Unable to format, or access data contents of i-Ball pen drive

Question

Every time I try to access the contents of my pen drive in any PC I see a dialog box with the following error message:

Disk is not formatted

I then give it the order to format the pen drive. However, it's not successful and gives me a dialog box with this error:

Windows was unable to complete the format

After I press OK it then give me this message:

Disk is not formatted.

Then I try to format via DOS prompt and use this command:

format i:/q/fs:fat32

But nothing happens to the disk.

How can I access the data from my pen drive?

Answer 1

I suggest using the power of Ubuntu to solve your problem.

• Create an Ubuntu Live CD
• Boot into Ubuntu (you do not have to install Ubuntu)
• Plug in your USB drive
• Use the built-in disk utility to partition your drive

Other than that, I'd say your USB drive is dead.

Answer 2

How can I access the data from my pen drive?

Restore the data from your regular backup to another USB drive.