There's nothing worse than plugging in a USB drive and nothing happening. It can be tricky to figure out why on Windows, so we have some suggestions.

If your USB flash drive is not copying files, format your file type to NTFS. However, you may also need to gain administrator permission to fix the issue.

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If your USB drive is showing up as 2 different drives on your Windows PC, clean and repartition USB using Command Prompt and see if it helps.

Data stored on USB devices can sometimes be lost due to errors. If you find your files disappeared, don’t fret: it is possible to recover deleted files from a USB drive.

Windows 10 pro has decided that, all, USB thumb drives are read only. Why, and how do I change this so I can use USB thumbdrives? edit2: Actually, I am allowed to create directories.

Did you know that you can run Windows directly off a USB drive? Here is a simple guide on how to download, create, and run Windows 11 or 10 from a USB flash drive.

Rufus is an open-source program that creates bootable USB sticks for Windows installation and more. Compared to Microsoft’s Media Creation Tool, Rufus offers many more options for configuration ...