cannot delete corrupt files

[tsamo]

I have a usb drive that I tried to copy files onto this week.

I copied a folder that was about 14gb onto my usb drive. Well, it copied most of them successfully but some of the files became corrupt.

Here's an example of the file names that came over

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I can't copy, rename, nor delete the corrupt files.

But, I can copy, rename, and delete the non-corrupt files.

Any ideas on how to get rid of the corrupt files??

[tsamo]

Also, I just tried to format the usb drive and it won't let me format.

I tried the regular format and the quick format.

The method I used was...

Navigate to My Computer

Right click on my usb drive

Select Format

"Formatting will erase all data....Select OK" -- I select OK..

Then, nothing...literally. nothing happens after that.

This is bizarre. I've never seen anything like this before.

[tsamo]

I just read some other forum threads to look at the Read-Only checkbox.

The Read-only box is not checked.

Actually none of them are checked.

[Ponch]

Is it a known brand or a "bargain" ?

[tsamo]

It's a Sony VAIO 64gb 2.0 pen/flash drive

[Tripredacus]

USB Drives aren't known for lasting very long, especially if a lot of writes are done to them. I've seen this behaviour before also, but if a format does not fix it, we normally smash them to little peices and get a new one. Then again, our drives are 2GB at the most. You can try in other computers. Or you could put MSDOS files onto the key and boot off of it and see if you can delete them in a pure DOS environment.

[Hueristic]

USB Drives aren't known for lasting very long, especially if a lot of writes are done to them. I've seen this behaviour before also, but if a format does not fix it, we normally smash them to little peices and get a new one. Then again, our drives are 2GB at the most. You can try in other computers. Or you could put MSDOS files onto the key and boot off of it and see if you can delete them in a pure DOS environment.

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