Write failure with status 0xc00000b5 at offset 0x0 for 0x200 bytes.

Question

When I tried to format my USB Flash Drive with command prompt I encountered this problem

Write failure with status 0xc00000b5 at offset 0x0 for 0x200 bytes.

Can somebody help me?

Answer 1

Hi Elico

I am Dave, an Independent Advisor, I will help you with this . . .

It is possible that USB Flash drive is failing, try the following fixes, in both cases, make sure you are working on that USB drive . . .

1

Open Disk Management (accessible by right clicking your Start Button)

In the bottom pane of Disk Management, right click the partition on that drive and choose Delete Volume

Then on the resulting 'Unallocated Space, right click and choose New - Simple Volume

2

If that operation fails:

Click your Start Button, then just type cmd

On the resulting list, right click Command Prompt and choose 'Run as Administrator'

Run this command and hit Enter:

diskpart

Run this command and hit Enter:

list disk

(Make note of the disk number you want to convert and enter it into the next command - replace x)

Run this command and hit Enter:

select disk x

Run this command and hit Enter:

clean

Close Command Prompt and open Disk Management, please provide a screenshot of that Disk Management window . . .

Answer 2

Its ok thank you for helping and thank you for your time I will buy a new USB Flash Drive.

Answer 3

Hi Elico

I am sorry to report, because either of those options have not succeeded, that USB flash drive has failed, this is very common, those drives have a limited life span and can fail at any time, sorry to be the bearer of bad news!

Answer 4

I tried the first solution but did not work and I got an error "the semaphore timeout period has expired"

and on the second solution I got same error "the semaphore timeout period has expired"