Question:USB flash drive not working or is appearing as an empty disk drive, Disk Management reports “No Media” with 0 bytes size ?? ??(4 answers) ?? ???Closed 3 years ago. ?
I have a 32 GB Lacie Cookey USB flash disk that doesn’t show in the Computer window but it’s visible as a device.
cmd > diskpartDISKPART> list disk ?Disk ### ?Status ?Size ?——– ?————- ?—— ?Disk 0 ?Online ?149 G ?Disk 1 ?No Media ?0DISKPART> select disk 1Disk 1 is now the selected disk.DISKPART> cleanVirtual Disk Service error:There is no media in the device.
It also appears in the Disk Management tool, but the box is empty.
Is there anything I can do or is it dead?
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output from ChipGenius:
Description: [F:]USB Mass Storage Device(LaCie CooKey)Device Type: ?Mass Storage DeviceProtocal Version: USB 2.00Current Speed: High SpeedMax Current: 200mAUSB Device ID: VID = 059F PID = 103BSerial Number: 070535924B170C18Device Vendor: LaCieDevice Name: CooKeyDevice Revision: 0100Manufacturer: LaCieProduct Model: CooKeyProduct Revision: PMAPController Vendor: PhisonController Part-Number: PS2251-67(PS2267) – F/W 06.08.53 [2012-09-26]Flash ID code: 983AA892 – Toshiba [TLC]Tools on web: ?http://dl.mydigit.net/special/up/phison.html
Answer: Looking at the Chipgenius Dump, it is a Phison Controller.
You can try the following steps one by one and check if any of them helps:
If the above two don’t help, then try this: download Phison Mass Production tools for your USB Drive from http://flashboot.ru/files/phison/ and try formatting your USB Drive. You will have to try with each tool until you succeed. This tool will try to reprogram your USB Drive’s Microcontroller and format it again. NOTE – This will delete all the files in your USB Drive.
Check this link for a detailed guide on how to do this (in this guide the MPtool is being used to repair a fake USB Drive): http://agnipulse.com/2010/04/how-i-fixed-a-fake-64gb-usb-drive/
Look at these answers for details on Mass Production tools:Flipping the Removable Media bit — alternatives to BootIt? and How to format/repair a write-protected USB drive with I/O errors? ?
Hope this helps. Let me know how it goes.