USB drive on Vista problem

Hi

Just received a USB drive today from ebay 8 gig drive.

Upon putting it into my computer it comes up as unformatted. So press
format and errors at the end (unable to complete format).

Then tried to format the drive via computer management in admin tools.
All goes OK - 8 Gig showing. Copied 6.5 Gig onto it to test, and only
some of the files work.

About 2 Gig of AVI work but the others open as corrupted - same
problem on my PS3.

Any ideas? Thinking its either faulty or got a feeling its a fake 2
Gig.

If its fake can you somehow restore the orginal boot / bios to get it
back (better than nothing i suppose).

Eneco flash drive 2.10 16777216 lba

Best regards

Rich

On May 31, 7:28*am, Rich <richdotw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Just received a USB drive today from ebay 8 gig drive.
>
> Upon putting it into my computer it comes up as unformatted. *So press
> format and errors at the end (unable to complete format).
>
> Then tried to format the drive via computer management in admin tools.
> All goes OK - 8 Gig showing. *Copied 6.5 Gig onto it to test, and only
> some of the files work. *
>
> About 2 Gig of AVI work but the others open as corrupted - same
> problem on my PS3.
>
> Any ideas? *Thinking its either faulty or got a feeling its a fake 2
> Gig.
>
> If its fake can you somehow restore the orginal boot / bios to get it
> back (better than nothing i suppose).
>
> Eneco flash drive 2.10 16777216 lba
>
> Best regards
>
> Rich

I think you got gipped.

-solon fox

In article <>,
says...
> Just received a USB drive today from ebay 8 gig drive.

Given how cheap these drives are, is it really worth the savings to
trust eScam versus buying from a more reputable source, or even a local
store?

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On Sat, 31 May 2008 05:14:15 -0700 (PDT), solon fox
<> wrote:

>
>I think you got gipped.
>
>-solon fox

True thought as much - suprising after only 4 emails I got my money
back. Even told me to keep the drive (Sure sign they know its iffy)

Rich

On Sat, 31 May 2008 07:31:09 -0500, Andrew Rossmann
<andysnewsreply@no_junk.comcast.net> wrote:


>Given how cheap these drives are, is it really worth the savings to
>trust eScam versus buying from a more reputable source, or even a local
>store?

Impulse buying and thinking your getting a bargain I suppose. Should
really stop looking on ebay.

Rich