Questions tagged [usb-flash-drive]

USB Flash Drives are portable USB drives that rely upon flash storage, also known as pen drives or USB sticks.

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What to do to get past a USB flash drive “No Media” error?

I have a laptop which reliably breaks USB flash drives. It's done it to three different known good USB flash drives, and once the USB flash drive is broken, it has a drive letter assigned, but I can't ...
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How to transfer Persistence from kali usb live 2023 to 2024

I used kali live 2023 upon USB with persistence for a while and had no particular problems. Then one day i decided to update it and this task had no good overcome because it run out of space. Indeed ...
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Create Windows 10 bootable/installation USB drive

I created Windows 10 installation USB drive using media creation tool provided by MS. (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10/) At first I thought it was USB bootable and also ...
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Windows 7 doesn't recognize second partition on removable disk

I created two partitions on my removable Flash drive, but Windows doesn't recognize the second partition. Both partitions are NTFS and primary partitions. And this image is in disk management on ...
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Windows 10 USB flash drive not booting, but linux (ubuntu) does

I have an bootable USB with windows 10. I tried to install it on my laptop lenovo G50-80: I've selected the boot menu (after turning on the laptop via a small button: here), but the usb name wasn't ...
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Windows MediaCreation corrupted my USB drive and now it has no media [duplicate]

Yesterday, on my windows 10, I tried using the Windows MediaCreation Tool (win10) for my usb drive because one of my other computers needed to update to win 10 from win 8.1. However the tool didn't ...
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How can I make portable Windows XP/7/8.1/10 flash drive?

I have 64 GB 3.0 flash drive I just bought for any purposes First I wanna try to make NOT BOOTABLE, but PORTABLE flash drive. When I plug it into any PC, it opens directly Windows, without any ...
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Security of an encrypted partition in a flash drive

I have a flash drive that I carry with me everywhere in a keyring for convenient access to personal files on other people's computers. In the past, these flash drives tend to get lost as they break ...
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What is the purpose of these overlapping partitions?

I want to install Parabola on one of my machines, so I downloaded the .iso, checked the signature and hash, and then flashed the image to a USB thumb drive like so: dd if=parabola-dual-openrc-cli-2020....
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I never configured a Windows Hello USB Key, now it doesn't want to configure

I have a USB Key that I want to transform into a Windows Hello USB Key. But, when I insert it, it says that I already have configured a key. How to de-configure it and configure my USB ?
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How to format and use a BitLocker encrypted drive?

I started the encryption process on my blank 64GB USB stick. The process ran for about 12 hours and stuck at 21%. I paused the BitLocker encrypting process and restarted my computer. And then I can'...
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Hp 14-dk0xxx BIOS update, but just how?

I have this 14-dk0xxx notebook where I have installed Ubuntu 22 LTS. I just wanted to update the bios but it seems a mess. Ok I have no Windows like the other 90% of the users do, so I dowloaded the ....
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How to calculate the minimum size for a FAT partition to fit given files?

Is there a way to calculate how big a partition needs to be to fit a file (or several files of a given size)? Let's say I want to make a FAT32 partition on a usb drive and store 1 Gb file (or two 500 ...
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USB drive's name/label was permanently changed while it's actually empty label

Yes, my USB drive's (specifically in E letter) name/label was permanently changed to something else (named 'sad') when it is empty when I open up the properties.If I key in some name in properties or ...
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Can I emulate TRIM by writing all zeros?

Before an SSD sector1 was ever written to, it looks like all filled with zeros. So, if I write all zeros to a sector, for the purpose of functionality, it will look just like a free one. Thus the ...
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How can I disable the automatic switch to "library" mode in Windows Media Player 12?

