And linux could run from said drive all that I see here is it is too likely you need to catch up on how things work. There is a few steps or maybe just one before we can format a drive whether it is USB or a hard drive.
It's called partitioning but let's just skip all that and if you run XP look up HP USB FORMATTER on google.
Try that next.
Bob
Hey,
I have a PNY 4GB usb that has stopped working. It appears to the computer as 0.0 mb and when I try to click on it, it says "please insert disk into drive E:". I have tried formating it though right clicking and Disk Management, saying there is no data and doesn't list the option respectively.
I believe the source of the problem is a software error. I had made the usb a Linux live CD (Knoppix 5.1.1) thou it ever worked and had the problem. The USB worked before when I installed Knoppix 6.2.1 on it.
Please help and Thank you in advance.
=)
Steven

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