I've got this 16GB USB stick that I put the USB bootable version of BackTrack on it

When I TRY to format it it just won't work. It says the file system is RAW, and it can't detect the capacity. While it does say it's RAW, I think the whole stick is an MBR partition, why it's saying RAW, I don't know.

So, I can't access it or format it, any ideas? Try Right Clicking it, going to Tools and Check Disk.Nothing happens :/You mean it wont run?

If not, try downloading this HP Formatting Tool and formatting the drive:
http://files.filefront.com/SP27608exe/;9868201;/fileinfo.htmlWell yeah. Since it can't detect the capacity it doesn't know the start and finishing sectors to format, so I guess that's why it won't come up.

I'll get the HP tool in a few HOURS and see what happens (cause I'm busy atm).All right then. Let us know what happens. If it says RAW it was un-plugged without using the Safely REMOVE Hardware feature...
You may need a third party tool to format it but first try it from Disk Management:

Right click My Computer and select MANAGE tjen Disk Management...
Once there find the stick and right click it and select Format.
Make sure to select the correct drive ! !Thanks, Patio, worked like a charm, just didn't have a partition on it. The format feature in my computer should give the partition OPTION. That's Windows for you I guess.

Thanks for the suggestion Carbon. I'll have that tool on hand if I need it.All right, glad you got it working again.