Hello,

I have an iVogue USB 2.0 pen drive which has recently been corrupted, I think because a friend pulled it out of my computer without 'safely removing hardware' (I'm using Windows XP Home SP1). When I insert the disk, I'm told that it needs to be formatted, but when I try to format it I get a message after the formatting appears finished that says 'Windows can't format the selected drive' or something very similar to that. When I close the format utility, I get another alert saying something like 'the selected drive cannot be formatted'.

Is my pen drive fried? I have access to Apple and Linux machines - is it possible that formatting it on them will be successful? I just bought the thing two months ago, so I'd hate to have to junk it so soon.

Thanks a lot for your help,

David Wachsmuth

Hi, recently i had the same problem...but try to format with the software that came with the pen with the option make a boot disk..this way can we occuped the bad clusters and your pen will work good again.
Good look!
Freddy Rubiano

Thanks for your help. The only problem is, my pen drive was 'budget' and didn't come with any formatting software. Does anyone know of a place I could go to get some?

David Wachsmuth

What format are you formatting it as?

In order to retain inter-OS compatability, a FAT format would probably be your best option.

Thank you to those who offered advice. I was unable to find the specific download that Josh suggested but finally followed the other advice suggesting uninstall other USB devices and starting again. I worked on the USB port supporting my printer and ultimately found that I now have 'G Drive' when I plug the device in. Having reinstalled the printer, I now find that the new device works on both ports!
Thanks again.
Geoff Keeler

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i have an iVogue USB 2.0 pen drive which has recently been corrupted, I think because a friend pulled it out of my computer without 'safely removing hardware' (I'm using Windows XP Home SP1). When I insert the disk, I'm told that it needs to be formatted, but when I try to format it I get a message after the formatting appears finished that says 'Windows can't format the selected drive' or something very similar to that. When I close the format utility, I get another alert saying something like 'the selected drive cannot be formatted'.


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Hello,

I have an iVogue USB 2.0 pen drive which has recently been corrupted, I think because a friend pulled it out of my computer without 'safely removing hardware' (I'm using Windows XP Home SP1). When I insert the disk, I'm told that it needs to be formatted, but when I try to format it I get a message after the formatting appears finished that says 'Windows can't format the selected drive' or something very similar to that. When I close the format utility, I get another alert saying something like 'the selected drive cannot be formatted'.

Is my pen drive fried? I have access to Apple and Linux machines - is it possible that formatting it on them will be successful? I just bought the thing two months ago, so I'd hate to have to junk it so soon.

Thanks a lot for your help,

You'e replying to a 3 year old thread!

Secondly, are you serious that you have a 128MB dive?

Considering how cheap a brand new, fast 2GB+ drive is, just buy a new one.

Hello,

I have an iVogue USB 2.0 pen drive which has recently been corrupted, I think because a friend pulled it out of my computer without 'safely removing hardware' (I'm using Windows XP Home SP1). When I insert the disk, I'm told that it needs to be formatted, but when I try to format it I get a message after the formatting appears finished that says 'Windows can't format the selected drive' or something very similar to that. When I close the format utility, I get another alert saying something like 'the selected drive cannot be formatted'.

Is my pen drive fried? I have access to Apple and Linux machines - is it possible that formatting it on them will be successful? I just bought the thing two months ago, so I'd hate to have to junk it so soon.

Thanks a lot for your help,

Tam The Bam...