My Kingston flash drive makes all files corrupt after being copied.

drbacchoi · 10-08-2009, 03:32 PM

Good day to all. I have a Kingston 8gb flash drive. when i copy files onto it the files never work. The flash drive is less than a month old and has never been damaged. the files always become corrupted.

Can i fix this with software?.....plz say yes because i live in the caribbean and the company is in the US.

thank you....

**Tyree** · 10-11-2009, 12:08 PM

My first suggestion would be to contact Kingston. There were/are a lot of counterfeit Kingston thumb drives out there. Kingston will ask for some numbers from the drive and they can assess if yours is genuine.

techkingston08 · 10-12-2009, 11:27 AM

You might want to try formatting the drive first to see if that clears up the problem.

Otherwise, I agree with Tyree. Contact Kingston, provide all of the numbers written on the drive. You can Email if calling by phone is not convenient. http://www.kingston.com/support/Form...emReportDT.asp

Kingston Tech Support

drbacchoi · 10-14-2009, 10:03 AM

Thanks Guys. I found out that the flash is a counterfiet. There and some chinese software that can determine exactly how much of the flash memory is actually usable.

most of the necessary software i found here :
----> www.flashboot.ru/

i guess it changes depending on your type of flash.

when i used the program my 8gb became 471 mb :( , but i guess its better than zero!

10-08-2009, 03:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
drbacchoi Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 25 OS: xp	My Kingston flash drive makes all files corrupt after being copied. Good day to all. I have a Kingston 8gb flash drive. when i copy files onto it the files never work. The flash drive is less than a month old and has never been damaged. the files always become corrupted. Can i fix this with software?.....plz say yes because i live in the caribbean and the company is in the US. thank you....

10-11-2009, 12:08 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tyree Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: May 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 5,646 OS: XP Pro-7RC-Mandriva My System	Re: My Kingston flash drive makes all files corrupt after being copied. My first suggestion would be to contact Kingston. There were/are a lot of counterfeit Kingston thumb drives out there. Kingston will ask for some numbers from the drive and they can assess if yours is genuine. __________________ Posting your PC specs will help us to help you quicker and more efficiently.

10-12-2009, 11:27 AM	#3 (permalink)
techkingston08 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 16 OS: Win XP SP2	Re: My Kingston flash drive makes all files corrupt after being copied. You might want to try formatting the drive first to see if that clears up the problem. Otherwise, I agree with Tyree. Contact Kingston, provide all of the numbers written on the drive. You can Email if calling by phone is not convenient. http://www.kingston.com/support/Form...emReportDT.asp Kingston Tech Support

10-14-2009, 10:03 AM	#4 (permalink)
drbacchoi Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 25 OS: xp	Re: My Kingston flash drive makes all files corrupt after being copied. Thanks Guys. I found out that the flash is a counterfiet. There and some chinese software that can determine exactly how much of the flash memory is actually usable. most of the necessary software i found here : ----> www.flashboot.ru/ i guess it changes depending on your type of flash. when i used the program my 8gb became 471 mb :( , but i guess its better than zero!