I reset my fake USB flash drive (stick) using this method
I tested the 16GB with the well known h2testw program and this told me the stick only had 1.9GB of real memory
I guess this tanslates to 16gigaBITS and not gigabytes
anyway, after reformatting, I ran the h2testw again & it came back without errors for my 1.9GB's
so I now have a reliable stick of 2GB