Memory Stick says it's full, when it actually isn't?

Question

I bought a new SanDisk Cruzer Micro 8GB memory stick, and I loaded it with movies until it was full. I watched them on another computer and deleted all but 2. Now I try dragging another movie onto it, but it says the disk is full, which is impossible because I deleted at least 7 movies and now I'm only loading it with 1 movie. Also, the bottom of the window which displays the contents of the memory stick says 2.35GB, so it means there's still a lot of space left. However, when I click on Properties, it shows that the memory stick is full and there's only 12.2MB of space, which is exactly like how it was when I loaded the memory stick full.

So why doesn't my memory stick free up space even when I've deleted the files? This happened to my 2GB memory stick of the same brand too, which I had to discard because I couldn't put anything in there anymore despite there not actually being anything in it. Any help is appreciated, I really don't want to throw this memory stick away too, and it's really annoying me.

Answer 1

A movie is a big file, and you have to allow time for a computer to delete a movie. If you dont allow time, then half the movie can still be on it, and the san disk gets corrupted.



Also you have to set the computer and as well as the sandisk to NTFS file system format. So change your computer as well as the san disk to NTFS then see if you can see whats on the sandisk. If still cannot see the free space then you will have to give it a quick format, which will lose the info on there.

So a format will lose info, changing the file system will not.



Your computer needs to be NTFS to see the large hdd, and to use files larger than 2 gig. Same with the external.



Fat32 to NTFS

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you can change the file system with out losing the data



To Check your hard drive, flash drive or external hard drive do this. They ALL need to be NTFS to handle today's large size hardware.



Open my computer, right click the drive >properties. In the pop up it will say FAT or NTFS in the file system. If its FAT you need to change it to NTFS to handle large files and drive sizes.



On XP click start >help and support >type in convert.exe to read about it.

Do it in this order:

1, Open my computer> right click the drive >properties >tools >check now >tick both boxes to clear the disk of any errors, then:

2. defrag the drive (tools)

3. Enter the convert command like this:

say the usb drive is F:

Click Start > Run > convert F: /fs:ntfs /v /nosecurity /x



same for your C drive. (paste above and change the drive letter)



4. do a defrag again.



I have done this a lot and never lost any data. Just don't interfere or take risks. The biggest risk is a power failure while its doing it. It doesn't take long. If you find it doesn't do the conversion, then run Chkdisk to fix errors then try again.

Answer 2

Sorry to tell that memory stick is a fake. It is a real san disk and is a real stick but it doesn't really hold 8gb. Someone painted it and programed it to do that. i want to get one for my psp and my dad ( a electronic wiz) told me about that and it made sense.

Answer 3

Try formatting the drive through DOS.

Go to Command Prompt (shortcut 'Win key' + 'R'), type



format J: /FS:FAT32 /X



where J is the drive letter of the pen drive.

Answer 4

Radmilo & Cheezrob have given you the answer you need

Answer 5

Try formatting it!

Good luck

Answer 6

try de-fragging it