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Disable Write-Protected On USB Stick (Read-only Status)
I need to format my USB stick, but apparently its write-protected or set to readonly.
I tried everything, 3d-app to format, low level format, the regedit, diskpart, and even some silly solutions on ...
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How to use an USB pen drive to install Windows XP when WinToFlash doesn't work
I'm trying to put Windows XP SP2 on my pendrive because I need to format an UMPC via USB port.
I'm trying using USB_multiboot_10, but it fails when I press "P" to format the usb drive (a Kingston ...
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SanDisk USB drive - used space doesn't add up
I have a 32GB SanDisk USB drive (vfat partition type). It's as I received it - I haven't played around with the partitioning or added any encrypted sections or anything.
The disk properties show that ...
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Howto create a bootable pendrive for windows manually on Linux? [duplicate]
I've been trying around but am not through yet. Where is my procedure failing? I have a 2G usb disk which I prepare the following way:
1 - Make a partition with fdisk yielding /dev/sdb1
2 - mkfs.ntfs ...
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How can I access the USB drive my Live Linux is running on? [duplicate]
I'm completely new to Linux. I've downloaded Ubuntu, then using a Linux Live CD, I've created a bootable USB drive.
Ubuntu works beautifully on the USB boot. However, while I can read the hard disks ...
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USB autorun on Linux
I'm running ubuntu linux on Beagle Board without any GUI like KDE/GNOME etc. I would like to know if any user plugs in a USB flash drive will it have autorun enabled by default?
I want to make sure ...
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Extremely slow data transfer on USB flash drive
The shared back-office computer where I work is reading from and writing to USB extremely slow - like almost 1 Mb/s at its peak. The computer is running Windows 7, and may or may not have been ...
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Provide multiple thumb-drives via RAID 0 / USB-hub better performance than a single thumb-drive? [duplicate]
Suppose I'd attach N flash-sticks to an USB-hub and configure them using soft-RAID level 0 [striping].
Is this configuration likely to provide better throughput than a single flash-stick?
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Memory stick not showing in My Computer
I'm using Windows 8 64 bit Pro edition. I have a Sony memory stick which isn't showing up in my computer section. If I open Device manager I can see the stick there named as a mass memory device. I ...
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Copying files to multiple USB flash drives
Does anyone know of any software or hardware (or both) that will copy a certain set of files to multiple USB flash drives?
We have a project where there are some PDF's that need to be copied to about ...
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My usb flash drive cannot be read, the OS asks me if I'm to format it now
I'm using a Sandisk 4GB flash drive on a Win XP machine and just found it cannot be read anymore. The OS keeps telling me the disk cannot be read and if I'm to reformat it now. I have some important ...
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usb flash drive contents replaced with a single shortcut
I was confused when I opened my flash drive all I saw was a shortcut with its target as
C:\Windows\system32\rundll32.exe ~$WO.FAT32,_ldr@16 desktop.ini RET TLS " "
You may refer to the images I ...
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My usb ports are burning my flash drives. Why?
So I just assembled a new computer and I have a ASUS Rampage IV Extreme with a Intel i7-3820 CPU. I have Corsair 650W power supply and I connected it to the motherboard using the 24-pin connecter and ...
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Windows 7 does not recognize any USB drive with my user account
I can't use any USB flash drive in my computer, as when I insert them, there is an error that says that I can't and if I want to format it.
It happens with every usb and just when I log in with my ...
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Remove memtest from usb
A while ago I had some hardware issues with my desktop and used a USB stick to put a bootable memtest on it to do some diagnosis (at the time it was that one of the memory sticks was bad). Fast ...
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Windows prompts to format a USB flash drive containing a valid file system
I've got my Windows 7 Operating System acting weird lately, when I insert a USB flash drive, it says that I must format it although it already has a valid file system. I've tested them on my friends' ...
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When I connect 4 USB drives to my PC at the same time, does each slot have 480 Mbit/s?
