H2testw is a free tool that can be used to test for Counterfeit or Fake USB flash drives, and check your USB Flash Drive for errors. It works by filling the chosen target drive with test data and then reads this data back to verify it. You should probably copy your data elsewhere before performing this test on the USB Drive, or you could risk losing data.
Rufus is an Open Source tool created by Pete Batard. This awesome little gem can Create a DOS Bootable USB Flash Drive (Boot a USB Drive to DOS). Rufus works much like the HP USB Format Tool "HPUSBFW", offering options to format the drive as FAT32, NTFS, exFAT, mark the drive bootable or active, and install a DOS environment to boot into. Additional features include the ability to check the disk for errors, create a volume label, and set cluster size.
DriveLetterView is a Free tool created by NirSoft. This tool can be used to view drive letter assignments of all local drives,
remote network drives, CD/DVD drives, and USB devices that are or have been attached to a machine. Cool features of DriveLetterView include the ability to Change a Drive Letter of a USB Device or Network Drive or Delete USB Devices that are no longer plugged in.
BOOTICE is a Flash Drive Partitioning and Boot Sector Manipulation tool created by Pauly. It can be used to Partition and Format a USB Flash Drive from Windows. USB-FDD, USB-ZIP, and USB-HDD format options are available, along with the ability to mark a partition active "bootable". BOOTICE can also be used to backup, restore, or modify an MBR or PBR.
USB Flash Tools is a Free USB toolkit containing some great tools for use with flash drives or flash memory cards. Features include the ability to create a backup image of a flash drive or restore a backup image. Securely erase a drive by overwriting it's content, making data irretrievable. In addition, USB Flash Tools can test for and detect fake flash drives that report false incorrect capacity.
USBDeview is a free portable application that lists all connected USB devices, hubs and USB devices that have been previously connected to your system. Extended information about each USB device is also displayed such as serial number, device name and description, device type, VendorID, ProductID, the date and time the device was connected and much more. Moreover, USBDeview allows you to easily remove (eject) connected USB devices from your system and the tool can even be used remotely with administrative rights.
CheckUDisk is a Free utility that can be used to retrieve hard coded information about your USB device. This information includes Device Name, Drive Letter, VID and PID Numbers, Vendor ID, Product ID, Product Revision, Vendor Description, Product Description and Serial Number of the USB device. The CheckUDisk tool is completely stand alone, requiring no installation to the host PC. You'll need 132KB of Free space for portable installation.
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