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Samson:
Take a look here...http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/16368/~/how-to-partition-a-memory-card-or-a-usb-drive

Create a new partition and format (FAT32).

Xas1953NC:
Hi Samson, I printed out the info from the link you gave me but there is no facility for making a New Simple Volume upon clicking on the RAW area in Disk Management. I will just bin the flash drive as I bought it for £5 from a market computer stall. I shall stick to buying one from a source where it can be returned if found with a problem. Thank you for your help.

Samson:
"£5 from a market computer stall".....Ah, that kind of explains it  :sad: Loads of fakes and poor quality stuff floating about out there.

Check out Tesco, I bought 2 16GB Sandisk flash drives (stocking fillers for my nephews) for £4 each (5 year guarantee), in their clearance sale.
sold out of those now, but, just as an example you can get a 16GB Kingston USB 2.0 flash drive for £5 http://www.tesco.com/direct/kingston-16gb-data-traveler-usb-card/526-1525.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=526-1525

If you have USB 3.0 on you PC/ Laptop (or will do in the near future) then go that, the price per GB drops on larger drives, so also look at 32GB and 64GB too.

I've got a few flash drives, Kingston, Verbatim, Integral and Sandisk are all pretty reliable brands to look for, from reputable sellers  :wink:

Xas1953NC:
I do not normally buy from stalls but thought it was OK as it was on a card etc.

Shane:
This can happen if the thumb drive is dying or if it is a problem with the USB port itself or even the drivers.

In fact on my system sometimes when I plug my thumb drive in it does the same thing, so I unplug it and put it in a different USB slot and it is good to go. I have also had bad or underpowered USB ports do the same thing to me.

Best way to see if it is the drive or not is to try it in a different system :-)

Shane

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