USB device showing 0 bytes.

[mayank.dyl]

when i open usb device it shows that you need to format it before you can use it. And when i click on format it takes hours and do nothing. Further it is showing 0 byte free and 0 byte used in its properties. Its a 4 gb memory card.
Any solution ?

[caperjack]

hi,that usually indicates a usb drivethat has gone bad .my solution for mine that did it was to smash them up and throw away

[mayank.dyl]

lol...yeah thats the ultimate solution....but i thought that there may be some tools which can format such kind of bad usb device.

[caperjack]

not sure if they are fixable ,did you try right clicking on its icon in mycomputer ,go properties/tools and run the disk check,see what it says , ,and maybe then try formatting it ,

[mayank.dyl]

it says something like cant perform disk check for errors as the device is not formated and asks to format device and when i click on format, it shows no progress even after hours.

[caperjack]

my opinion is its gone bad for some reason ,that the error I got just before I smasked the few I smashed .lol

[mayank.dyl]

Yeah so final solution is : SMASH IT !!
lol

[caperjack]

yupp always fix it for me .lol

[scudzilla]

Have you tried formatting it in diskpart?

[mayank.dyl]

No. How to format using diskpart ?

[johhny-marshal]

Try formatting it here: Right click My computer and choose Manage. In the left side Menu click removable storage under storage menu. It will show you your USB device after plug-in. Format it.