USB stick corrupting files

MilosC · 2011-11-20 15:20:45

Recently I formatted new 4GB USB stick (no-name, dmesg says Generic Flash Disc) to FAT32 but I couldn't open any file written on it, because all files were corrupted. So I wiped the disc (dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb) and reformatted it to FAT16, but it's the same. Some PDFs can pass undamaged, but every bigger file, like movie, is corrupted when i try to open it. Is this the hardware problem, or it can be repaired?

stqn · 2011-11-20 17:14:28

Are you properly unmounting the stick after copying files to it, before you unplug it? You can also type "sync" in a terminal or change the mount options of your stick to obtain a similar effect (never done that myself but you can find information on the forum.)

.:B:. · 2011-11-20 17:25:59

Sounds like a dead stick...

MilosC · 2011-11-20 17:30:45

stqn wrote:

Are you properly unmounting the stick after copying files to it, before you unplug it? You can also type "sync" in a terminal or change the mount options of your stick to obtain a similar effect (never done that myself but you can find information on the forum.)

Of course I do. Other sticks have no such problems.

MilosC · 2011-11-21 01:55:23

Yeah, I have tried it on Windows, it seems it's dead.

.:B:. · 2011-11-21 07:23:52

You might have some corrupt sectors, you could always try a file system check so those sectors get marked and not written to anymore. If that doesn't work then it's definitely faulty hardware though.

MilosC · 2011-11-21 16:00:19

I have tried to repair bad sectors, but there aren't any improvements, I think it's definitely dead. Thanks for help.

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USB stick corrupting files

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