How to format your flash drive

Formatting your flash drive will erase all the existing data stored on your flash drive. We can also format our  usb flash drive for the purpose of operating system compatibility 

Here are some steps on how to format your usb flash drive.

1. Connect your usb flash drive to your computer or laptop.  make sure to connect it directly to the usb port. Do not use usb port extension or usb port hub when formatting a usb flash drive to maximize the speed of the format process. 

2.  Wait the computer to detect your flash drive. you will notice a bubble notification in your right side of your task bar that your device driver software has been installed successfully and ready to use.

3. Open "My Computer" or if you are using windows 8 version open "This PC" then locate for the removable disk, Select and Right Click and choose "Format" option.

4. You will see a a format option box. Choose the file system you want your flash drive to have and be careful in choosing a file system some operating system does not recognize a usb storage device with different file system format.

• FAT is the most basic system for storing files. This system can be slow at times, but it reduces compatibility issues because of its simplicity. Not all systems and devices use FAT by default anymore.
• FAT32 maximizes the disk space within your drive. This system is ideal if you want to read and write to the drive on both Windows and Mac OS X systems. This format does not support files larger than 4 GB and drives larger than 32 GB.
• exFAT allows you to store files larger than 4 GB and can be read and written in Windows and OS X 10.6.5 and later. You may have difficulty getting it to work in older systems and devices.
• NTFS is a fast system that allows you to access your files quickly. NTFS is most suitable for drives that need to be accessed for operating heavy software. Windows can read and write on NTFS drives, but OS X can only read NTFS, not write.

When you choose to run a regular format on a volume, files are removed from the volume that you are formatting and the hard disk is scanned for bad sectors. The scan for bad sectors is responsible for the majority of the time that it takes to format a volume.

If you choose the Quick format option, format removes files from the partition, but does not scan the disk for bad sectors. Only use this option if your flash drive has been previously formatted and you are sure that your flash drive is not damaged.

5.  Click "Start" to continue formatting your flash drive and wait for a few minutes to finish the process. you will see the pop up message " Format Complete".

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How to recover USB FLASH DRIVE (Not Recognized)

There are many reasons why USB flash drive can not recognize by windows. First maybe your usb port is bad, if it is the reason you can fix easy by try inserting usb flash drive device into another usb port or if you are using usb extension or usb hubs try to plug your usb drive directly to your computer. Second your usb flash formatted in different type of file system. If that is the case Right Click your MY COMPUTER icon then click MANAGE then look for STORAGE under the storage you will see DISK MANAGEMENT. On there you should see your usb drive. On the long box right click and delete partition. Once the partition is deleted right click again the long box and create new partitions and follow the instructions.

 

But sometimes the above solution doesn't work. Sometimes new technology sucks,  The motherboard needs to be “rebooted” also because something can go wrong, i.e. all your USB ports suddenly stop working. The small microprocessor on the motherboard will reload the drivers and your USB ports should be back to recognizing all devices. This solution applicable not only in usb drive but with all usb devices. Simply the solution is to UNPLUG THE COMPUTER FROM POWER THE SOURCE.  after you unplug your computer from the power source press the power button for 1 minute or more, because even your computer is not connected to the power source still the have a reserve power stocks in the capacitor. Then plug in back and turn on your computer.

You can also try to take apart your usb flash drive and diagnose if there is a disconnected pin because usually sometimes  we are careless on inserting and removing  the device  from the computer. Reconnect it using soldering iron and lead. 

      

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How to remove and prevent autorun.inf from spreading virus in our computer

autorun.inf used by many applications specially operating system to automatically open the setup file when we do insert the CD/DVD into our computer. Some talented hacker used this file to spread the malicious file to infiltrate or destroy our files that's why we need to be extra cautious running this file in our computer. Mostly autorun.inf has accompanied with some visual basic script "*.vbs" and use wscript.exe file to execute the script. usually its create a shortcut file and hide our original file in our USB device. 

 I found a software that will prevent the autorun file from running automatically without our permission. We have also option to automatically delete the autorun and other infected files or manually delete it.  It is a free small application but very powerful and useful for our daily protection of our computer they called id USB DISK SECURITY. Usb Disk Security was created by Zbshareware Lab. a professional  security software developer company.

Click here to DOWNLOAD USB DISK SECURITY
     

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How to show hidden files in USB infected by a virus

Sometimes we encounter similar problems with this. When you plug in your USB Storage device in other public  or in your friend's computer your files and intact and you see it with your naked eyes but when you got home and plug in your USB device in your computer or laptop if you have good antivirus it will detect that you have a virus or worm an autorun.inf and several *.vbs files. After removing those files you will see that your all files are gone but when you check the properties of your usb device you will that it consumed a lot of disk space even you can't see anything in your usb device. don't lose hope, don't panic your files are still there and don't even think to reformat your usb disk drive you files are just hidden it was made by the virus who infected your usb device or else you will lose everything. here is the step on how to show the hidden files in your usb device.

1. Click start then click RUN. (if you are using windows 8 click the windows icon and click the arrow key down then you will the apps installed in your computer look for RUN).

2. At RUN type CMD or Command then press OK then the command dialogue box will appear check the usb device drive letter assign by the computer commonly if you have a single drive without partition and a DVD or CD drive your USB driver letter assigned is (E:)  

3. The default location of your command prompt are in  the current windows users profiles example C:\USERS\ZAIDEN>  since we are working on your usb drive we need to change the DOS working location into your usb disk drive for me my usb device is in drive letter (D:)  you can easily check you usb drive letter by double clicking your "My Computer" icon or "This PC" if you are using windows 8. at the DOS prompt type the usb device assigned letter followed by a colon. Example:  C:\USERS\ZAIDEN>D: (press enter)

4. The command prompt will appear like this. D:\> that means we are now working on a disk drive with assigned letter E. (if your usb disk drive is assigned to a different drive letter of course it should be the disk drive letter assigned to it). On command line type Attrib -s -h /s /d and hit enter its should  appear similar to this D:\> ATTRIB -S -H /H /D and hit enter wait for a few minutes until the command prompt appears again that means the process is done and you will see your files and folder are back but sometimes folder without name will appear definitely your files are inside. 

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