Why won't my flash drive repair in Disk Utility

I have been using my flash drive on a mac fro a while. I just had it plugged into a Mac Mini, but now I it's saying the falsh drive needs to be repaired.... But after I repair it, I verify it and it says it still need to be repaired... I don't know why it won't repair or what is wrong with it.

Nehemiah4Him wrote:
I have been using my flash drive on a mac fro a while. I just had it plugged into a Mac Mini, but now I it's saying the falsh drive needs to be repaired.... But after I repair it, I verify it and it says it still need to be repaired... I don't know why it won't repair or what is wrong with it.
Try
Disk Utility (applications > Utilities > disk utility). Just select the mounted drive and click "Erase" tab. Then make sure it is MS DOS FAT for volume format and click erase.
If that doesn't work, the flash drive may be dead. Happens after a while, that is why they are so cheap.
Cheers
Pete

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