I found this program when I was having an issue with a USB pen drive. I had installed the USB version of Damn Small Linux, DSL creates a 50 meg partition to install to, and leaves the remaining portion of the drive useless, and when you want to un-install Linux, the entire drive is useless. I couldn't get any of the normal Windows tools or partitioning utilities to remedy the situation either.
This program is actually meant as a drive eraser. It writes zeroes to the entire drive. The beauty of it is that it sees USB drives as regular hard drives and allows you to kill the ENTIRE drive not just the partitions on it. It works on all sorts of flash media and seems to be useful in recovery from all kinds of corruption. I have yet to use it for its intended purpose yet, but I'm sure it does that well also. A registered version gives you more erasing options.
The executable you want to run is: KD_WIN.EXE. It looks like a DOS program but is Win32. Make sure you know what you are erasing when you run this because it is VERY effective! Remember, this program is for when all else has failed and you simply want the drive back, it will ERASE EVERYTHING!
Download it here
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