"Windows was unable to complete the format" - Can't format flashdrive!!!

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Published on 2010-02-12T20:41:00Z Indexed on 2010/03/28 11:33 UTC
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I have a 8GB Sandisk Cruzer USB flash drive that I had ruined a while back trying to make it bootable. Anyway now when I click on it I get a message that it needs to be reformatted to be used. So when I try to do that, the formatting starts and suddenly ends with the message "Windows was unable to complete the format". This happens no matter which file system I choose (NTFS, FAT32, exFat) and also which computer I try this on. I am now on a Windows 7 32 bit OS and before tries it on a Vista Home Basic machine.

Anyone know any way around this issue? Many thanks.

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