USB memory stick is broken on my laptop, but works on the 3D printer!
I am having this issue with a USB memory stick, and I am wondering if anyone else has run into it and has been able to salvage it. I don't need the files on the USB stick, I just don't want to have to throw it away!
It happened without warning and I'm not sure that I did anything that prompted it. It was working one minute, and the next it was broken.
When I plug the USB stick into my laptop (Mac Tahoe 26.3.1), it seems to mount okay, but the Finder window shows endless loading swirlies where the files would be listed. When I click "eject" it doesn't un-mount. In Disk Utility, the drive shows up, but attempting to erase, reformat or repair it results in a failure message, and the explanation is that it couldn't unmount the drive.
This happens on two different laptops, both Macs. It also happens in Disk Utility in recovery mode. I have restarted my laptop, I have force-quit Finder, and I have tried using Terminal instead of Disk Utility - all have the same outcome.
However, when I plug the USB stick into my 3D printer, the .bgcode files show normally.
Has this happened to you? Were you able to fix it?
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Memory sticks are consumable items. Just get another one. Or use a Micro-SD with an adapter.
RE: USB memory stick is broken on my laptop, but works on the 3D printer!
Memory sticks are consumable items. Just get another one. Or use a Micro-SD with an adapter.
If you aren't answering the question you can simply not reply!
RE: USB memory stick is broken on my laptop, but works on the 3D printer!
Memory sticks are consumable items. Just get another one. Or use a Micro-SD with an adapter.
If you aren't answering the question you can simply not reply!
So you have a bad memory stick and you are asking us how to fix it? My solution still stands... get another one...
RE: USB memory stick is broken on my laptop, but works on the 3D printer!
Has this happened to you? Were you able to fix it?
Yes. No.
I just don't want to have to throw it away!
Then keep it in a drawer or make a neckless with it.
Answered?
Seriously, it looks like a bad memory stick. Even if I could recover it, I'll never trust it again. You'll quickly loose more filament on failed prints than the price of a new stick.
RE: USB memory stick is broken on my laptop, but works on the 3D printer!
Last ditch effort if you tried to use it on 2 macs would be to see if you can format it on a Windows PC.
If that doesn't work, yea you got yourself a new paper weight. Just my 2 cents.
Vehemently against AI. I've seen that film. It ends badly.
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Has this happened to you? Were you able to fix it?
Yes. No.
I just don't want to have to throw it away!
Then keep it in a drawer or make a neckless with it.
There's no need to be weird, I just wanted to check whether there was a way to repair it.
Seriously, it looks like a bad memory stick. Even if I could recover it, I'll never trust it again. You'll quickly loose more filament on failed prints than the price of a new stick.
Ahhh, that is a shame. Thanks anyway.