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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Ghost boot disk on a pen drive
I am in process of ghosting several windows 7 machines. I have disk but no pc comes with floppy drives. So I need an external so I was hoping to create a bootable pen drive with ghost. I have the ...
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Some USB devices not working properly on a new W10 x64 machine
Can you help me with a problem that I have with some USB devices not working properly on a new built machine.
I hope you will be able to help me, being myself a power user, but here a little lost in ...
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Is there a way to convert FAT32 to exFAT without data loss?
Windows' convert command is able to convert FAT filesystems to NTFS non-destructively. Similarly, fstransform is a Linux utility that is capable of doing this - calling it an "in-place" filesystem ...
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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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Why does it take so long time to permanently delete files from a USB drive?
I'm deleting a Python installation folder (12000 files, 256 MB) from a USB flash drive, using Windows. It is currently expected to take 40 minutes. Why?
I thought it would be enough to change a ...
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Does a pendrive store any access logs?
I have a pendrive, and would like to know how many times was it plugged in/accessed in the past few days. Does the device or the file system store any logs about this?
I am using Windows 10, the ...
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Do flash-drives/memory-cards fail silently or is there a warning/error?
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Currently, my various data files (the files I create myself and are thus irreplaceable), are spread out over several directories on a couple of system. I want to consolidate them all into ...
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How to use an old Kingston DataTraveler Vault Privacy USB flash drive on Linux?
My company provides me a DTVP with hardware AES encryption two years ago and the CDrom image does only contain tools for Windows and MacOS X. Kingston products now have support for Linux. Current ...
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SysRescueCD on USB flash drive
I managed to install SysRescueCD on USB flash drive so that it boots a dell laptop, but for some reason it doesn't boot a desktop PC that I have. The BIOS provides 3 different options to boot from USB ...
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USB drive ejects itself while formatting
I have a 32GB Toshiba USB drive. Recently I tried writing an image of chrome OS to it with balenaEtcher. It failed. Since then my drive has been unreadable on both windows 10 and Ubuntu.
I have ...
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Do you lose access to keyboard and mice when disabling USB from BIOS?
I think I know how to disable USB in bios but I am trying to figure out if I disable USB in bios and password protect bios, does that lock me out because now I can't use keyboard and mice?
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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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Why is USB Flash drive always initialized with a partition, unlike HDD's?
Every time I completely wipe a hard drive (eg. fill with 0's) it shows as uninitialized in Windows (ie. no MBR or partitions), which is what I expect.
However, if I do the same with a USB flash drive,...
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USB 3.0 HUB parallel copy on several USB 2.0 keys
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I have currently a USB hub 2.0 with 5 USB 2.0 keys with a batch script to write a specific directory into the USB 2.0 keys (Same stuff on each keys). I have 700 keys to duplicate that ...
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How to reduce I/O operations to a flash drive?
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I often use different computers, and for that reason I like to aways keep with me a flash drive with my home directory, with my bash aliases and helpful functions, vimrc, Homebrew ...
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OpenWRT and USB write cycle limit
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I am currently usin OpenWRT at home. I have an external HDD connected to router's USB port for the network shared storage. Actual transfer speed from the HDD to the ...
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Booting Win7 64bit from USB 3.0 thumb drive - is it possible to use the 3.0 speeds?
As it sits it takes 4-6 minutes to load a web page using my USB 2.0 slot.
My Thumb Drive(PSF32GTAB3USB) is 3.0 and I have a port on my laptop (N53SV) that's also USB 3.0.
However, if I try booting ...
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sdcard performance bottleneck
I have loaded my 4 GB FAT32 sdcard almost entirely with mp3 files. Now, I cannot remove none of them because "discovering items" never ends. Even command line tools last forever, including format e:. ...
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USB mouse and keyboard stopped working after plugging in a flash drive
My friend needed to print something so I gave him my flash drive to transfer the files to me so that I could print them. As soon as he plugged the flash drive into his computer, his USB mouse and USB ...
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32GB Flash Voyager doesn't work on new PC with USB 3.0
I have recently built a new PC and my pendrive is not working correctly.
When I plug it into the USB port (I have only USB 3.0 ports), Windows recognizes it and lists it in Explorer, as usual.
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Recreating the master boot record of a Ubuntu USB installation?
I copied my unetbootin installation onto my Windows 7 machine, and formatted the drive and put something completely different on it. Then later I copied the installation it back on to the USB drive ...
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No power save on external hard drive - How to implement?
I recently bought a new 3.5" USB external hard drive which I thought had a power save feature on it, but it turns out that it doesn't. So whether it's being used or not, it spins, which wouldn't be a ...
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Why does my computer destroy a brand new USB stick in minutes?
Since my English is not good, I use machine translation. This may be a strange sentence, but thank you in advance.
I connected a brand new USB stick to my computer and tried to use it as normal, but ...
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USB port not connecting to or reading USB flash drives
I am working on a desktop running Debian Stable Linux and it is otherwise working very well. Only problem is that it is not connecting to USB flash drives. This is true for all its USB ports and I ...
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Is it possible to convert TLC SSD to SLC at the expense of cutting out the capacity?
3d TLC SSDs are good for use as daily driver these days, compared to planar TLC.
But still TLC is TLC no matter how you call it, writing 3 bits in each cell.
A few days ago I heard about P-SLC, short ...
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How to check total written size to USB thumb drives?
(Asking in general but I need the answer specifically for SanDisk drives)
Is there a way to see total written size to USB thumb drives? Just like Samsung-Magician's SSD health check, but for thumb/...
