Questions tagged [usb-storage]
Storage drives connected by USB devices known otherwise as flash drive, USB stick, USB key and thumb drive. Also includes larger storage devices such as portable hard drives.
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Do (if yes, then why) some SATA to USB adapters have maximum supported drive size (except for 2^32 sectors limitation = 2TiB for 512b sector size)?
During web search I've found some SATA to USB adapters have limit of 2 TiB for 512 bytes sectors due to 32 bits limit on sector count.
Still I recall many other max sizes quoted, e.g. in that ...
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Connecting USB HDD
Suddenly I found I can't connect any external drive by using USB adapter. I have three different adapters but none is detected in my Windows 10. If I connect them to my other Windows 11 machine they ...
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taking an image of two partitions without unallocated space
I have a 32GB SD card with 1GB FAT32 on sdc1, 10GB EXT4 on sdc2 and 21GB unallocated space. I want to get a single disk image file that would contain sdc1 and sdc2. So the image would be of an 11GB ...
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Why is the Transfer Speed so much fluctuating with my USB SSD? Transfer of ISO file on Win10
When I write an ISO file to my USB2 SSD, the transfer speed varies a lot. It starts fast, goes down to 0, appears hanging for a while and continues with kind of fast bursts.
Why is the Transfer Speed ...
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Cannot activate bitlocker on removable disk
I've activated BitLocker on all hard drives on my PC, without any problem. I've also modified the group policy for inserting a PIN when the computer starts.
But I'm having some problems when trying to ...
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USB Drive is Read-Only on Mac
I have a MacBook Pro(13.3.1 (22E261)) that has a USB Drive(Seagate Model SRD00F1). I have the NTFS Paragon Driver installed. This was working fine. Now it is read-only. I have tried uninstalling and ...
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Emulate USB flash drive for CNC machine [duplicate]
Our CNC machine (Laguna Swift) can only read files from a flash drive. I was wondering if there is a way connect the CNC machine to a Windows 10 computer via USB-A to USB-A cable and share a folder to ...
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After hibernation, USB SSD shows under "remove safely" but not in file explorer - until reboot
Usage scenario:
Arrive at work, wake PC from hibernate-to-disk, plug in my WD Elements USB SSD.
See it's not shown in file explorer nor disk management, but it does show up in the systray USB icon ...
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How to get model/serial of USB hard drive without opening up case (on Windows)?
I recently bought a new 2,5 USB3 HDD (Western Digital Elements) and I'm curious what drive is actually inside (mainly because I'd like to know if it's using CMR or SMR, or is there any other way to ...
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How can I make the view mode of folders on a usb drive the same on different computers?
For example, the drive letter of a usb drive is H:\. I set the view mode of a folder on this drive to list. When I change the drive letter, the view mode of this folder will not be list anymore. I ...
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Where to install Grub for Debian install?
should i install grub on sdb or sda ??
(im installing debian on 32GB , the USB has UEFI)
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Is it possible to prevent files on a usb drive from being searched on any computer?
I have searched, but all methods that I found need to be done on computers. I have a usb drive, and I may use it on different computers. It's impossible to set "Indexing Option" on every ...
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How to write windows installation iso to usb hard drive
There seem to be many tools to write an ISO to a USB stick, but I am trying to write a windows installation ISO to an external hard drive, many tools don't even list it as an option to write to, what ...
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Install Windows 10 on external USB attached HDD - not bootable
I am trying to install a fresh Windows 10 onto a number of 2.5 inch HDDs.
I have downloaded the Windows 10 iso.
I have a caddy that can hold the 2.5 inch drives.
The reading I have done indicates I ...
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External Drive with bitlocker enabled will not eject from Windows 10
External SSD with bitlocker enabled will not eject from Windows 10, the mbamagent.exe (bitlocker) is preventing the device from being stopped. This also happens with other USB hard drives without ...
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Cannot `cd` to E: drive using Windows CMD command line [duplicate]
I connected a camera to Windows machine through USB, but I am unable to access the device when I type "cd E:\" through command line.
