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- Flash Drive Not Detected Windows 10
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In case while you are connecting the flash drive, external hard drive, printer or other USB device in Windows 10, and you are facing with error USB Device Not Recognized, this guide should help to solve the problem. This error can occur with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 devices. The reasons why your Windows 10 operating system does not recognize the USB device can be different (there are really a lot), and there is a lot of solutions of the problem, and some will work for one user, while others — for the another. We will try not to miss anything in this guide.
Aug 04, 2015 Way the Firmware bit value was set so windows will see it as a hard drive not flash drive. What one guy said the reason for this was to conform to Microsoft Go Drive Standards. So Really the problem isn't with the drive its Microsoft. I think the media creation software program should have an option to see ALL DRIVES.
Suppose when you connect a new USB device (flash drives, mouse and keyboard,external hard drive, printer or something else), you see an error in a popup:
- Having some trouble with a 16GB flash drive not being detected, it has data on it. It shows as used space 0 Bytes, free space 0 Bytes in My Computer. Has what I think happened or can be hopeful for so.
- If your USB device is still not showing up on the system, you might want to try it on any other device, and also check if it works on any other operating system. In case it does, transfer all your important files onto a different device. In case it doesn't, we're afraid your USB device has probably gone rogue.
USB device not recognized
The last USB device you connected to this computer malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it.
How to fix USB Device Not Recognized error in Windows 10?
First of all you need to make sure that the problem is not related to malfunctions in the USB device itself (this, at least, will save your time).
- Try to connect the problem device to another computer or laptop and check if it works there. If not, the most likely reason for the problems with the device and methods below may not fit.
- Next, try to connect the device to a different USB port.
- Disconnect the USB device that is not recognized, and turn off the computer. Pull the power plug from the wall outlet, then press and hold the power button on the computer for a few seconds — it will remove the remnants of the charges from the motherboard. You can also remove the battery (+ 3V) from the motherboard for a few minutes.
- If a lot of equipment is connected to your computer (especially in the front USB port on the PC or through a USB hub), try disabling the part of it that is not needed right now.
- Make sure that you do not exceed the total required power for USB devices. You can check value of total available and currently required power in the settings of USB hub device (Device Management -> Universal serial Bus controllers -> USB Root Hub -> Properties -> Power).
If one of the above tips helped you, it is not necessary to continue reading this article.
USB Device Driver
Open the Device Manager console (Win + R -> devmgmt.msc). Your unknown device is likely to be found in one of the following sections of the Device Manager:
- Universal serial Bus controllers
- Other device
Right-click on your Unknown device and select Update Driver Software> Search automatically for update driver software.
When connected to the Internet, Windows will attempt to automatically find and install the appropriate driver.
In that case, when an unknown USB device with an exclamation point appears in the list of USB Controllers, try the following things:
Flash Drive Not Detected By Computer
- Right-click on the device, select Properties, then click button Roll Back Driver on the Driver tab, if it is available, and if not —Uninstall to remove the driver. Then in Device Manager click the Action ->Scan for hardware changes. Check whether your device is identified now.
- Next try to go into the properties of all devices with names Generic USB Hub, USB-root hub or USB Root Controller and on the tab Power Management uncheck Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power.
Another way, which can help when system displays USB device error code 43 in the description of the problem: for all listed in the previous section devices, try to perform the following actions: Right-click -> Update Driver Software -> Browse my computer for driver software -> Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer. In the list you will see the compatible driver (which is already installed).
Select it and click Next— after reinstalling the driver for the USB controller, that is connected to an unknown device, it can be recognized correctly.
USB 3.0 devices (USB flash drive or external hard drive) are not recognized in Windows 10
On laptops with Windows 10 operating system error USB device not recognized is quite common for external hard drives and flash drives, connected via USB 3.0 port.
To solve this problem, you must change the power scheme settings for your laptop. Go to the Windows Control Panel -> Power Options, select the power scheme that is used, and then click Change plan settings -> Change advanced power settings. Then, in the USB settings section disable USB selective suspend.
We hope that some of the above tips will help you to solve the problem with the error USB Device Not Recognized in Windows 10.
Last updated on 11/10/2020
SummaryThis article is about how to fix not recognized usb and restore files from USB thumb drive if it is not detected in Windows 7/8/8.1/10 with free pen drive recovery software.
