Dear all,
my USB stick had been used to sync some picture folders, and towards the end there was a crash of the software.
Now, the USB stick is basically broken, because the sync.ffs_lock file is still on it, and i cant copy anything from or to the USB stick anymore.
Formatting with Windows 10 doesn' work either.
Is there any way how i can delete the sync.ffs_lock file?
USB Stick "broken" due to sync.ffs_lock
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Run a chkdsk on the USB stick. The lock file doesn't prevent you from using the USB stick at all, it is only for FFS to prevent multiple syncs running concurrently. That stick may be bad is Windows can't even format it, but you may want to use 'DISKPART' to clean it
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chkdsk and diskpart "clean" command result in the USB stick to be ejected from Windows 10. The stick was not damaged prior to the corruption caused by sync.ffs_lock file.
I cannot copy files to or from the USB stick, therefore I consider the lock-file to have broken the USB stick.
I cannot copy files to or from the USB stick, therefore I consider the lock-file to have broken the USB stick.
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You now have to format the usb stick. Easiest way is in diskpart:
create part pri
format quick fs=ntfs
You can of course change ntfs to whatever format you want, fat32, exFAT, etc.
You can also do this in disk management.
Again, FFS didn't cause it, the lock file did not. Just because it "worked before" doesn't mean anything. I would try again after formatting, and use File Explorer if the same thing happens with FFS.
create part pri
format quick fs=ntfs
You can of course change ntfs to whatever format you want, fat32, exFAT, etc.
You can also do this in disk management.
Again, FFS didn't cause it, the lock file did not. Just because it "worked before" doesn't mean anything. I would try again after formatting, and use File Explorer if the same thing happens with FFS.