I can see the device through file explorer, and the drive ...
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reformatting my ssd from ps4 to PC (windows 11)
I have a portable SSD I would like to use to store games on. I have used this ssd on my PS4 and now want to use it on my PC but i can't seem to open it on my PC the only thing i can do with it is ...
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windows 10 can't boot when I move nvme to usb
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my win10 laptop, win10 on nvme ssd, everything is ok
grub2 boorloader ok
win10 bootloader ok
boot by EFI
sec boot is off (in bios)
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WD My Passport external disk no longer detected
I have an old WD My Passport 2 TB USB 3 external hard disc. It has worked fine for 10 years, but for the past week, it doesn't even show up in Disk Management on Windows or Disk Utility on Mac, not ...
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My PC can't write to any USB external storage device but can write to my Phone storage
I recently noticed that I couldn't write files (or delete files) to any external usb storage using my PC.
Here is what happens when I try to create a new folder.
I can't get past the 2nd window popup....
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USB3 HDD write speed Debian 11 vs Ubuntu 22 (ESXi 7.0U3 VMs)
I have two VMs running on an ESXi 7.0U3g host.
Both VMs are installed on an NVMe datastore (FYI for comparison below, note "usbspeed" vs "nvmespeed" tests), and have identical ...
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SSD can't be formatted [duplicate]
I'm trying to get a fake 7TB SSd storage, that in reality is a 64GB SSD to work. I can work on a Linux machine as well.
Until now, the disk is not formatable, I can't clean it using diskpart on ...
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Possible to emulate a USB Mass Storage Device and connect to another machine in Linux?
Is it possible to emulate a USB Mass Storage Device (HDD) with Linux?
For example, I want to be able to connect my Linux server to another machine and emulate a USB Mass Storage Device.
I'd like to be ...
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Windows File Sharing over Switch connected to multiple Gateways
The title might seems confusing, kindly suggest an edit if you have a better one.
Here is the current setup.
Question 1: All computers are using Windows 10, can i use File Sharing to all three ...
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Non-sensical message moving a file to external storage [duplicate]
So why is it a problem, on a Windows laptop with an external USB memory device (an empty 256 GB microSDXC card in USB reader, shows up as D: in explorer) to try to drag and drop a 4.86 GB file to it ...
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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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What does “Synchronize Cache(10) failed: Result: hostbyte=DID_ERROR driverbyte=DRIVER_OK” in dmesg mean?
When I power-off an external USB 3.0 SSD (hard drive enclosing containing a 2,5-inch Samsung SSD, attached via a USB 3.0 cable to a USB-A 2.0 or 3.0 computer port; the partitions have been already ...
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USB 3 works, USB 2/1 doesn't work. The Root Hub reports "HubIs2xCapable: 0 (Is not 2.x capable)"
The USB ports on my laptop only work with USB 3.x devices, but not USB 1/2. I've confirmed with a multimeter that the DATA+/DATA- pins are silent, even when talking to a USB 3.0 drive.
What could ...
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What's the most robust data medium for long-term cold (shelf, archival) storage? [duplicate]
I've been looking, for some time, for a class of storage medium that's particularly well-suited to archival storage (also known as 'cold' or 'shelf' storage; ie literally leaving it unconnected from ...
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USB flash drive doesn't work properly after making it bootable
I burned Raspbian buster lite on my USB drive.
Now I can only use it as storage.
I can see the USB flash drive and I can copy on it, but it doesn't accept any burning tool anymore.
What I have tried:
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Is it possible for multiple users to access a Samba share concurrently?
So I'm planning on mining Ethereum, and found that the blockchain is about 1 tb! None of my computers have the disk space to store this gargantuan blockchain. However I do have a 2 tb USB hard drive ...
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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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How can I safely eject USB disks in Openmediavault?
I have an external hard drive connected by usb to a PC with the Openmediavault Nas system. I'd like to be able to eject the drive out of the way and unplug it from power via a wifi plug when I'm not ...
