Some problem with my thumbdrive

Virus Hand SG

I have problem accessing my 2 thumbdrive recently.

The first suddenly become like a "cd-rom without a disk". no matter i try, i couldnt access the drive, it will only prompt "Please insert a disk into drive #".

The second will prompt that it is not formatted, but when i try to format it, it will always return a message "unable to format drive" at the end of the formatting.

I always handled the them with care, stop the drive before removing it from a pc, and i've never drop them on the floor. Anyone have any idea what is wrong with my thumbdrive?

Virus Hand SG

Btw i forgot to mention that they become this state after i place a .exe file into the first thumbdrive and a mp3 into the second thumbdrive. Those files were not from the same source (computer) and they are not "broken" at the same time.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

No idea, could be infected. Some of these buggers prevent a format from happening.

Try running this tool first - http://www.techsupportforum.com/sectools/sUBs/Flash_Disinfector.exe

After that, show hidden files.

Open the thumbdrive. Delete all .COM files and any unknown .EXE file(s).

If unsure, post back the file name.

Alucard101 SG

Try in other computer.