USB pen drive detected but doesn’t show up in My Computer

This fix has resolved my problem.
Thanks.

This still has NOT solved my similar problem. The drive does not appear in ‘My Computer’ but i can go into the drive using ‘cmd’ and see the contents as well. I can see the drive in Disk Management and also did change the drive letter but still not seen in My Computer. I started having this problem after I hibernated and then removed the pen drive while it was hibernating. Any clues? Xp with latest updates.

-Ghanshyam

hi dear,

i have 1 GB pen deive not show on driver list.i mean the virus is effected on my pen drive how to solve the problem ?
pls guide me .

nswain

Dear Friend, Did you check your pen drive’s format. Is it NTFS or FAT. Try to keep the same format as your operating system. If nothing seems to be working go to Disk management by right clicking my computer and going into manage then select your pen drive and right click to go into explorer mode. Work as it is. That is what windows means.

[...] We have received so many problems from the readers on Troublefixers.com when they insert pen drives into their computers it got detected but doesn’t show up in my computer. [...]

Thanks – problem solved.

Great: I assigned my usual pendrive letter to something else. And I was unable to see the drive.
Now after this its fine.

Had the same problem. I changed the drive letter, but it still did not work. Then I tried removing the drive letter completely, unplugged USB drive, then plugged it back in, assigned it the default drive letter, and now I can see it in the “My Computer” folder. Weird.

Hi,

I just got a 64MB flash drive about a week ago.

I had been using it through Windows and linux with no problems but today it started acting up. It doesn’t show up in linux or mac and in windows I get the error
“The disk is drive F is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?”

The first weird thing is that it’s shown as only 8MB. The second is that the format always fails.

I have tried using Active Kill Disk to delete everything on the drive but that doesn’t seem to do anything.

Nothing is working.. Anyone have any ideas? I’d like to get this thing working again.

Regards
Jessica
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This still has NOT solved my similar problem. The drive does not appear in ‘My Computer’ but i can go into the drive using ‘cmd’ and see the contents as well. I can see the drive in Disk Management and also did change the drive letter but still not seen in My Computer.

THANK YOU!
The perfect fix, worked great!!

both my pendrives stopped working after i used them in one of my office pc. they simply do not get detected when i insert them into my computer, i have also tried other computers. tell me, if my pendrives are damaged? can they be repaired?

@deepu

this is exactly what happened to my friend’s pen drive. This happens due to a faulty computer’s usb port. a faulty port can apply over-voltage to the pen drive and the pen drive might have burned-out the internal circuit. try get is replaced in warranty, but they may deny to replace it.

[...] This could be due to no free drive letter has been assigned to your pen drive, you can refer to this post to know what to do in that case. [...]

i still having the probelm

regarding the harddisk

in properties it says harddisk is working but it does not display the driver icon ,but it shows in diskmanagement,
without the driver a name

hava hard disk,which is a
maxtor
40 gb
ata
i want to make it portable,so i
brought a usb 2.o ide cable,
and changed the jumper setting in the harddrive into master,after that i
connected
to the computer using the cable,but the harddrive not display in the my
computer,but it display in the device manager,on the other hand it always to
format but nothing will,and sometimes in the error log it
shows,block in the drive

I have 1 GB pen drive nut it’s not detecting my Windows XP system please tell me the solution for this

I have Transcend 1GB JV30 USB pen drive . After installing Win XP SP2 my pen drive does not seem to get detected.
Prior to SP2 installation , my drive used to function normally.
My Computer does not show the removable disk drive ;therefore I cannot read my drive contents ; but my drive LED flashes . Also an icon appears on my system tray (this is the “Safely Remove hardware ” icon ).

Also I can stop the drive normally , as one does .

At my office where I work , my drive gets detected normally , and functions perfectly.

What could the problem be ? I tried reinstalling Win XP SP2 and the motherboard drivers , but in vain .

you deserve a kiss

thank
it worked for me

thanks a lot.

well do you have any idea how to do this on windows vista?

