Elpee Posted February 20, 2014 Share #1 Posted February 20, 2014 Hi everybody, I have a 2GB usb stick that I burnt DSM 4.1 image on it long time ago and never used it. Now, I want to burn a new beta DSM 5.0 on it, but when I hook it up on my (Windows) PC it was asked to format and I found the total capacity is now only at a few MBs. So, how to retrieve to its original capacity that I can clearly see on my PC? Thank you for your prompt replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dfds Posted February 20, 2014 Share #2 Posted February 20, 2014 Open a command prompt in Windows, type diskpart, list disk will show a list of disks. Select your USB disk ie select disk 2, then type clean. Then type exit to close diskpart. You can now format your USB disk, sometimes you have to disconnect the USB disk & reinsert it before you can format it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elpee Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted February 20, 2014 Thank you for the reply. I did follow exactly what you told, but unfortunately after I re-inserted usb drive back to my PC, I saw Windows said "Unknown Capacity" from format window. When I tried to format it, I found an error "Windows was unable to complete the format" Once again, please help, anybody? Thanks a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sk82jack Posted February 20, 2014 Share #4 Posted February 20, 2014 As an extension to Dfds' reply, you can perform the format with Diskpart. Diskpart list disk select disk # clean create partition primary active format fs=ntfs quick assign exit Alternatively since running the clean command you can go run diskmgmt.msc from the start menu or run prompt and you may be able to format it in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fma965 Posted February 21, 2014 Share #5 Posted February 21, 2014 Hi everybody, I have a 2GB usb stick that I burnt DSM 4.1 image on it long time ago and never used it. Now, I want to burn a new beta DSM 5.0 on it, but when I hook it up on my (Windows) PC it was asked to format and I found the total capacity is now only at a few MBs. So, how to retrieve to its original capacity that I can clearly see on my PC? Thank you for your prompt replies. stop doing it complicated way and just simply use this utility - http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-St ... 74082.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djelusion Posted February 22, 2014 Share #6 Posted February 22, 2014 Hi everybody, I have a 2GB usb stick that I burnt DSM 4.1 image on it long time ago and never used it. Now, I want to burn a new beta DSM 5.0 on it, but when I hook it up on my (Windows) PC it was asked to format and I found the total capacity is now only at a few MBs. So, how to retrieve to its original capacity that I can clearly see on my PC? Thank you for your prompt replies. 1)start 2)run 3)diskmgmt.msc 4)delete all partitions on the usb the 16gb and the raw 5)format as whatever and enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ad911 Posted February 22, 2014 Share #7 Posted February 22, 2014 Hi everybody, I have a 2GB usb stick that I burnt DSM 4.1 image on it long time ago and never used it. Now, I want to burn a new beta DSM 5.0 on it, but when I hook it up on my (Windows) PC it was asked to format and I found the total capacity is now only at a few MBs. So, how to retrieve to its original capacity that I can clearly see on my PC? Thank you for your prompt replies. windows 7 1. Start Up > Computer > Right Click > Manage 2. Storage > Disk Management 3. your USB drive, Delete the old paritions 4. format Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elpee Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share #8 Posted February 24, 2014 Thank you very much for all you have replied. I found using a usb stick to boot my nas seems not so convenient. Just pop-up an idea that I should install DSM direct ly to my hard drive and boot from it. Is that impossible? How and why? Ocne again, thank you, budies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jokies Posted February 25, 2014 Share #9 Posted February 25, 2014 Thank you very much for all you have replied. I found using a usb stick to boot my nas seems not so convenient.Just pop-up an idea that I should install DSM direct ly to my hard drive and boot from it. Is that impossible? How and why? Ocne again, thank you, budies. Take a look at here: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2018&p=12646&hilit=self+boot#p9776 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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