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Disk utility error , benchmarking error

Asked by Alex

When i am running through the Disk utility the Benchmark, i can't run the test of: Start Read/Write Benchmark.
Pops up a message that says " An error occuredwhile performing an operation on "KINGSTON DT101 G2" : THE OPERATION FAILED".
And when i click the details button i get this: A partition table was detected - write benchmarking requires the disk to be completely empty.
The problem is that the usb stick IS empty. (I formated it also)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Then make a partition on the device....

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Zach Grogg (yearomonkey) said : 		#2

To be able to do a read write test, you must remove everything, including the filesystem.

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Alex (user54466) said : 		#3

I tried it with many formats such as fat, ntfs, ext4. I also removes the filesystem. But nothing. I formated again and created a new partition without a name and nothing. Am i doing something wrong?

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Best Zach Grogg (yearomonkey) said : 		#4

Go into Disk Utility. Find the drive and unmount it. Then Delete the partition. Go to Format Drive and select "Don't Partition". I just did it to one of my flash drives.

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Alex (user54466) said : 		#5

Thank you very much. My problem is solved!

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Alex (user54466) said : 		#6

Thanks Zach Grogg, that solved my question.