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I have formatted a usb flash drive withs size of 2,5 GB and now it shows me that it's size is 8 MB. How can I fix it to be 2,5 GB again?

ianchev
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Here is an article with 3rd party software that may help: Restore USB Flash Disk Back to Full Capacity

The article suggests that after removing a malware or after formatting the USB the capacity will not change and it shows step - by - step instructions how to restore your USB back to full capacity by using Bootice application.

There are also step by step instructions without the 3rd party software:Best Way To Restore USB Drive Back to Full Capacity!

From the article:

  1. Open Run ( Windows + R ).

  2. Type Diskpart and press Enter ( diskpart ).

  3. Type list disk ( list disk ).

  4. Type select disk 1 ( select disk 1 ).

  5. Type clean and enter ( clean ).

  6. Now you USB will show 0Bytes. Don't panic. Just unplug USB and insert again.

  7. The system will prompt for fromat and do format.

Hope this helps

Milica Medic Kiralj
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In Windows you can use Diskpart (commandline) and Format (GUI):

  1. diskpart
  2. list disk
  3. select disk X (X = correct disk No.)
  4. clean
  5. create partition primary
  6. list partition (just to be sure)
  7. exit (go back to GUI)
  8. format the disk

Worked for me in W7/64.

ir11
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