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Windows 10 - Won't recognise USB stick after one is removed
I have an issue with Windows 10, which has only appeared in the last month or so, where I can put a USB memory stick in and Windows 10 will recognise it and allow me to use it, but once I have "...
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Macbook, Can't boot from USB because has no administrator in startup utility
When I was going to ReInstall a fresh copy of Catalina MacOS on my Macbook pro 2019, unfortunately I deleted all partitions instead of erasing them. As my internet connection is so unstable as much as ...
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USB Ports fail to work
Machine: HP Pavilion 15" (2015) [Laptop]
OS: Manjaro Linux
Issue (very shortly summarized): USB Ports do not work.
How did this happen?: I plugged in a malfunctioning a cheap USB WiFi adapter (...
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USB Flash Drive won't let me format or delete files (Windows 10) after being plugged into OSX
I seem to be having an issue with my USB Flash Drive that I can't seem to figure out. I deleted some files off my flash drive and this worked fine and passed it to my girlfriend to use on her Mac to ...
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GUID Partition Attribute not working on MacOS
I'm trying to prevent automount on a device. The device contains only one FAT32 GPT partition.
I have set the GUID Partition attribute to 63 using gdisk (i.e. do not automount). I have also tried ...
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Windows PC to act as removable USB OTG drive for Android
I have posted this question here than AndroidSE because I expect the answer to be actions on the PC.
TWRP recovery is a fantastic tool capable of dumping and restoring entire device images. If you ...
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Can I create a bootable USB drive for BOTH Windows 10 and Linux?
I am seeking to create a bootable USB drive which will allow me to boot into either Windows 10 or Linux, as needed.
I have a 512Gb WD MyPassport SSD and a MacBook Pro. I currently have my 128Gb ...
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Git files corrupted 50% of the time when shutting down
My git files are 50% of the time corrupted for no reason. I have no idea why, and hope one of you knows how to solve this.
I currently have a External SSD (Samsung T5, connected via USB, being seen ...
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Writing OS Bootable Files without Formatting or Deleting the Files on it to USB FLASH DRIVE
i just want to know if there is a way i can write an installation OS files to USB Flash Drive without formatting the files on it.
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Creating the One True USB drive: Live OS + File store?
I'm trying to create the ultimate everyday carry USB drive that does both of these things:
USB Live OS (ideally Linux Tails)
Regular USB data store (ideally encrypted)
Another ideal: this USB stick ...
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System Volume Information\FVE2.{guid} files open prevent ejecting thumbdrive
My Windows 10 x64 machine can't ever eject a thumbdrive. I get a message that files are open. I ran nirsoft OpenFilesView and it shows me the following drives are open:
E:\System Volume Information\...
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Is it safe to convert a MBR flash drive to GPT?
I just bought a new flash drive (128GB) and I want to partition it. I have run into problems (AKA windows not recognizing a second volume if I partition it) because it is an MBR drive. Are there any ...
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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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Windows 7 laptop no longer sees USB drives - how to fix?
When I plug USB drives in to my computer the icon on lower right shows that a USB device is ready to use, but Windows 7 does not show the drive anywhere. Under Disk Management (screen shot) I see the ...
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Cannot write to USB drive in Win 7
My company computer is Windows 7, anytime I try to use a third-party software program to write to a removable USB flash drive, I get an error below.
"Cannot write to Drive F:. Access is denied."
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Unable to format a Pendrive (UDF)-TrusCont Protected
I received a Pendrive from my coaching classes loaded with notes and videos. The content in the Pendrive is protected and now the content has expired. I am unable to view the content any more and it's ...
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USB Drive Only Detected If Connected At Boot
I'm running Elementary OS, a Linux distro based on Ubuntu.
My computer would only detect a USB device (including USB flash drives, portable hard drives, graphic tablets, etc.) if it is connected ...
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USB flash drive not functioning after interrupted file transfer
I have a 16GB Toshiba USB flash drive that stopped functioning correctly after an interrupted file transfer (took it out while it was transferring files on a Windows machine).
Windows recognizes the ...
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Eject USB drive using the explorer
When I right click a drive in the This PC view which is associated with an SD card I have the option in the context menu to eject it. If it is associated with a USB flash drive this option doesn't ...
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USB HDD replace by "ubuntu" in boot order
After installing Ubuntu, it seems that USB HDD has been removed from the boot configuration entries.
In the GRUB Boot Menu, I only see:
ubuntu
Windows Boot Manager
SATA HDD:
SATA CD:
USB CD:
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Boot of the Ubuntu not recognize pendrive
I'm using Ubuntu 4.14 on my notebook Samsung NP270E4E, I gave permission for 0777 "etc" folder (which I should not have done), then want to re-install ubuntu 14:04 in my notebook, the problem is that ...
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Formatting USB-stick to NTFS or FAT32
After reformatting my USB-stick it became unreadable by Android filesystem. Android Supports only NTFS or FAT32, but whenever I try to format USB-drive from Ubuntu to any of the types I can see flag "...
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usb disk affected by surprise removal
I got a surprise removal of my USB drive. Now it is detected in device manager, but not showing neither in my computer nor in disk management.
Please help me.
Here are my USB details:
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How to boot encrypted drive
i have a laptop installed with endpoint security disk encryption. I create a live usb to boot linux, but it doesn't work. Is there a way to boot a usb thumb drive from an encrypted disk? do i need to ...
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