Whenever I plug any USB device into my computer while running Windows Media Player 12 in Windows 7 or later, it will automatically swtich the player from the Now Playing mode to Library mode. This is ...
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Can't connect USB 3.0 storage device to my RHEL 8.8 VM

System details: RHEL 8.8 VM ESXi 6.5 Problem: Attaching my USB to the VM as a storage device. The USB port on my laptop is a 3.2. The USB key is a USB 3.0. When I try attaching it to the VM, I get ...
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Cannot format USB flash drive to FAT32 while writing Linux Mint Cinnamon Edge using Rufus

I wanted to install Linux MINT on my computer. I downloaded Mint and Mint Edge .ISO files. When I opened Rufus to write them to a USB flash drive, it couldn't format the disk to FAT32 when I selected ...
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Is there any way to connect just a USB flash drive to the monitor and run a video on HP L1950g monitors without any PC connected?

I got a bunch of the HP L1950g monitors that I am trying to use for an art project. Is there any way to connect just a USB flash drive to the monitor and run a video on the monitor without any problem ...
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Formatted USB flash drive with Disk Utility on Mac and now it is not recognized on any Mac or Windows machine

I have formatted Canyon CN-MP4A, an MP3 player with optional FM radio with USB flash drive, with Disk Utility on Mac and now it is not recognized on any Mac or Windows machine. I have formatted with ...
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Using HDD partition as USB drive?

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 And I have an /archive partition on my hard drive containing all my personal files, projects, papers, etc. which I would like to present as a "flash drive" via the ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 can't recognize USB device

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 and when I plug my USB key into my laptop it doesn't appear. I also tried to use Gparted to detect it but it doesn't exist here. But using Disks in my OS I can see it. So what's ...
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Cannot Format USB using CMD (Location Path: Unavailable ; No Disk Volume)

USB showing partition but can't select. USB has no volume and the Location Path is Unavailable.
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Attribute “partition” not found - error with mkfs.vfat

I have a USB flash drive that's become unrecognisable in Windows 7, as detailed in my question on SuperUser here. I was advised to try using Ubuntu, and was able to see the flash drive using it, ...
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How do you disconnect a USB drive when getting a "this device is currently in use"?

My daughter had her thumb drive plugged into my desktop, doing some work. She finished, logged off of her account and I logged into mine. I noticed that she left her thumb drive in the USB port, and ...
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Cloning SSD to USB but Windows fails to boot

After I cloned my SSD (size:120GB) to an USB (128GB) with EaseUS Partition Master and tried to boot my Motile M142 laptop from the USB, it gave me the same error message of "0xc000000e" I ...
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How can I make DBAN bootable from UFD?

I want to make DBAN bootable from a UFD (USB Flash Drive). I have the ISO image (dban-2.2.7_i586.iso) and I am using a tool called Rufus (rufus_v1.3.4.exe). I first tried using the default settings. ...
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Is it possible to swap a hard drive from an HP TPN 119 laptop to a HP Stream laptop? [closed]

I have an HP Stream laptop with no operating system on it. I tried to download a Windows operating system onto it from a USB flash drive. But it would not take it for some reason. Someone told me that ...
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Lock USB Drive Encrypted Windows Bitlocker without Ejecting

I have a password vault and other critical items that I store on a USB drive, drive which is encrypted with bitlocker (Windows 10). I often use RDC to remote into my office computer at random times (...
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Is possible update ventoy through Linux when it was installed from the beginning through Windows 10?

To load an .iso image through the boot process through a pendrive (or usb flash drive) is very useful Ventoy I want to know if is possible, and mostly safe, accomplish the following scenario Is ...
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Card/USB flash storage: how to trim/discard/reset after heavy usage?

I wonder, if it is possible to 'reset' the controller of an USB drive or a memory card to treat as 'unused' on Linux (Fedora 24)? Background: I have overwritten an USB drive from /dev/urandom. I.e., ...
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How do flash drives keep good performance if TRIM is not supported?

As far as I know, there was no TRIM/UNMAP support in Windows before 7 (special tools were used for SSD drives), but flash drives were used since about 2005 and were fully supported by Windows XP. As ...
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Windows 10 Creating recovery drive on 4gb usb stick

I'm creating a windows 10 recovery drive onto a 4GB usb drive, however the requirement states, 'at least 4GB'. Should this be enough? Can I place this onto DVD instead?
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Can Windows CE 6 auto-run an application on an inserted USB stick?