When I connect 4 USB drives to the 4 available slots on a PC at the same time, does each slot have theoretical 480 Mbit/s or will it be quartered and every port will only have 120 Mbit/s?
Does this ...
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Is an external hard drive considered a USB flash drive? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I install Windows 7 from an external hard drive?
I have a StoreJet 25M3 (USB 3.0) external hard drive. Does Windows recognize it as a USB flash drive?
I ask ...
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Why are there differences in USB flash drive throughput between different computers?
I have a USB(2.0) Flash Drive. I was recently moving data off my desktop to my laptop.
I noticed that off my desktop I only get about 4-6MB/s. (It fluctuates quite a bit)
But on my laptop I get a ...
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The Requirements for Plug and Play
Plug and Play can help us to discover a hardware component in a system without a need of a physical configuration or user intervention in resolving resource conflicts.
But I wonder: are there special ...
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USB device driver installed when mounting a pendrive in Virtualbox
Today I inserted a pendrive in my PC and decided to mount it inside Virtualbox. Everything worked, but a message popped up on my host machine telling the that the Virtualbox USB driver was succesfully ...
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My flash drive shows up in device manager but does not properly mount. Works fine on other machines
I got one of those LaCie iamakey flash drives and have been using it fine up until today when I plugged it into my work machine. The machine chugged away for a good while and finally mounted it to F:/
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Extremely slow USB transfer speed
I am using Windows 7 32-bit, and have a Transcend 8 GB USB 2.0 flash drive. I have formatted the drive to NTFS using the Windows format tool.
The problem is that when moving or copying files to and ...
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All items in my pen drive had been renamed automatically and cannot open it [duplicate]
All the items (both files and folders) inside my pen drive had been renamed to some characters like :]h.¡>?.A╕╗ and when I try to open any folder Windows gives this message.
The filename,directory ...
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All items in my pen drive had been renamed automatically and cannot open it
All the items (both files and folders) inside my pen drive had been renamed to some characters like :]h.¡>?.A╕╗ and when I try to open any folder Windows gives this message.
The filename,directory ...
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USB Legacy Support, Memtest86+ reboot, and booting from usb flash:
I'm having issues with my rig so I decided I probably should do a full hardware sanity check. I always start with Memtest86+, the very latest version.
I discovered that my computer resets while ...
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Dual Boot USB Drive
I can install Windows 7 from USB. I can also install a Linux distro from USB. Is there a way of doing both?
Like, plugging in the USB drive and choosing Windows and installing Windows, or choosing ...
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Windows 7 USB power lose after a few seconds / minutes
My friend's computer has a problem where the USB ports causes problems with the power of some devices connected to the computer.
The USB mouse has no problems, however the Wireless Adapter looses ...
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USB connection issues with flash drives
Currently I'm facing an issue when I'm trying to connect any USB flash drive to my PC.
I can connect USB keyboard and mouse without any issue.
However when I connect USB flash drive, there are 2 ...
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USB drive is not opening
I don't know why I cannot open the contents of my flash drive.
When I plugged it into my laptop, Windows 7 did not recognize it. In My Computer, it's transparent like this:
When I click the icon, a ...
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How can I mount an iPhone as a drive on OS X [closed]
When I plug my iPhone in on Windows, it automatically detected as a USB mass-storage device and mounts as a disk. How can I set this up in Finder under OS X?
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What is the difference between USB 2.0 and USB 3.0? [closed]
I want to buy a Pen Drive and a HDD. For both case I get two categories. USB2.0 and USB 3.0.
I wish to ask my T.V. is compatible with USB 2.0 pen drive. I wish to buy USB 3.0 pen drive. But that is ...
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Does this memory stck have a virus? It is showing only 541kb but the original size is 4 gb
My friend has a USB memory stick which is supposed to be 4 gb.
Suddenly it has changed its size after they actually tried new software for locking usb drives.
