Flash drive dead?

[Private_Ops]

My flash drive stopped mounting a while back. I figured I'd try and get it to work today.

I can do a dmesg | grep usb and get this.

 sda:<6>usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
 sda1 sda2 sda3 <<6>usbcore: registered new device driver usb
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb1: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.25.20-0.1-pae uhci_hcd
usb usb1: SerialNumber: 0000:00:10.0
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb usb2: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
usb usb2: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb2: Product: EHCI Host Controller
usb usb2: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.25.20-0.1-pae ehci_hcd
usb usb2: SerialNumber: 0000:00:10.4
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb usb3: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
usb usb3: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb3: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb3: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.25.20-0.1-pae uhci_hcd
usb usb3: SerialNumber: 0000:00:10.1
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb usb4: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
usb usb4: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb4: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb4: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.25.20-0.1-pae uhci_hcd
usb usb4: SerialNumber: 0000:00:10.2
usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 3-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
usb usb5: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0001
usb usb5: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=1
usb usb5: Product: UHCI Host Controller
usb usb5: Manufacturer: Linux 2.6.25.20-0.1-pae uhci_hcd
usb usb5: SerialNumber: 0000:00:10.3
usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=03f0, idProduct=1204
usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
usb 3-1: Product: DeskJet 930C
usb 3-1: Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
usb 3-1: SerialNumber: MX05I1S027JJ
usb 3-2: new low speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 3-2: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c315
usb 3-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
usb 3-2: Product: Logitech USB Keyboard
usb 3-2: Manufacturer: Logitech
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
input: Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.1/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/input/input2
input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [Logitech Logitech USB Keyboard] on usb-0000:00:10.1-2
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 0 alt 1 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x1204
usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp
usb 2-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
usb 2-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 2-1: New USB device found, idVendor=1307, idProduct=0163
usb 2-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
usb-storage: device found at 4
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
usb-storage: device scan complete

If I try to fdisk /dev/sdb and get this.

Unable to open /dev/sdb

Is my drive completely gone?

 

[Lamont Cranston]

have you tried it on a different pc? also have you tried different usb ports or different usb devices on the port you are plugging in the flash drive into?

 

[Private_Ops]

I've tryed on both Linux and Windows machines with no luck.

I'll check again on windows but, I think it was actually giving me an error.

 

[Lamont Cranston]

i hate to say it, but it sounds like it is shot man, sorry about the luck

 

[Private_Ops]

i hate to say it, but it sounds like it is shot man, sorry about the luck

I kinda expected it, it was a cheapy my lab instructor gave me (everyone in class got one).

I need to get a good Corsair 4GB. Not really top priority though since I have a good 2GB Lexar.