again,will it work?
No disrespect, but why in a fridge or a plastic bag?
There was a reddit thread where a similar joke(as in using some food and stuff like that as well) was suggested for a very similar error.
You can also bake it like an Xbox360 - Both methods work against soldering problems.
Plugged it into win7 VM after realizing I had to add myself to the vboxusers group and log in again ...
Still, it doesn't show up in My Computer, but it's on F:/ so I'll find some windows magical instrument to have fun with the drive.
I've been playing with http://www.rmprepusb.com/tutorials/badusb?PageSpeed=noscript, but disk part throws up errors for both CLEAN and ONLINE DISK.
it's clearly broken...
How did you test? Cheap flashdrives will often pretend to have a certain size, but simply loop or discard your data. This is a good tool for testing.
If you have no plans on returning the drive, try low-level formatting.
Freezing really does work. I tried it a long time back when the drive head was scratching against the magnetic platter on my HDD and was able to copy out a few files.
Excuse me for pointing out the obvious, but if you manage to revive the drive, what data would you trust to store on it?
That's an oldie, but still epic.
I ordered a few chips a few years back every single one of them ended up being 1GB instead of the advertised 32GB..
That's what I get for cheaping out though.
in all seriousness would kind of idiot would buy a 32GB flash drive from ebay from china? 99% it's gonna be a fake which wont last very long at all.
Umm.. You do know There are no mechanical parts in a flash drive, right?
Doing anything other than binning this obviously fake device is a massive waste of time. You might just get a refund from eBay seller if you jump up and down hard enough.
how much did you pay for it?
Chuck it.
Flash drives are designed to fail as read only. It's a safety feature and I think it's a good one. It's better for it to allow you to only get your files off than to allow you to screw it up even more.
I too spent a couple of hours trying to reformat and so on because I refused to believe the obvious.
What? When did this happen
I assume the OP already knows what he signed up for when he got a cheap USB drive. Returning the drive is usually meaningless because of the shipping costs involved.
So, either recover what's in there - or get the USB drive to indicate its true capacity which is likely a lot less than 32G by a destructive low level format - voiding your warranty.
I can't even stat what's in the drive anymore. I can't mount, format, reformat or repartition it. Nothing I tried can open it.
I contacted the seller and they kindly offered a refund. Not sure if they want the drive returned because it's useless as it is now.
I answered that I accept the refund and wait for his response/next action.
I don't buy from ebay that often so this is my first refund/return scenario.
Yes, good assumption because I bought a 32GB sandisk drive(I already a working one from some years ago of the same 32GB model) for double the price and wanted to compare the Chinese 32GB drive.
Still, we're not talking about a huge loss, but it's still unpleasant.
>warranty
>chinese fake USB stick
I have bad new for you....
Lol. True.
But you shouldn't try a low-level format without knowing the risks.
EDIT:
@GM2015: From your dmesg, the USB controller still works, and you had stored close to full-capacity at some point. So something works, but was tweaked to an unsustainable capacity. You may still be able to scrape something from it - more as a fun project.