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Pen drive not detected in Windows 10/8/7
'My pen drive is corrupted because it does not work when I insert it to my computer under Windows 7 operating system. At beginning, the pen drive is showing as a RAW drive and asking for format. Since I cannot format it, I remove the pen drive and reinsert it to my computer, but the system cannot recognize the pen drive anymore. I have tried several times to reinsert the pen drive to my computer again and again, but it cannot be detected by system. How can I recover files from an unrecognized pen drive? Is there any way to repair the corrupted pen stick?'
Pen drive not detected in windows
If your pen drive is not recognized by Windows system, you need to figure out what is the problem and what kind of damage your pen drive got. And then choose a suitable solution to repair your pen drive.
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Steps to Recover data from undetected pen drive
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Step1. Download iCare Pro, connect the pen drive to computer. Install iCare Data Recovery Pro. Choose a recovery module 'Deep Scan Recovery'.
Step2. Choose the pen drive to scan.
Step3. preview found files and select needed files to recover.
If your pendrive is not recognized by iCare, you may try the following solutions
Flash Drive Not Detected Windows 10
- Try with another usb cable, or another usb socket
- Try with another computer
If it still does not work, you may check whether it can show up under DiskManagement, if not, then it may suffer physical damage.
Free 7 methods to Fix/Repair Pen drive not detected problem
If your pen drive cannot be detected at 'My Computer' but can be recognized at 'Disk Management', then you can fix it with the following free solutions.
Warning, please recover data off the usb flash drive before any changes tring to repair it since any modification on the usb flash drive can bring further damage to the data inside of the drive.
Here are several ways that you can try to repair the undetected pen stick.
Solution 1. Reinstall the undetected pen drive to fix it.
First of all, you can try to reinstall the pen drive on your computer. Just find the 'Device Manager' module at 'Computer Management', find your pen drive at the list of 'Universal serial bus controllers', right click it to uninstall,
Reinstall the undetected pen drive
And then insert your pen drive again, and then you may scan for hardware changes.
scan for hardware changes
If it is hard for you to follow the above guide, you may also update the usb drive by the following,
Step 1: open device manager by cmd 'devmgmt.msc'
Open disk management
Step 2: Uninstall usb drive and then Scan for hardware changes under 'Action'
Uninstall usb and scan for hardware changes
If this one does not work for you, try the following.
Solution 2. Assign a new drive letter for your pen drive under Disk Management to fix the unrecognised problem.
Step 1: open disk management
Open disk management
Step 2: right click the pen drive under Disk Management, and then go to option 'Change drive letter and path'
Change drive letter and path
Step 3, assign a new drive letter for the pen drive.
How To Repair Flash Drive Not Detected
Change drive letter and path
Change drive letter and path
Solution 3. If your device becomes unreadable due to the raw file system, you can fix it by covert the raw drive into NTFS file system, this process will format all your data on it, you can try iCare Data Recovery to recover the data first.
You can try Disk Management to format it.
Format the undetected pen drive with Disk Management
Solution 4. If Windows failed to format the pen drive, you may format it by cmd command line.
The most effective tool to format the undetected pen drive is CMD command prompt, you can also try this way first.
Run CMD by pressing 'Win+R' and then type'format l: /fs:ntfs'(l is the drive letter of your raw pen drive)
Repair corrupted pen drive with CMD
Solution 5. If your pen drive becomes unreadable due to the attack of virus, you can fix your unreadable pen drive by recovering the data and removing the virus. You need to run anti-virus software to remove the virus.
Solution 6. If your pen drive becomes inaccessible due to i/o device error, you can recover data first and then format the device to fix it. If Windows fails to format, you can try CMD command prompt to format it.
When does bo4 private beta come out for xbox one. Solution 7. Repair damaged usb drive with chkdsk
Pen drive not showing in Disk Management
Check if your pen drive can be detected at Disk Management. If your drive cannot be detected at 'My Computer' or 'Disk Management', and when you insert the drive into computer, there is no sign on the computer. You can check your pen drive at another computer.
If it works on another computer, the problem is on the USB port of your computer not the pendrive.
If it doesn't work either, your pen drive may be physically damaged, there is no way to online repair it, you can first try to change a USB port, if it still doesn't work, you'd better change a new pen drive. If you do need the pen drive or the data on it, you can go to a local data recovery service center for help.
Also read: how to format usb drive with 8 free methods
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