How To Fix "Please Insert a Disk into Drive" Error In Windows

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Trouble:

We just got a quite common problem regarding pen drives, one of our reader Emmanuel Ayivi sent us a problem regarding pen drive detection.

When ever I insert my (4GB my flash) pen drive into my PC and any other PC I am
unable to open it. The message that am prompted with is “insert disk into drive”

 

As it’s clear from the message in quotes, this problems occur when you insert when your removable drive to your USB port, it detects your removable drive but throws an error window saying - Please Insert a Disk into Drive \ Device when you try to open it.

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One of the most possible cause of this issue when you have a removable drive which try to get a drive letter which is already reserved.

 

This could happen due to the default behavior of Windows XP when you may have e: drive assigned to a network drive or other hardware drive and removable pen drives tries to occupy e: drive as drive letter.

Fix:

In order to resolve the issue, use the following methods given below:

 

Method 1:

 

Insert the removable disk in the removable drive before you start your computer. But in this case, make sure that the first boot device in BIOS is not USB drive, else computer may not boot at all.

 

Method 2:

 

1. Log in as Administrator account in windows or any other account with administrative privileges

2. Insert your removable disk into the USB port.

3. Click Start, now right click on my computer and select manage

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4. Now, click Disk Management

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5. Right click on your removable drive partition and select Change Drive Letter and Paths under Disk Management ( you can find your drive easily through size )

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6. Change the drive letter some other drive letter like X: or Z: which is not reserved by some other drive on windows.

7. That’s it! Done.


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Sue Massey says, October 10th, 2008   

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Yatindra Pathak says, October 12th, 2008   

Dear Sir

i have install Windows Xp in My intel celeron Computer with Config 155 htz before when i install my Xp it work fine but now its not work as i got new drive i formated it properly install correct but when it come to when it has to launch the desktop it restart again ie the stating bar which it show on the start after boot with black screen and bar running in the middle hope u understand it what i mean

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arihant says, October 19th, 2008   

Hi!!
This solution does not work for me.
No matter in what computer i insert it shows the message.
It does not even shows up on Linux & Mac OS.

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Markmanoza008 says, November 27th, 2008   

Don’t work on me, my flash drive’s led don’t like but the computer is detecting it, it even appear on my computer but still not accessible, it says “please insert a drive into drive Z:”. how you someone help me.

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heri says, December 20th, 2008   

This not work, i don’t see my flash disk drive in Computer Management, even i change the drive path. Does someone have other solution.

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Nazeer says, December 25th, 2008   

The drive just says ‘no media’ Have you got a fix? I can see the properties which says 0 space written, 0 space available. I can change the drive letter but it does not solve the problem.

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EC says, January 17th, 2009   

Not working because the removable disk drive will not show in the Disk Managment window.
- EC

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john says, February 18th, 2009   

This didn’t work for me.Here’s how I fixed it, even though the only way was to format it.
Right click on “my computer”.Then manage.Then disk management.Select the drive, then format it.

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mahendra says, February 19th, 2009   

The drive just says ‘no media’ Have you got a fix? I can see the properties which says 0 space written, 0 space available. I can change the drive letter but it does not solve the problem.

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OrganicTheRapper says, March 7th, 2009   

Hey, I was able to change the drive letter as suggested, however it did not make my files accessible.

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Shivesh says, March 14th, 2009   

Thanks

It really Helped me a lot to format my pen drive

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roby says, April 9th, 2009   

Dear sir i have same problem with my pen drive ..

But sir when i connect to PC its show found new hardware
and do okayy other processs. but when i open the drive
of pendrive its show PLZ INSERT A DISK INTO DRIVE H:

I;ll try above given solution but in DISK MANAGMENT window
its not show.. plz give me solution what to do..

PLZ Help Me.

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dragondav3 says, April 12th, 2009   

I have the same issue as roby. It doesn’t appear in that list.
Please help. I have files on there I need for school

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BarryM says, April 23rd, 2009   

I have the same problem as dragondav3 and roby. My USB is being recognised but when I try to open it I got “Please insert a disk into Removable Disk (F:). It has happened all day on many computers. Please help me, like roby I need my work for school!!!

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rajasekaran says, April 30th, 2009   

Dear sir i have same problem with my pen drive ..

But sir when i connect to PC its show found new hardware
and do okayy other processs. but when i open the drive
of pendrive its show PLZ INSERT A DISK INTO DRIVE H:

I;ll try above given solution but in DISK MANAGMENT window
its not show.. plz give me solution what to do..

DISK MANAGMENT also cannot detect my pen drive
PLZ Help Me.

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kraja says, May 1st, 2009   

i am also have the same problem , it detect my flash drive and shows , “your new hardware is ready to use” , in the my computer i can see the drive letter & volume name. if i try to open that the drive “please insert a disk into drive f:”

how to solve this ,
please let me know

kraja

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fahmi hamdani says, May 11th, 2009   

yes, it’s solve the problem, but i have another problem within the error message. it makes me losing my task manager and even i can’t enabling it using the administsrtive tools.how do i can fix this problem? please. i have my brain stop working to fix this problem…

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samuel says, May 15th, 2009   

pls,my computer still displays ‘there is no disk in this the drive,please insert a disk into the drive, even when no disk is inserted, and there is also a virtual removable disk, when i click my computer icon. wat do ido to disable the virtual removable disk.

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madhu says, May 18th, 2009   

I have Same problem

there is no disk in this the drive,please insert a disk into the drive, even when no disk is inserted,

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Stanley says, June 11th, 2009   

Hello the above solution will not solve the problem. Please give us some other sollution….

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