As a result the memory sticks size is ...
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Can I make a Smart Card using a flash drive?
I want to require a user to plug in a flash drive before letting them authenticate with his/her password.
Are there any solutions that work well for laptops, preferably Macs?
I'm not looking for a ...
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How to securely store data on a USB flash drive?
I want to store some important data on my USB flash drive. Data should be in an encrypted format and the data should be retained on the USB drive even if the USB flash drive is formatted. Is there any ...
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I want to use a USB stick as a harddrive - hardware questions
I installed the latest Ubuntu OS on a USB stick and I'm having some (expected?) lags.
Updating packages takes hours, but I can live with that. But the general response time is pretty bad. For instance ...
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Blocking flash drives and SD cards with a password?
I'm trying to set up a Windows 7 laptop such that you must enter a password to access any flash drive, SD card, or other USB media, no matter its format or encryption (if any). However, I should ...
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Need help in low level table creation on a USB memory stick - software tools
I have been scammed by a rouge Chinese USB stick supplier. It seems to be a popular pastime today for suppliers over there to offer 1, 2, 4. 8 .16. 32 gig USB stick at low prices then sell and ship ...
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How to fix corrupted filesystem (shows as RAW) in USB device?
I would like to ask if you know how to fix a corrupted USB? I've tried the diskpart command but it didn't work. The media is write protected.
Do you have any idea that is much better? I need to fix ...
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Password protect USB flashdrive
I have 16 GB USB flash drive and using it for multiple purposes:
As bootable Windows & Linux installation packages carriage (with http://www.sarducd.it)
As PortableApps carriage
What I need ...
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Are there any USB flash drives or SD cards which use RAID or redundant storage for additional reliability?
I'm looking to get a fault-tolerant USB flash drive, which saves data to multiple independent locations, whether using RAID or some other means to back up data. Has a product like this ever been ...
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Recovering Crashed Flash drive?
So my friend has a USB flash drive that isn't working. I don't know a whole lot about "recovery" software so I figured I'd ask you guys.
What steps can I try (I have access to a Linux machine as ...
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Can you change the name of a flash drive on the boot menu?
I have two Staples brand Flash Drives. They work fine and they boot okay, but they have the same name on the boot menu, so when I have them both in the computer, I can't tell which one is the one I ...
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USB Flash not recognised by Windows and BIOS, but works fine in Linux
I have a Transcend JetFLash 2GB USB Drive.It was working fine and I had been using it occasionally.
All of sudden it stopped working in all versions of Windows .
The USB Drive is also not ...
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Multiple Live CDs on a Single USB using a Mac
Okay, so after searching high and low, trying YUMI and XBOOT with zero success (and probably causing damage to my drive for so much reading and writing), I'm turning to the StackExchange community!
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Flipping the Removable Media bit — alternatives to BootIt?
There's a utility called the Lexar BootIt utility that flips the Removable Media Bit on certain USB flash drives.
I want to flip the bit on my USB flash drive (it's supported) but really am not too ...
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How to mount a hardware locked usb pendrive on a mac?
I recently got this pendrive from my bank. It's a 4GB drive - but all that shows up on my mac is a 2MB partition containing a file logintool.exe. I confirmed that on windows I can login - but ...
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How do I changes a USB drive letter without the Disk Management snap-in
I've got a user who wants to be able change the dive letter a USB drive is being assigned. Naturally, I'd use the Disk Management snap-in. However, my user doesn't have sufficient privileges to run it ...
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Is there a way to power down a USB device using software?
Is there a way that I can power off a (specific) USB device completely using software from a Linux machine?
I want to use this to power off (so that the LED is off) a (single) USB stick.
Do you know ...
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What is and how to increase the maximum number of usb devices?
I'm wondering what is the maximum number of USB devices the Linux kernel can manage?
Does this depend on the root-Hub or something else, too?
Is there a way to increase this maximum number?
I need ...
