Corrupted USB

[Magtheridon96]

My friend was moving a very large file to a USB of his, and during the process, the USB fell out of his computer.
As a result, there's about 2GB of trash on his USB that he can't delete.
He attempted to format it, but that didn't work.

I tried to do so as well, but I failed.

So now, I'm resorting to Plan B.

Is there anyway I can physically erase data off of a USB?

 

[leet.firefox]

Magnets.

 

[HFR]

A sledgehammer.

 

[The_Taxidermist]

You have to cut off your own leg.

 

[D4RK_G4ND4LF]

maybe you have this problem http://superuser.com/questions/32825/partition-table-corrupted-usb-flash-drive

anyway, it will be easiest to contact the manufacturer and ask for advice (there are a few problems regarding corrupted usb drives noone else can solve)


if you just want to delete everything you may put it in the microwave until it melts (or burn it otherwise)
magnets won't work because flash drives don't work that way (unless you squeeze it with very huge magnets)

 

[AlexDragon1111]

Buy a new one and gift it to him. He'll marry you after this. ^^

P.S: Shouldn't this be in Computer Tech subforum?

 

[Magtheridon96]

Yes, it should, but that forum gets much less attention than this one <:

 

[Starquizer]

Yes, it should, but that forum gets much less attention than this one <:

Indeed, it is. Off-topics is the only forum which has lots of attention. Its the only forum that can have lots of shit.

 

[Magtheridon96]

Well, I've fixed the problem =D
I used chkdsk.exe, waited a while and found that none of the errors that were occuring before are occuring now, so I attempted to format the USB, and now everything's chip and dandy

 

[Starquizer]

... now everything's chip and dandy

Never heard of that expression before

 

[Magtheridon96]

And this is the first time I use it