Corrupted USB

[Sir Osis]

Any way to repair a corrupted usb for use on H2S?
I'm trying to initialise a 32gb stick but I get an "error input/output during read on dev/sda" fault every time .
I've tried low level format,windows format and mini tool partition wizard but nothing works.
Any ideas before I bin it?
Thanks.

 

[Ariana]

Does it work on a computer?

If so then USB is not faulty.

Try formatting it as exFAT or FAT32 and see if this works.

 

[Sir Osis]

It formats fine on windows,exfat,fat 32 ,ntfs the works.
Goes wrong on the zgemma for some reason.
I've got a 2nd zgemma but same result.

 

[grog68]

have you tried both usb ports on the box?

 

[steptoe]

Try formatting it as ext4 on a PC, then the box shouldn't need to so anything

 

[Sir Osis]

have you tried both usb ports on the box?

Yes,tried both ports.

Try formatting it as ext4 on a PC, then the box shouldn't need to so anything

Formatted as both ext 3 and 4 but no luck.

 

[steptoe]

then its your zgemma at fault, if it works fine on a PC

 

[grog68]

AH hold on, is it a new usb stick? where did you get it from? I ask as if you got it cheap from ebay it could be a fake usb stick, windows will indeed format a fake usb stick but when you start filling it you will then get errors, linux won't format/initialise a fake stick most of the time.

 

[wheelo]

I also had a weird one some time ago, I bought a genuine quality USB stick, it worked for a while, then it wasn't seen by the H2S anymore.
Tried it on the laptop, no problem, reformatted, did all the usual stuff, but no H2S could read it.
I formatted it with NTFS and it now works happily on a Wii, but just won't on a Zgemma, I never came up with a solution, just accepted it.

 

[cactikid]

no mention of name of usb

 

[Sir Osis]

I also had a weird one some time ago, I bought a genuine quality USB stick, it worked for a while, then it wasn't seen by the H2S anymore.
Tried it on the laptop, no problem, reformatted, did all the usual stuff, but no H2S could read it.
I formatted it with NTFS and it now works happily on a Wii, but just won't on a Zgemma, I never came up with a solution, just accepted it.

That's the same issue I have.PC recognises and formats any way I want but the H2S throws up an error every time.

no mention of name of usb

no mention of name of usb

No brand name,just a cheap one from China.

AH hold on, is it a new usb stick? where did you get it from? I ask as if you got it cheap from ebay it could be a fake usb stick, windows will indeed format a fake usb stick but when you start filling it you will then get errors, linux won't format/initialise a fake stick most of the time.

Not a new stick but it worked on the Zgemma when I got it first.

 

[wheelo]

Mine was a Toshiba branded stick, i just gave up and stuck it in the Wii with games on it.
I have no explanation as to what happened, i just used another.