issue with a 64GB USB drive

Question

Hello,

I'm posting this message because I have a small issue.
I wanted to invest in a 64 GB Sony USB stick. When I plug it into a USB port, it is recognized as a removable disk, but it shows that I need to format it for it to be usable.
I start a Windows format, but it's impossible (too large capacity). I've downloaded various programs to try to format this darn USB stick, but nothing works (HP USB Disk Storage Format, EZ_recover, formatter, etc...)

Does anyone have a solution to propose to get this USB stick to work!

Thank you in advance

Sébastien from 51

Configuration: Windows XP64 Internet Explorer 6.0

Freedim · Accepted Answer

Hi (is anyone still here?)

On Windows, you mainly have 2 ways to format your hard drive: "NTFS" or "Fat32". Generally, USB drives are formatted in FAT32, but the problem is that FAT32 is an old file system and the drive cannot exceed 32 GB. So, either you format in NTFS, or you have to partition your drive into parts of less than 32 GB to format them in FAT32.

NTFS is a more efficient, more secure file system, and allows for some additional features, such as access rights management, native data encryption, etc. However, if you want to use your USB drive to store music and connect it to players, hi-fi systems, or car radios, there is a good chance that these devices will not recognize NTFS. For example, this is the case for me with a car radio. In my case, I created a first partition of 32 GB in FAT32 where I put my music, then the rest in NTFS, where I store my movies, backups, etc.

As for specialized disk management software, it's good for professionals who do special configurations with their hard drives or need certain more ergonomic options, but for simply partitioning and formatting, they merely call Windows' native functions; they therefore do not provide any added benefits, either in speed or reliability. Their only advantage is perhaps being more practical and intuitive than Windows.

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Buzhidao · Answer

I thought your 64 GB was a mistake. It must still be worth quite a lot, right?
Anyway, for your problem, I recommend using a real formatting software, like Partition Magic; it’s very effective (well, it was when I used it).

100pitier · Answer

impossible to format  help me lol

cliclem · Answer

lol I think your key is a fake, you know, an 8GB key pretending to be 64GB  you’re not the first one to be fooled

Dragasani · Answer

Indeed, Freedim is right that Windows limits FAT32 by preventing partitions larger than 32 GB. However, some software will allow you to bypass this restriction. Recently, I had the issue with an external hard drive of 50 GB that I wanted to format to FAT32. I used Fat32Formatter, which you can find here: https://www.clubic.com/telecharger-fiche189948-fat32formatter.html. It worked perfectly.

gillou · Answer

https://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/FAT32format.shtml  used via command line: fat32format -c4 <drive letter of the partition to format>

babcom · Answer

Sony USB flash drives of 64, 120, 320, and 540 GB are available in China...

It has an elliptical profile (like a cylinder that has been flattened, slightly rubberized, with the color varying according to the presumed capacity - the 120 GB one is red! the separation from the cap forms a black stripe

On the cap side, it says "micro vault USB 2.0" and on the drive side, it says SONY

Inside, on the connector, there is a small label that says 64GB and another that says "FM" on the other side

So you are the lucky owner of a magnificent: Chinese scam

It costs a maximum of 50 RMB in Shanghai (about 5 euros), sold in a Sony blister pack with box and everything... (they ask for 500 RMB or 50 euros) and they even have models up to 540 GB

So it doesn't work; they tampered with the drive's "BIOS" to make it show 64 GB when inserted. But you can't format it, and you will never retrieve the few poor files you are going to put in it

There you go. You can hang it on your keychain or do like its owner and throw it away

Have a nice day

You want cheap? You've got cheap

babcom · Answer

Here it is    http://babcom.spaces.live.com/photos/cns!CE26B1221DED3943!1136/ last three photos

jcvm · Answer

NEW 64GB USB KEY STILL IN PACKAGING Item number: xxxxxxxxxxxxx
If you have a problem with this fake USB key like all the other buyers I contacted!
Good!
Above all, do not forget to return the fake Sony 64GB USB key by mail with a tracking number
To keep proof of your good faith!
This is mandatory for Paypal to refund you!
Good luck: jcvm

gigastile · Answer

You can try going into the Device Manager, then right-click on your USB device and update it, and you will see.

qfdg · Answer

I confirm: the first gig works but the rest does not.

jcvm · Answer

Welcome to the club!!!!!!

leroux · Answer

China, the queen of counterfeiting, is well known :)

shuzo · Answer

apparently there are issues with the Sony USB flash drives.......... thanks for the info

since we're talking about USB flash drive prices

I saw that Rue du Commerce was selling a 128 GB USB flash drive for 328 euros......... I'm not ready to pay that price yet........ I'm waiting for it to drop seriously..........

