Thread: I screwed my pendrive

  1. #1
    Super unModrator
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Posts
    321

    Unhappy I screwed my pendrive

    I was trying to install Ubuntu Hardy on my 4 GB USB drive using this guide and screwed it.

    While installing I made two partitions exactly as suggested in that guide. I was not able to boot with the pendrive however, as it froze at the Ubuntu splash screen. So I decided not to experiment any more, booted into Mint and deleted the two partitions (using fdisk) and made a new one with starting cylinder 1 (default) and end cylinder 3841 (default).

    But now the drive properties say its only a 715 MB volume

    http://i27.tinypic.com/2hf2mie.png

    command line still says its 4 GB
    http://i28.tinypic.com/2isuw5i.png

    Any idea how to recover all the space?

    Tell me it can be recovered or not..I am soooooo depressed I screwed it. Its the only pendrive I have

    EDIT: Fixed using Gparted. I suck at CLI.
    Last edited by abh!shek; 06-30-2008 at 02:39 PM. Reason: Solved

Popular pages Recent additions subscribe to a feed

Similar Threads

  1. Any suggestions for this mass screwed up comp?
    By KneeGrow in forum Tech Board
    Replies: 10
    Last Post: 11-16-2004, 03:59 PM
  2. please help i'm screwed "linked list"
    By jspri in forum C Programming
    Replies: 7
    Last Post: 10-17-2004, 08:18 PM
  3. i was told something and it screwed me up!
    By DarkViper in forum C++ Programming
    Replies: 5
    Last Post: 10-28-2002, 02:02 PM
  4. common problem? help me:I'm screwed
    By Shadow12345 in forum Game Programming
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 05-27-2002, 02:11 PM
  5. MS Screwed Me Again!
    By Troll_King in forum A Brief History of Cprogramming.com
    Replies: 12
    Last Post: 10-26-2001, 10:44 AM