Ihave a client that knows nothing about computers, and did a format and reinstall from the recovery partition of his old AMD Athlon II X4 desktop running Windows 7. This was his primary business machine.
Little did I know, DiskDigger has a file destination name limit, so I was forced to use the root directory of my already quite full external drive. It took almost 3 days to run both programs, and now, neither Windows Explorer or a minimal file manager in Puppy Linux can load the directory fully.
Yes, I know there was another question on SU about 'windows folder with millions of files not responding'. But none of the answers were really that great, nor did it really pertain to my particular issue.
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But got lost in the daisy chain of instructions AND that is a locked post so I'm creating a 'new' question here to see if I can get this USB stick UNlocked from Read-only. (short of taking a hammer to it - lol)
I did look at
diskdigger.org but that is where the wheels fell off the cart -
I see diskdigger.exe in my download files. but when I try to put this into the terminal - sudo mono diskdigger.exe - it says no such file or directory exists.
I'm pretty sure that the USB stick got messed up by (cuss words) Windows which sadly cripples along with a decent and SIMPLE photo editing program that I use now and then. The problem came when that Windows (7) program would NOT 'eject' the USB stick and probably messed up files when I finally did the 'under achiever release' (pulled it OUT).
I will give that a try Sorro. Fingers crossed it will work! Ponce - I only have Zorin on this computer, the Windows 7 laptop I have is very limited. I tried to use DiskPart on it and could not find the 'unlock' there that was suggested in one of the sites I've looked at.
Ponce - I only have Zorin on this computer, the Windows 7 laptop I have is very limited. I tried to use DiskPart on it and could not find the 'unlock' there that was suggested in one of the sites I've looked at.
It isn't directly an unlock. It is more like a complete delete and reset. That is the Reason why I wrote this with ''copy the Files''. You would first copy the Files, then I could give You the steps that You need and then You could pack the Files back to the Stick.
At first I would not even copy /transfer a file off of the (bad) stick. I then changed the Properties (Share) to 'all' and was able to move a file to my Desktop. I could then attach that (photo) file to an email and it sent fine. However I still could NOT 'save' that attachment. So I am a bit hesitant to do all my (photo) files until I can return my ability to do with those as I want. Grrr computers deciding for me
For example, this is how my usb drive looks with the kde partition manager, where the usb drive uses the ntfs filesystem:
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Windows's own disk manager can do the same if I remember correctly
If you only plan to use the usb drive on linux systems, I found ext4 to be quite fast. HOWEVER, if you plan to use the usb drive on both, windows and linux, ntfs should be fine, as windows can't read ext4. I'm unfamiliar with other filesystems, but those two work well, so that's what I recommend: ext4 if it's only for linux, ntfs if you want to keep compatibility with windows
For that format, it also matters the size of the files saved. Also, the limit isn't 32 GB. FAT32 supports up to 2 TB in partition size, but individual files cannot be larger than 4 GB. So it mostly depends on what is the use case. For documents, images, and moderate-sized videos, it is a good option. For bigger movies, games or anything that takes more than 4 GB as an individual file, it won't work.
I don't have big enough drive that I'm willing to format to test, but, after searching around a bit more, some websites say that the limit is 2 TB, while others say, as you said, 32 GB... while referring at FAT32 as FAT32 without mentioning any extension. So there seems to be a bit of confusion between website writers here...
I checked the usb sticks that I have and want to transfer to - both are formatted with FAT 32. I have been using an old Windows 7 laptop to edit photos since the photo editor program (PhotoStudio) is very simple to use and a free download.
Now to tackle the FOUND.CHK files that are on the original (messed up) USB stick. I can look at some, but I can't delete those that turn out to be duplicates, nor can I rename/move those that I do want to save. Any ideas?
You see that this isn't English; it is German. Please do not bother. The marked Options are DiskPart and Run as Administrator. It is important to run this as Administrator! When it is opened you should see a black Command Line Interface where DiskPart> stand. Type there list disk to show a List of Your Devices:
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In my case the List is pretty short because I only have my System Drive (that is the 0) and the USB Stick for Demonstartion (that is the 1). Depending on Your Hardware Configuration You can have more. Now comes an important Point: The Devices don't have Names, only these Numbers. so must must lookthat You find the right one. That You can check with the Storage size of Your Stick. In my Case this is 29GB.
You should get a confirmation that the specific Drive is selected. and now comes the Point of no return. With the following command all Data will be deleted!
To do that simply type clean and this should look like this:
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So, now Your Stick ist wiped and formated to the Standard Windows NTFS Format. To bring theStick in the FAT32 Format make a right-click on it and choose the Format-Option. Then You should get this Window:
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Whilst tidying my study I came across a forgotten USB I had brought home from work years ago that had stopped being recognised. Apps for disks have obviously advanced since that time. Solution? Well whilst the DE did not acknowledge the insertion of a USB device, GParted recognised it and unlike Windows 7, GParted offers FAT32. But first I deleted the partition on the drive, wrote a new partition table, then formatted to FAT32 and returned it to work yesterday. It was good to see my colleagues once more. You should also be aware you can download GParted as a live .iso and do everything the app version can do.
I am ever so grateful for your assistance in this matter. I do not have, nor can I find, the DiskPart software. I tried Disks, GParted and KDE Partition Manager but right clicking would NOT show a 'run as Administrator' option. Any ideas?
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