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I have a usb flash drive which is not recognized when plugged into two of my PCs. Here is what happens when I plug in the drive:

[ 1809.142270] usb 2-3: New USB device found, idVendor=058f, idProduct=1234
[ 1809.142278] usb 2-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[ 1809.142283] usb 2-3: Product: Mass Storage Device
[ 1809.142287] usb 2-3: Manufacturer: Alcor Micro
[ 1809.142793] usb-storage 2-3:1.0: USB Mass Storage device detected
[ 1809.143306] scsi9 : usb-storage 2-3:1.0
[ 1810.141362] scsi 9:0:0:0: Direct-Access     Generic  USB Flash Disk   7.76 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
[ 1810.141924] sd 9:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
[ 1810.146091] sd 9:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk

And here is the rest:

ls -l /dev/sd*
sda   sda1  sda2  sda3  sda4  sda5  sdb  

~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb
dd: failed to open ‘/dev/sdb’: No medium found

Any suggestion on how to bring this flash drive to life? I have tried with gparted and a few other tools including urescue windows

Zanna
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Generally when there is an issue, you can see an error on the /var/log/syslog.

Otherwise, try to erase by using the right & simple way fdisk:

fdisk /dev/sdb

When you entered, press p to print the partitions , n to create a new partition, t to change the file format of your new partition when it prompt you to tap it. When you finished press w to write the config (do nothing before).

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