How many of you guys had this issue at least once? This kind of situation is most common among USB flash drive users that result in loss of files saved on it and also resists further usage of the flash drive. USB drive gets unrecognized on computers due to many logical errors. Today, I will show you how to fix the “USB flash drive not detected” problem.
This USB flash drive not detected or recognized issue is quite common in the users and it is frequently happening. The result of this error is you should loss the serious files or data and others and this will be very serious problems for the users. Here I am giving you some of the great ways to fix the USB flash drive that has unrecognizable error and help to bring back the files with data recovery.
Note: This post is about Undetected USB drive. If your computer is detecting the USB drive but you are unable to read the data. You should follow this.
Many users can face this USB flash drive not recognized or detected an issue in day-to-day life when connecting the USB device with computer. Here, I am giving you some of the factors that trigger this issue frequently:
- Drive letter issue
- System errors in File that make your USB become RAW
- If Hardware is damage
- USB connection issue
- USB drive error
HOW TO RECOVER FILES FROM A CORRUPT USB DRIVE
USB flash drive not detected Solution 1:
Go to start>control panel> Device Manager
Expand the list next to “Disk Drives” option.
You can see a down facing arrow over your USB drive. Double click it and choose the option to “Enable Device”.
Click Next.
Click ‘Next’ again.
Finally, click Finish.
After this, you need to assign the drive letter. To do so follow given steps:
Go to Computer Management. Go to Start>Control Panel>System and Security>Administrative Tools then choose “Computer Management.”
Click on Disk Management and Right click the USB drive. Select the option to “Change Drive Letter and Paths.”
Click ADD and then click OK.
Now, assign any available drive letter to the USB drive by clicking it.
Right click the USB to designate it as “Online.”
That’s it. It should work now. If not, try USB flash drive not detected Solution 2.
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USB flash drive not detected Solution 2:
Open CMD with Administrative permission.
Now, you need to enter following commands.
Diskpart
list disk
select disk and the disk number. Note: that the disk size will be shown in MB.
attributes disk clear read-only
clean
create partition primary
format fs=fat32 quick (or NTFS). For USB drives with the smaller capacity, it’s recommended to use fat32. If you want to make a bootable USB format as NTFS.
* wait for the format to finish (100%)
Exit
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jingyansu choudhury
Hello World, I am the Founder And CEO Of Techyuga. I am working on building Techyuga to become India's No.1 end-to-end repair hub for all kinds of devices.
my usb can’t be detected i tried everything please help me
USB CANT BE RECOVERED BY THESE BOTH METHODS & CMD DISK PART & SOFTWARES
Maybe it didn’t work for you. Look on youtube, you may get some useful tutorial there. Thanks
No Media (MB)not showing then what can do 🙁
how do i solve this problem my system is giving me this warning [Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)]