Unable to Format USB Problem

[Radicool]

So I have a Strontium 16GB v3.0 USB. I plug it in and receive the error:

"You need to format the disk in drive E: before you can use it. Do you want to format it?"

The trouble is this message is constantly spammed on my computer. I receive this error about twice
every second, so my computer just gets flooded with these messages if I don't unplug the USB!

I tried jiggling the USB around to see if it was a loose connection (perhaps it was connecting and
disconnecting frequently) but jiggling it did nothing. Upon trying to format the USB, I received the
error:

"Windows was unable to complete the format"

Anyone know how to fix this?

 

[Dr Super Good]

Could be the USB stick is broken, try a different computer.

 

[Radicool]

Could be the USB stick is broken, try a different computer.

Both computers I've tried have presented the same problem. It's strange though. I don't see how a USB can break. There's no moving parts inside, and I don't see any physical damage on the USB port. I can't recall ever dropping or bumping it.

I've only unplugged it without safely removing it a few times. I thought the worse that can happen is corruption of data, in which you just lose data and do a simple reformat to fix it.

 

[Dr Super Good]

I don't see how a USB can break

The hardware could have been broken by exposure to extreme conditions (water, heat, over voltage, over current, cold, radiation etc). The solid state memory array could also have reached end of life due to excessive writing to it.

 

[Radicool]

I see. Well thanks for the help.