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After using DiskImager.exe my Pendrive became 1Gb from 8Gb. Help

Asked by Shafqat

I used DiskImager.exe to make bootable Pen drive(it was 8Gb) of Chrome Os. Now after formatting my pendrive is showing capacity of 1Gb only. How i recover my PD to back 8Gb. I tried to format it using DOS, and other tool but it shows on 1gb capacity...
 kindly reply... help.. :(

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Tom Houghton (tomhoughton) said : 		#1

I had the same problem. 16gb now 1gb.

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Best FallenMemories (slytherin9090) said : 		#2

I had also the same problem, from 8GB to 250MB,
But i fixed it. I used the tool called BOOTICE, you can download it @ http://www.pendriveapps.com/goto/Download_BOOTICE_exe/5670/1

plug you pendrive, open up BOOTICE.exe, select your pendrive in the Dropdown menu, click Parts Manager -> Reformat USB Disk ->Next -> Select Fat32 -> ok...

the program would not respond in a few moments, and would display a confirmation message that the formatting was complete.

hope this helps. ^_^

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Shafqat (shafqat-iu) said : 		#3

Thanks FallenMemories, that solved my question.

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FallenMemories (slytherin9090) said : 		#4

^_^ hope that helped you..

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Tom Houghton (tomhoughton) said : 		#5

Thanks FallenMemories. I used HPU_v2.2.3.exe (can't remember where I found it). It did work. I hope I can get Chrome OS to work some time. So far I just keep downloading, burning to stick, failing to boot notebook, and reformatting USB stick! Will be worth it in the end I'm sure!

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Mike (michael-arroyave) said : 		#6

Guys I have the same problem but when trying to format it says that is write protected and can't preoceed, can you help me?

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Mike (michael-arroyave) said : 		#7

Done, restarting the PC did it... but don't know which one of the programs you listed, thanks!

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FallenMemories (slytherin9090) said : 		#8

a program is locking your flash drive.. that's the problem.. so restarting it is the answer..

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djhell (hellismyhouse) said : 		#9

You can repair the usb volume with windows tools:

in dos cmd (run as administrator) type this commands:

diskpart
list vol
sel vol X (where X is the volume you want restore)
clean
create primary partition
sel part 1
format fs=FAT32 quick (or NTFS if you need that)
assign
exit

Now your usb is clean.

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Jeff B (skydiver38) said : 		#10

Jeff B suggests this article as an answer to your question:
FAQ #1927: “My Xgb pen drive was reduced to Ygb”.

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kuffa kD (kuffa) said : 		#11

thank you so much. bootice help me restore my pd drive.