Your USB key is faulty? Have you been scammed by a salesman of tampered USB sticks indicating a larger capacity than it really is?
Obviously by dint of filling this faulty USB key , you will be confronted with data loss, the new files erasing the old ones. Because Windows will rewrite on parts already used until make the key completely unusable.
Fortunately, all is not lost, there is a solution to limit the damage: restore the real capacity of a USB key to be able to use it anyway .
Thanks to the tool H2testw , it is possible to give back to your USB key the real capacity of this one.
H2testw is a program to check the status of your USB key and find its real capacity.
For that, it carries out a series of tests in writing, everywhere on your USB key to check if it does not find errors. It is a simple executable of a few kilobytes requiring no installation and completely free.
How to restore the real size to your USB key?
Normally the true size should be displayed. Then do Write + Verify.
After clicking Write + Verify, a report is produced giving information on the actual size of your key: a good way to check its exact size.
If that does not work, but you have the true size, use MiniTool Wizard Free partition to adjust the partition to the correct size.
MiniTool Partition Wizard is renowned for being one of the best partition managers . It can change the size of the USB key under almost any Windows system.
To do this, launch the program and right click on your USB key then click on Move / Resize.
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Finally, adjust the score to the correct size that you got with the H2testw tool.
And There you go ! You now have a functional USB key with its original storage capacity
