Fixing+Your+Flash+Drive

Fixing Your Flash Drive If your Flash drive as gone walk about and refuses to operate this is how you chastise it and make it toe the line again:- 1.) First, you'll need to download and install the HP Drive Key Boot Utility, which can be found here:- [|http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/Te ... ITY-I23839]

2.) Once you have it downloaded, double click on the desktop icon and select the correct flash drive you want to repair under the Device section. 3.) Next, select the file system you want to format the drive to (FAT, FAT32 or NTFS). 4.) Checkmark Quick Format. 5.) Click Start. After the download and the installation, this utility will place a shortcut of "HP System Tools" in your Programs Start menu folder. To make your drive key bootable and/or capable of flashing firmware: • Place your HP USB drive key in an available USB port. • Select the HP Drive Key Boot Utility shortcut under the HP System Tools folder. • Follow along and complete each step presented by the application. During the interview process, when asked to select the drive letter your key is using, if the drop down box is unpopulated, please note that the drive key is either not properly connected to the system or it is of a drive type called "fixed disk." To determine the type of USB mass storage device your drive is, double click on the My Computer icon on your desktop, right click on the USB Drive Key and choose Properties. The drive type will be displayed in the Properties pane. If the drive is labelled "fixed disk" or "local disk," the following steps must be followed to assign a drive letter to the USB drive key, prior to running the HP Drive Key Boot Utility. • Insert the Drive Key. • Log in as the Administrator. • Select Start, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Computer Management. • Select Computer Management (local), Storage, Disk Management (local). • Select "Change/Add Drive Letter" for the disk to map the Drive Key to. • Choose a drive letter. Officially, this software (HP Drive Key Boot Utility) is meant for HP disks, but unofficially, it seems to work fine with formatting most flash media and even digital camera cards. Hope this works also for you  