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    USB Flash Drive gone wrong.

    Discussion in 'Accessories' started by nfshp253, Jan 2, 2010.

  1. nfshp253

    nfshp253 Notebook Evangelist

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    Please help me. My 16GB USB Flash Drive is now displaying only 287MB of capacity after me installing Chromium OS on it. Even reformating doesn't work!
     
    nfshp253, Jan 2, 2010
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  2. cloudbyday

    cloudbyday Notebook Deity

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    Did you say that you installed the OS on the USB?
     
    cloudbyday, Jan 2, 2010
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  3. Amnesiac

    Amnesiac 404

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    Why would you install an OS on a flash drive in the first place?
     
    Amnesiac, Jan 2, 2010
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  4. Lanaya

    Lanaya Templar Assassin

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    am betting he got it from here: http://chromeos.hexxeh.net/


    Q: I tried formatting my USB drive after trying this out and it's smaller than it was! What gives?

    A: You need to repartition your USB drive. Use the appropriate tool on your OS to create one large partition in place of the three small ones. (Windows: Disk Management, Mac: Disk Utility, Linux: fdisk)
     
    Lanaya, Jan 2, 2010
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  5. Lithus

    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    Chromium OS is far from finished. All the current methods of installing it on a flash drive are by writing an image directly to it, and that all varies depending on what image you chose, and what imaging program you used to write it on your flash drive.

    I'm assuming whatever program you used created a partition that's not visible in Windows Explorer, so you're going to have to go to Computer > Manage > Disk Management to edit the unreachable partition.
     
    Lithus, Jan 2, 2010
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