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Try the windows route first, but prepare for this route. I suspect that when you get into that, it will not allow you to make the changes you need to do. google that.Įdit: I am seeing mentions of windows partition managment tool. Directions for doing this are on GParted's site.

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NOTE: If another USB drive is not an option, you can install GParted onto a DVD or CD. From here, you should be able to reconfigure it as an install drive. Get back into windows, find your repaired drive, and format it. If you did it correctly, the drive should now be mostly ready to go. Delete every partition so it is all unallocated, and then make a basic partition. Once you have selected the correct drive, you will see some collection of partitions and empty space. Double and triple check that you have selected the correct drive. If you select your OS drive and not the damaged usb drive, GParted will cheerfully destroy your computer. WARNING READ THIS PARAGRAPH BEFORE DOING STUFF!!! Gparted is not windows, it does not care if what you tell it to do will break stuff. Once GParted has opened up, select the correct drive.

Gparted is a linux based partition managment tool that is perfect for fixing these issues.

(select boot device at startup, and point it at the GParted drive) Plug both in, and boot your computer into GParted. What you need to do is aquire a different thumb drive, and download the gparted iso fileĪnd use that to install gparted on the thumb drive. That said, odds are this is fixable with relative ease. Sounds like he damaged the partition structure beyond what windows can fix. I've looked at the properties of the USB and I can't figure out how to restore original 16GB. But the USB no longer has the files on it, and is no longer format-friendly, as it only hs 4MB of space available on it. I still have the Windows 7 USB/DVD tool and the ISO to format it with. Thank you in advance for your assistance.ĮDIT: What I'd like to do is return it to it's previous status as a bootable USB with Windows 7 installed on it. Here's to hoping that the USB isn't ruined permanently. I can't use it for anything like this, and I'm tired of searching around online for a solution with threads that only semi-touch on the problem I'm having. But when I try to format it back to FAT, the program (whatever default formatting program Windows 7 uses) only formats 4MB of storage out of the original 16GB. Today, I'm trying restore the original settings of the USB so I can use it once more. Yesterday, while I was out, my roommate borrowed the USB and (not knowing it had been formatted for Windows installation) fucked it all up n'shit. I successfully installed Windows on my old laptop's brand new 500 GB Seagate.

Two days ago I took a 16GB HP USB and formatted it for installing Windows 7 using the Windows 7 USB/DVD tool. Please note: I'm a fucking novice and shit that is obvious to you probably isn't obvious to other people, myself included. Hello Reddit, or rather, the TechSupport subreddit! Better to come to an online community and get answers to my specific woe so. I'm tired of searching Google for similar problems, too time consuming.