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i tried upgrading my system to winxp by booting from the cd with my pendrive in the usb port.
at the partition point, i think i mistakingly deleted my pendrive's partition and therefore it does not format when i try formatting it. How do i partition the pendrive(cruzer micro 512mb)?
Please someone help me!!!!!!
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This usually means the USB stick's partition table was wiped and the device is now "raw" — not a hardware fault in most cases, and recoverable with a simple repartition/format. Warning: these steps will erase the selected disk. Confirm you are targeting the 512 MB device before running any commands.

As and noted, you can try vendor utilities or partitioning tools, but start with built‑in Windows tools first. If Windows Disk Management shows the stick as "Unallocated" or "RAW", create a new primary partition and format it as FAT32. If Disk Management refuses, use DiskPart from a Command Prompt:

diskpart
list disk
select disk N          # replace N with the disk number that matches ~512 MB
clean                  # removes existing partition table
create partition primary
select partition 1
format fs=fat32 quick
assign
exit

If diskpart reports errors (device not ready, access denied) or the stick still won't mount, try these checks next: unplug and use a different USB port or another PC; look in Device Manager for driver errors; try formatting under Linux (zero the first sector with dd, create an msdos partition table with fdisk, then mkfs.vfat). Example Linux workflow (run as root) is: zero MBR, create a new partition, then mkfs.vfat on the partition.

If none of the above works, the controller or flash memory may be damaged. Low‑level vendor recovery tools sometimes succeed when generic tools fail, but many cheap sticks are cheaper to replace than repair. Always avoid using destructive commands on an unknown disk — verify disk size and identifiers before proceeding.

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Member Avatar for Phaelax

Cruzer should have some kind of partition application on their website for their flash drives.

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i don't think that it's possible to partition pen drives, anyway you can try from acronis.

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