By default, does Windows CE 6 auto-run applications found on an inserted USB stick? We are actually trying to make sure this does NOT happen, but the documentation we're finding is contradictory as to ...
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Make a USB stick act like a CD

I used to have a U3 memory stick that came with two partitions, the FAT32 one with data and one that acted like a CD drive so that the executable in it ran automatically under Windows. How can I make ...
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There appears to be a "ghost" USB drive on my PC. What should I do?

Ever since I switched SSDs and installed Windows 10 Pro in the one I'm using right now, I see a "ghost" drive (a not existent drive in gray) that only says "Insert a Disk in USB Device (...
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How to boot from a flash drive OS using VirtualBox?

I have two flash drive, one with Slax installed and another for Android x86 Live installed, but they do not boot in my laptop (in my work they boot perfectly). I can boot from some live CDs/DVDs or ...
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Corrupted portable SSD, wrong size detected, what to do?

I have a 240 GB portable SSD from Transcend. ESD230C Portable SSD Model: TS240GESD230C SN: F43849-0038 Recently there have been long delays in reading data. During another such long delay, I ...
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Where is installed ventoy on the USB flash drive?

Since months ago through Windows 10 I have installed ventoy on a USB flash drive to storage and boot some .iso files for installation purposes about Linux in other laptops. It works fine as expected. ...
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(udisks-error-quark, 0) error while trying to open my USB flash memory

I had an Ubuntu 22.04 running wth no problems but decided to change my SSD card and install the exact same Ubuntu on a new SSD. So I copied some important files into a USB flash memory and after it ...
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external hard drive (Old USB mass storage) wouldn't show up in media

I have this 20 years old USB mass storage. It doesn't want to show up in the media neither in Ubuntu no in windows 10 when I plug it. although ubunut is detetcting the hardware as lsusb: Bus 003 ...
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Linksys E4200 does not seem to support 4TB drives

I connected a Hitachi 4TB USB 3.0 drive to E4200 router using USB but get alert saying it does not support it. Anyone has a fix or solution for it?
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If someone opens a Word document from a USB drive but does not save it to the computer, can I access the file's contents after the drive is removed?

If someone opens a Word document from USB flash drive but does not save it to the computer, can I access the file's contents after the drive has been removed? If so, how? I already tried data recovery ...
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Reasons for irregular—sporadically slow to fast—USB flash drive transfer speeds

One of my USB flash drive (Sandisk 256 GB USB 3.0) is showing quite irregular transfer speeds for larger files (~4GB per file), on my Surface Pro 6. There are no other resource-intensive processes ...
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"'Windows To Go' can only be installed on a GPT partitioned drive if it has the FIXED attribute set" when flashing Windows To Go on drive with Rufus

When I try to flash Windows 11 To Go (technically it's not actually Windows To Go, it's like a pseudo-Windows 11 To Go (it's still Windows 11, but it's not actually Windows To Go, rather something ...
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How to fix corrupted USB flash drive?

My USB flash drive was working perfectly fine until I plugged it in the back of my school computer to show my project. The USB flash drive did not show up there. When I brought it home and plugged it ...
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Problems with Hiren's boot USB flash drive creation from a downloaded ISO

I was trying to make Hiren's boot USB flash drive (I opted for NTFS) but Rufus said: Unsupported file system, only FAT/Fat32 is supported for this type of ISO. Please select FAT/FAT32 as the File ...
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Cygwin64 | mount: Invalid argument

I am trying to do simple operation using my USB flash card and Cygwin64: mkdir /tmp/sdb mount /dev/sdb1 /tmp/sdb And get following error: mount: /tmp/sdb: Invalid argument How to resolve this ...
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USB flash not working after PC turned off while formating [duplicate]

So I was using Rufus to put a copy of Windows 10 on a USB flash drive. The power suddenly cut and after the USB flash drive stopped working. I tried some solutions but they fail, is the damage ...
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Connecting a USB Flash Drive to Storage Spaces

I have been playing around with Storage Spaces for a while now, originally in Win 8.1 and now 10, and have found the technology to be so useful. I have recently come into possession of 10 64GB USB 3....

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