Hi,

I have a 4GB transcend, after giving it to my freinds for some documents transfer my pen drive is not showing any files or folder (also after the unhide option its not showing). But if i try to sacn it with ‘Avast’ or ’super anti spyware’ all files are getting scanned(names appears during scanning) and no virus is Found after scannig.
Also the properties is showing that it has files of 2.45GB but i am not able to see any.

Please tell me what to do regarding this mail me..

Thanx in Advance..

Where we can see portable drive when we open dismanagement window.??

I have a 2GB pendrive its not getting detected..i have checked on other comp also but its not getting detected..

i can’t see portable drive when i open disk management butcan see all other drives…and my problem is still not solved

@anni

this probably means that the drive is faulty, try it on another computer.

I have a kingston 2GB pendrive its not getting detected..i have checked on other comp also but its not getting detected..what cud be d prob??

it works thx

Thanks.

hi, i just want to ask why i can’t open my pen drive it says the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable???

i have a lot of files in there…..help me

thanx in advanced

there IS NO external drive in disk management. what do i change??

hey dude,
i have the same problem. But mine is, my usb drive is not appearing in MY COMPUTER, whenever i go to comp. mgmt, i can not see also the usb drive. what’s the problem? .. tnx to u

something happened to my computer and none of my drives are working…. they get recognised as soon as i plug them in and even open to show the data but a few seconds later they get automatically de-recognised and when i try to open them i get the error msg “please insert disk into drive” …..

it is not even showing in disk management….
is it a virus problem ?

please help !!!!

i have a 4gb per drive its was working fine before the when i connect my pen drive into the usb port but it shows in the task bar icon but it does not shows in my computer and in disk managent aconsole its not working plz help me guys

actually….i dnt knw wats wrong….whn i go to my computers….n d G DRIVE….i cant c d files….but in properties…i can c d disk is half filled…..can u plzz help me out …..as soon as possible….

Hi,

I have been using my transcend 2GB pen drive for readyboost, however i missed out few times doing remove pen drive safely before shutting down, and now my pen drive is detectable nd says unknown device in device manager or says drivers not installed, I ma unable to use this pen drive any more.

Is there any way we can fix this problem, or assume that this pen drives a trash now.

Please advise

DUDE thanks for everthin u SAVED MY LIFE!!!!!! i dont know how to thanks u!!!! may GOD bless you!

now it didnt show up in my computer i tried changing the name again and still it didnt woork plzzz give me any clues about this situation.my flash is a trancend 4gb brand newly bought!!

it is not appeared in the disk management what to do other usb device like digital camera joystick printer etc work properly with same usb/no yellow mark in device manager . also tried to delete regestry but not possible

win xp proffessional sp2
p4 chipset 845 gl

when i insert my pen drive my pen drive is detect but it could not appear my data but appear romovable disk
and also when i double click pen drive that time messege apear insert disk inti diskdrive

I have an 8 Gb transcend pen drive, when i connect it is detected and task bar shows harware ready to use, it is not showing yellow in device manager, But in Disk Management it is showng two drives Jetflash 8Gb in drive 1 and Jetflash 80 Gb in drive 2, and showing both of them as unidentifired drives, These two are seperate from My Hard Drives and no drive letter is shown on them also I am not able to assign any letter as no option is shown if I right click it.

HI

I have Transcend jetflash 8 GB pen dirve , whenever i connect it to my computer is show removable disk in my computer but when i click to open it, it shows Insert the disk first.

Please Help

Bharat

my pendrive is detected but still its unknown drive y pls help me

Hello Everybody! When i went to disk management, i can see my pen drive but it is written “UNREADABLE” and when i right click on it, only “PROPERTIES and HELP” is displayed. how can i make my pen drive work again? Please help. my pen drive is Kingston 8GB

dear sir

help

i have tracend 2gb pen drive

detected in p.c

but click on the drive

display message
“insert Drive”

What’s Problem

thanku….