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UAS USB driver problems with Linux, but not with windows, technical explanation
I'm also getting a lot of these uas_eh_device_reset_handler errors like alread described here https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/441668/debian-usb3-hdd-uas-i-o-errors :
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USB disk drive fails after sleep, but only some folders
I have a Seagate Backup Plus Drive connected via USB to my Windows 10 computer. I use it to save my backup files from Macrium home. After my computer has been in sleep mode and then restarted, I find ...
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Reconnecting USB drive
I have a Lenovo ThinkCenter M900 running Win10 Pro, all has been working well until recently. When I boot I can connect to an external USB drive. When I disconnect the drive there a an error in the ...
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Fastest way to clone a 128gb usb stick with over 100k files
I have a 128gb usb 2.0 stick and it has many small files. In total about 100k files and it takes at least 6 hours just to copy all these files onto another usb stick. What is the fastest way to clone ...
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External SSD is recognize only with lsusb
I've an external SSD with an encrypted mx-linux-19-live on it. When i boot on it, it's ok; but when i am on my installed mx-linux system, i can't mount the usb drive.
lsusb diplay it : (device 009)
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Are usb 2.0 limitations below 150 mbps for hard drive file share
I'm planning on having a Raspberry Pi in my basement with a copuple of usb 3.0 hard drives so it would work kinda like a NAS. The USB drive can only do about 150 mbps which is fine but I'm looking at ...
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Do modern USB external disks need parking or "safe removal"? What is the recommended way to turn them off?
I am trying to turn the off when I do not use it, as Seagate 3.5-inch USB drives never seem to lower the spinning speed even after I have not accessed the drive for hours.
I would like to use the &...
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Hacking an Automated Air Gap backup with USB drives
I am wanting to create an automated air gapped backup onto a couple of USB hard drives. (FWIW, the server these will connect to a Linux server). I'm fairly certain I can build a circuit which will ...
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How much current can an externally powered USB3 hub supply to each port?
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I have a WD My Passport 4TB 2.5" USB3 HDD (bus powered). I've been using it as network drive connected to the USB2 port of a Pi3 for 18 months now.
Over the last few months ...
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Linux USB mass storage gadget issues with large drives
I'm trying to make a linux device act as a large USB drive with a USB port in OTG/device mode. The g_mass_storage module works well with backing files up to 2Tb of size, but I can't find a way to ...
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Corrupted USB Drive in exFat format
I was backing up some files from my laptop to my 1TB USB Drive in exFat format.
During the file transfer, the progress suddenly stopped and I got the message "The Semaphore Timeout Period Has ...
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Bootable USB HD
I have an USB external hard disk with windows DVD files AND my personal files
To boot on this HD, all I had to do was change UEFI to Legacy on the BIOS
Now, I don't have this option.
Also, don't have ...
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How to get rid of empty/phantom drives — like an Empty USB card reader — in Windows?
I had this glitch earlier when connecting a USB-C hub with a Micro SD card and an Anker USB SD card reader with Micro SD card, it was when plugging both in with micro-sd cards, Windows File Explorer ...
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USB hard drive not accessible from Ubuntu VMware guest on Windows 10 host
Hardware configuration
USB external hard drive (previously internal); here there are three partitions (i) Ubuntu, (ii) Windows 10, (iii) data;
internal SSD; here there is Windows 10 and the virtual ...
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Cannot safely remove device
Am unable to safely remove my hard disk even after ensuring that all the running programs are closed. Am fearing it may damage my disk. How best can I go about it?
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Unable to boot Ubuntu from external USB hard drive, kernel panic
The same system has booted fine in the past. Now, when I try to boot, it fails. In recovery mode, it ends in:
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
The GRUB ...
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Disable Windows Defender in Windows 10 20H2
I can't safely eject/remove my USB hard drive, because Windows Defender is accessing it all the time:
Die Anwendung \Device\HarddiskVolume6\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows Defender\Platform\4.18.2103.3-...
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