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I HAVE SONY (VAIO) 32 GB PEN DRIVE... BUT ITS SHOW ONLY 500MB?

I HAVE SONY (VAIO) 32 GB PEN DRIVE... BUT ITS SHOW ONLY 500MB... IT DOESN'T FORMAT... HOW I CAN RECOVER FULL SPACE (32 GB) ON IT. ITS ALSO SHOW ONLY FAT SYSTEM. CAN IT REPAIR....?????
I HAV WINXP SP2 OS.
MANISH DIXIT, April 2008
THIS IS NOT ORIGINAL SONY PEN DRIVE SO YOU CAN NOT
USE THAT SPACE.
SONY CAN NOT MAKE ANY PEN DRIVE 32GB.
IT MAKE 16GB PEN DRIVE.

The link here so you check pen drive :-
http://www.sony-asia.com/productcategory/sto-usb-storage-media?site=hp_en_AP_i

Manish, July 2008
You probably have one of the fake ones with a hacked firmware.

NDeangiver, May 2008
I'd guess that this is due to the fact the drive is formated as FAT.

I'd format as FAT32 and maybe check on Google to decide on the best file allocation unit to reflect the type of files you'll be putting on the drive.

day26, May 2008