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Xas1953NC:
Hello all. I low level formatted a TDK 16gb usb stick which resulted in it being shown having zero capacity. Removing the stick and inserting it again results in my being told it need to be formatted so I again low level formatted it, removed it, inserted it again and again received the message it needs to be formatted. Is there a cure? Thanks in advance.

Samson:
When unplugging it from the PC/ Laptop be sure to use the "Safely Remove Hardware" option and try again.

Xas1953NC:
Hello Samson, yes, I have also ensured doing that but to no avail.

Samson:
Does it show up in "Disk Management"? If so can you post what it states.
Presumably you have no data on it that you wish to recover? What are you trying to format it as FAT32 or NTFS?
Can you try it in another machine?

Xas1953NC:
Hi Samson, in Disk Management the drive is seen as RAW and in a healthy state. What I did this time was to again do a low level format with HDDGuru and then leaving the drive in and doing a format with the computer system one. At the end of this format a panel came up with Format failed. 

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