How do I get my USB back?

[clincha]

Hello all,

New to the forums and needed some help. As the question asks I need to clear the USB but when I go to format it on my machine it only gives me back 942MB back. I need to clear it to put freeNAS back on it.

Specs:
OS: Windows 8
USB: SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB.

Let me know if you need more,
Thanks in advance,

clincha

 

[dlavigne]

From http://doc.freenas.org/index.php/Burning_an_IMG_File#Troubleshooting:

If the burned image fails to boot and the image was burned using a Windows system, wipe the USB stick before trying a second burn using a utility such as Active@ KillDisk. Otherwise, the second burn attempt will fail as Windows does not understand the partition which was written from the image file. Be very careful that you specify the USB stick when using a wipe utility!

 

[clincha]

Okay, I think that answers a different question. I tried using the KillDisk tool but I still only get 942MB back. I want the whole 16GB of the drive back.

 

[cyberjock]

So go delete the other partitions on the drive...

 

[clincha]

Got it now thanks. Needed to press Kill on the whole drive.

Thanks for the help dlavigne.

 

[panz]

I use HP USB disk storage format tool

http://download.cnet.com/HP-USB-Disk-Storage-Format-Tool/3000-2094_4-10974082.html