Dear Sir,

Actually, my pendrive run shows the icon as removable disk, but not shows the files and folder in it nor the light is on.

hi..when i insert my amkette 4gp pen drive into computer it does not detect it.the drive icon is shown in computer but when i click it,
it shows please insert a drive.
in properties and disk management it detects but memory 0 bytes.
please help me.

i have amkette pendrive.i cannot access it.
when i click the drive.it shows please insert a disk.
please help me

Thanks I Assinged drive letter and it worked

hi!
my kingston data traveler is get detected but does not show up. it is a password protected pendrive even when i tried using the above mentioned way it could not be read. what do i do?
thx for ur help. this was very useful.

i have kingstone 2gb penrive which is not detecting in any other computer. i want to know it can be started or not send me reply now.

i hav a prblm that my 4gb pendrive is detected but while accessing it . shows insert disk in drive plz help me out. thanks

I have a problem with my USB FlashDrive (2GB).The pen drive will be detected but when u want to access it, it will tell u 2 insert disk in the drive. Pls help me as soon as possible

i hav a problem with my USB (2GB). The pen drive will be detected but when u want 2 access it, it will tell u 2 insert disk in the drive.Pls help me as soon as possible.

i have a problem with my usb 4gb pendrive. it is detecting but it showing “”please insert a disk into the drive I:””
plz hlp me

i have a problem with my usb 500gb Sony Microvault USB 2.00. it is detecting but it showing “”please insert a disk into the drive R:””. When i click on property it shows 8gb.
plz hlp me and give me solution as soon as possible.

Thanks
Razzak

This fix has resolved my problem.
Thanks.

sir,
later my pen drive was working properlly but now when i will connect to any computer first it will recoginised and then it says that it is ready to use.after some times one more message will be arrived as USB device not recoginized.what will be the reason and how can i solve this problem ?
this an 2gb pendrive.i will be thank to you if you give me a solution as early as possible with your knowledge

I have 2GB iball pendrive it shows me zero byte. there are some important data in it that i require. plz help me out.

imation pen drive not dectect

Hi! i guess i had the same problem with you guys.. i have a kingmax U-Drive 4GB. i tried plugging it in to a diffrent OS and PC’s but all of it doesn’t seem to detect it though lead is blinking. tried checking it in disk management still the is not visible. please help me fix this disk.. thanks and god bless!

Dear Sir,

I have pendrive when i connect in my pc its saying in device manager Unknown Device. But when i connect another pc its working properly pls help.

Thanks

plz help me sir

when i connect the pen drive in computer its open and working but there is no data. My data approx 1.85gb (kingston 2gb pen drive)

thanks boss…problem fixed

Hi there. I plugged in my USB pen yesturday and fod some reason my computer doesnt detect it? It used to detect in just fine and still detects others, but this one has suddenly stopped working? No light no nothing? I dont know what to do as I have a lot of important info on it. I tried the disk management but its not there? Many thanks

hi..i hav hp 8gb flashdrive….
my pen drive is detected in d system as external usb device bt m not able 2 open it or see its content…it says insert a drive….but its detecting a n external drive at d same time…

it worked thanks

Sir,

I have TDK pendrive 4GP when i connect in my pc its saying in device manager Unknown Device. But when i connect another pc its working properly.

Pls tell me what can i do.

TKS

Sivakumar K

Hi,
My computer dose not detect USB devices, for instance when I plug in USB flash drive nothing happens not even the lights flash and nothing on device management.

Would really appreciate your help.

Regards

Sir,

I have been using my pen drive since 2 years.
One fine day,i plugged in and its not getting detected, i ckhd in the other systems,the result was same.

I have all my office files in it..is thr any possibiity to retrieve the data.

Would be grateful for an early reply.

RGDS
Vinu

sir my 1GB pan drive is not detecting in my system what shoud i must do give me solution………..thanks

sir,

i have kingston 2GB not detected and doesn’t in disk management..

please help me… please

Hi my pendrive is a hp 2GB.Its getting detected in my system at home.But not in other pc’s.I thought it was a virus prob.so i formatted it once.but still its not workin.pleaase help….

i have a 4GB pen drive but that is not work properly when i conncected with system that is show that (please issert a )drive but usb light is open (but data is not save inside the pen drive)