Go to the ‘FILES’ section and under ‘Utilities’ you will see vendor names ~ click on your vendor and read the description of which controller chips the utility software services. Look for Vid & Pid and controller numbers, vendor name and which software was used. If not, some google searching should get you what you need. The site is Russian but the translation is just about understanderble and with some luck someone will have the relevant info for your drive already listed and the software available for download. Search for the correct tool to use on the iFlash database which can be reached via txt file & placed in folderĭevice Name: ++USB Mass Storage Device(Generic Flash Disk USB Device)ĭevice Type: Standard USB device – USB2.0 High-Speed Selected/Highlighted the flash drive and copied and pasted into a notepad. Inserted flash drive and ran chip genius which looked at all the usb items from printer through hubs to controllers and also the flash drive. Having already downloaded h2testw.exe and chipgenius.exe from the internet and extracted them to the folders. I made a folder on my storage hard drive called it flash test made a sub folder called chip genius Click on English (unless you understand German), click select target then choose your USB drive and then write and verify. It was cheap thankfully and easily restored to fully working condition.įirst things first, test the drive with this tool: H2testw 1.4. I purchased a flash drive from Powerangolee which was rated at 16GB turned out to be 4GB in a fancy dress costume with a faked capacity.

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