Thread: Problem with my pen drive

i have a 2gb pen drive..
i want to format it but i cant...
one file named AUTORUN.INF is always present there and its not be deleted...

how can i format pen drive....??

Can Anyone say me???

its simple, just login into ubuntu (live)

and delete the autorun.inf file from u r pendrive.

OR

if u can access u r pendrive

open command prompt, locate to u r pendrive, and type, attrib -r -h -s autorun.inf, and quickly open u r pendrive and delete the autorun.inf file

There must be some virus present in your system, which replaces the file after deletion. Do a full system scan. To delete the present file, try using any Live OS CD. There are many software that can delete undeletable files. Check in download.com.

get into DOS mode.
select the USB drive from command line.
use DOS command attrib -r -h -s *.inf
use DOS command erase *.inf to delete the file
remove USB drive
go back to windows mode
full scan system
you may find a few viruses.
after cleaning system format your drive.

Is this a fullproof method?? or the next time we transfer data to the pendrive same problem will arise?

the problem would return only when you use the pen drive again in an infected system.

Run a full system scan with updated antivirus. Please share the antivirus you use. Avira or Avast will be nice. Also try CA Yahoo Antispy.

I have done this to all my drives, but I don't know whether it actually works...

Just after you format your drive, be it HDD, Pen, Floppy or any such thing, create a folder named autorun.inf and set it to system, read only and hidden. This will save you from lame viruses.

use antivirus to delete

Originally Posted by vaishaliv

Is this a fullproof method?? or the next time we transfer data to the pendrive same problem will arise?

I don't think it is fullproof, at some point it is going to become full
if you keep adding stuff into it.

-F

if i write anything in pen drive then cannot b written and get a msg which is 'remove the write-protection or use another disk'
and same thing for formating so plz help me
what should i do for that bcoz i want to format and then write?
wasim8mynt@gmail.com or 09213691519

Originally Posted by armaaan

if i write anything in pen drive then cannot b written and get a msg which is 'remove the write-protection or use another disk'
and same thing for formating so plz help me
what should i do for that bcoz i want to format and then write?
wasim8mynt@gmail.com or 09213691519

I thinhk you should use "diskmgmt.msc" to format your pen drive
i hope it works.......
try it

Antivirus s/w can delete or otherwise quarantine it

do a scan with a good antivirus........
if not working then do it manually...method posted above by others.