now we'll hold all our computer data on one USB drive (Windows, Linux, Mac, and other software like photo and video editing, etc., etc.......)

amael51 · Answer

Hello,I bought a second-hand Kingston 128GB USB drive!!! and I realized that it was fake - -'If it was working, I wouldn't care, but that's not the case.For example, I put movies on it and I want to group them in a folder, but after putting 2 or 3 movies in that folder, all the movies are showing up there and I can't delete them because it says "file unreadable."I formatted it with a software but it happened again!Please help me!!!

amael51 · Answer

no, she's really 128, well 124! and I didn't pay for it, I exchanged it.

j-g.l · Answer

Here is what happened to my daughter over the weekend. She bought a Kingston 64GB USB drive, she plugged it into the computer, copied 2 files onto it, and then inserted it into her laptop to read it. Both files were there, but when she clicked on them, an unreadable file message appeared. So she called me, and I told her to bring it to me because I have Vista and she has Windows XP. She tried to format it with XP, but nothing worked. I inserted the USB drive into my Vista and formatted it with NTFS, but that didn't work either. Then I tried to format it again and saw that I had 2 choices: either NTFS or exFAT. So I formatted it with exFAT under Windows Vista but as a quick format (only). Now everything works fine, but only on Vista, because if you try to read the files with XP, it doesn't work. With XP, you need the patch mentioned below, and if you want to read it with another XP, you will need to install the patch on that other XP. COMPLICATED, RIGHT? BUT AT LEAST IT WORKS.

Under Windows Vista: My Computer / right-click format / format as exFAT quick format.
Under Windows XP: Download the patch
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1CBE3906-DDD1-4CA2-B727-C2DFF5E30F61&displaylang=en
Then My Computer / right-click format / format as exFAT quick format.

Under Windows Vista: My Computer / right-click format / format as exFAT quick format. 
Under Windows XP: Download the patch 
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1CBE3906-DDD1-4CA2-B727-C2DFF5E30F61&displaylang=en 
Then My Computer / right-click format / format as exFAT quick format.

kalkal · Answer

Hello
I wanted to buy a 128GB Kingston USB flash drive that I found on Leboncoin, but after doing some research on Google, I came across your discussion, which I admit opened my eyes to the fact that counterfeits could exist. It's true that I wanted to believe in something that seemed too good to be true, like a price seven times cheaper than the market, but what held me back was the fact that such a good deal had been online for more than four days just waiting for me. In short, what really made me let go was the expression "China" that kept coming up in your discussion, so I went back to check the packaging of the drive from the photo posted on Leboncoin. And there, at the bottom right, instead of the "5-year guarantee" logo in French, there was a big "5" followed by three Chinese letters. Furthermore, the last element is that when you do an image search on Google for a 128GB Kingston USB flash drive, you only find retractable black drives without a cap, nothing to do with what is being sold.

Here is the link to the ad for those who might come across this message quickly

http://www.leboncoin.fr/vi/87518542.htm?ca=13_s

Thank you

Deux mains gauches · Answer

Hello, I was also given two Kingston 128 Go keys, under the pretense that they were not working. Indeed, one seems to be dead, but the other, when using XP SP3 disk management: right-click on My Computer, manage, disk management, (knowing that 128 Go are not managed during formatting by Explorer), can be formatted and then accessed for writing. I still don't know if it will work on another PC or on another system.

ghali bouzoubaa · Answer

throw it out the window because I have one that didn't work, it shows 64 GB but its capacity is 0 GB :d:d, I threw it away too :d

moi3926 · Answer

Hello everyone!  I too was a victim of a fake 32GB Sony.  It's just a USB key of a few GB, not 32GB. It comes from China and it should stay there!   moi3926

fab · Answer

I have the same key and the same problem: it needs to be formatted to FAT32.

gatousou · Answer

For me, I bought my 64 GB USB stick for 4 euros on Cdiscount and the problems started just like for everyone else, but I took my chance with the FAT32 software and surprise, apparently it works. So first, download FAT32, run it to format the USB stick after deleting the old partition, and the FAT32 software will tell you in English that the formatting has failed. That's not a problem. Now close the FAT32 program and proceed to another formatting by right-clicking with the mouse and selecting the NTFS file system, and boom, it works this time, a miracle, and the USB stick is now detected by media (radio, TV, etc.).

Issue with a 64GB USB drive

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