Kingston flash-drive sometimes identifies as Phison 2307
by Brant from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5MVKW)
Some time ago I backed up several files (both documents and media) to a Kingston Data traveller 3.0 with 16 Gb of storage.
Looking at it now, I found that I could not delete or modify the files ; the computer said that it was read-only.
I decided to use Gparted and reformat the drive, thinking this would allow me a fresh start, but Gparted also saw it as read-only (see screenshot).
Looking at the properties of the drive, the drive was shown as containing 61.5 Gb of files ; on later attempts this figure would vary, and sometimes no figure was shown. The information shown in the lower part of the window saying 10.5GB free and 5Gb used never changed (see screenshot).
Each time I opened the properties window, it closed by itself within a few seconds (and the window showing the files closed at the same time) and when it did so the identification of the drive as shown in the Computer folder changed at the same time-where it had been identified as a Kingston Data Traveller, it suddenly showed as Phison 2307 PRAM".
Once this happened the flash-drive could not be reopened until I removed it and replaced it.
I've tried this with a couple of different laptops running Linux Mint 20.1 and 20.2, and an another running Windows 7 with the same results.
Is there anything to be done, or is this simply a hardware failure?
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Looking at it now, I found that I could not delete or modify the files ; the computer said that it was read-only.
I decided to use Gparted and reformat the drive, thinking this would allow me a fresh start, but Gparted also saw it as read-only (see screenshot).
Looking at the properties of the drive, the drive was shown as containing 61.5 Gb of files ; on later attempts this figure would vary, and sometimes no figure was shown. The information shown in the lower part of the window saying 10.5GB free and 5Gb used never changed (see screenshot).
Each time I opened the properties window, it closed by itself within a few seconds (and the window showing the files closed at the same time) and when it did so the identification of the drive as shown in the Computer folder changed at the same time-where it had been identified as a Kingston Data Traveller, it suddenly showed as Phison 2307 PRAM".
Once this happened the flash-drive could not be reopened until I removed it and replaced it.
I've tried this with a couple of different laptops running Linux Mint 20.1 and 20.2, and an another running Windows 7 with the same results.
Is there anything to be done, or is this simply a hardware failure?
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