A pretty common problem and different reasons and fixes for this issue.

Thank you. After numerous attempts to fix the problem I realized I had not gone to your channel; the only one that seems to help me fix my problems. Thank you again.

The worst USB issue is Write Protection Error. Happened few times with me. Never recovered.

Linux would repair this in seconds that's why I use an old 2GB RAM laptop with MX Linux for fixing weird partitioning and/or letter errors that I encounter using Windows 10. Also the information here is very helpful, I did not know about Mini Tool and I will try it. I had similar issues in the past and I found out that it can be a faulty or damaged USB slot because I tried another one and it worked just fine.

As a subscriber of your channel, I looked to you for help as my PC was not seeing my USB thumb drive. Your suggestion of installing the MiniTool Partition Wizard resolved my problem and now my Lenovo PC now recognizes my flash drive. THANK YOU!

I just bought a 125 GB USB and had uploaded about 3 GB to it over the course of having it for about two weeks. It was working this morning but midway through my work, it had all the same problems that you had. I followed step by step of your video and downloaded the software you recommended but when I opened the program my USB wasn't detected as it was before. Another issue is that it claims it has no media on the other programs. I am thinking about contacting the company to get a replacement because it was not cheap and I am absolutely furious that it isn't working. Luckily I always have a backup USB for important files but still, this was a painful investment that I couldn't resolve.

I've come here with this issue in my USB device and this was the only tutorial that fix my problem. Thanks a lot for your video and for sharing your knowledge. Regards.

That surface test takes me back to Norton Disk Tools circa early 90s

Searched for hours online and gave up already. Found this randomly today and tried it: Changing the letter in Mini Tool fixed the problem. Many thanks

Awesome, I fixed 3 usb sticks. Thanks Brian for directing me to this software tool instead of using the mostly useless Windows methods.

When i press right click, i don’t get a long list as yours. Please what could be the reason??

The last few Win10 updates since 1903 has caused serious issues with some specific USB drives. I had one perfectly good USB flash drive which could not be accessed after a Win10 update. It worked in another USB 3 port but not in the front bottom USB 3 port. All other USB drives worked in all ports and the 'bad' USB drive worked fine in two other Windows 10 systems. So the fault was with that particular Windows 10 PC (registry?). I also had Win8 on the *same PC* (dual boot) and when booted to Win8 it had no problems with the 'bad' USB flash drive in the 'bad' port. The fix was to run usbdeview from nirsoft.com and right-click - uninstall selected device. www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html. If you have problems with a USB drive on a Win10 system, do NOT assume it is a bad USB device!

Have fixed by just mounting or putting the drive back online in disk management. Sometimes formatting and creating new volume does the trick. No need for disk scanning and extra software. If ur creating many different boot drives with ur usb flash, this is likely to happen at some point.

Thanks Brian. The last time this happened to me, I unplugged the USB Drive, rebooted the PC, and plugged the USB back in before the reboot started. It worked fine. I like seeing these other options in case next time a simple reboot doesn't work.

Good man, that tool did the trick for me. Allowed me to “wipe” the drive and then setup a partition across the whole thing so that it became usable and viewable in windows explorer. Thanks for the information, very useful!

After 3 days of trying out every thing on KZfaq to fix my corrupted usb, I solved it in 5 seconds just connecting it to my smart phone which said it is corrupted and suggested formatting it, and voila it worked again. Attached to windows it wanted to "scan and fix" as normal after connecting to android.

Thanks,! I have the same issues, my USB is Sandisk Ultra too. I used AOMEI Partition, it works like Minitool Partition. Now problem fixed !

I have had usb drives not show up in Windows but then I stick in a linux computer it shows up. I format the usb drive to fat32 in linux and try it again in Windows. Windows finds it and reformat it again in Windows and works fine.

learned something new today... thanks ☺️

what do you do if it does not show up in disk management?

Brilliant bit of software. Had an issue with 2 x EMTEC 32GB USB drives and MiniTool Partition fixed the issue on both my USB drives.

Very. Helpful upload. I had a very similar problem with a SSD I was using in a USB adaptor. It just vanished from the computer. But somehow I stumbled on the answer. No drive letter. Used mini partition wizard to give it a letter, and after a re boot all back to normal. Good job it did. Was my back up drive for my music collections. Thanks brian.

Using the disk part in cmd to clean the disk works for me. Thank You

Thank you so much! i really appreciate it, helping me fix my issued USB drive. Thank you a lot for your video and for your kindness sharing your knowledge.

U are the best I have tried every video there is and I was about to lose faith but u saved my flash thanks

Thanks a lot for the details solution .Used the minitool as suggested to resolve my problem

Thanks a lot. Solved the issue after spending so much time around it! Wish I had seen this video before!

Thanks brian, i tried other tutorials and they all had the letter there but it wasn’t on mine and then i realised you had the same issues and i copied exactly what u did step by step and it worked, thank you very much i had alot of photos in there

You also try to use gparted under a Linux machine , sometimes it fixes stuff mini tools can’t handle too.

I was having issues yesterday with a SD Card Reader and thought it was capput, Now im wondering if I am having this issue. I still think its knackered but worth a try doing this. Thanks for the video

yoo i just assigned it a letter in the disk management and it worked. thanks dude 👍

Congratulations on your 500K sub's!

Fixing USB mass storage drivers needs step wise & sequential troubleshooting

2nd step worked for me. Thank you much.

MAAAAAAAN IM TRYING ALL DAY ! AND ALL IS WHAT I HAD TO DO IS JUST TO CHANGE TE LETTER OF THE USB !! Thanks man, you really helped me a lot :)

I'm only 6 minutes into the video so I'm not sure if you have mentioned it past this point but I will add what I did to fix this issue. I used a usb drive to install qubes on a separate machine then when I brought it back to my main machine it stopped showing up. I tried most things i found but using rufus to install a new os iso on it made it start showing up again for some reason. in rufus it was labeled disk 2 then got named removeable disk e after using rufus

Another problem that had cropped up was the loss of sound and so upon rebooting my laptop, the sound came back. This of course also occurred after the forced 1909 feature update.

Thanks Brian as I have had this problem quite a few times and ended up throwing thw drive away. There still remains the problem of the drive knowingly having data on it what do you do then?

Hi Mate. I found your video very interesting as I have an issue with my SanDisk Cruzer USB Device. Actually my issue is a bit different: when I plug it in the PC it shows among the devices for a very short time and the goes off again. This is the reason why I can't try any way to recover it. Have you ever encountered my same issue? Thanks for your attention.

In this case the drive was not formatted, that seems to be the main issue. Always format new drives.

Minitool worked perfectly. Thanks!

Great informative video, as usual.

Thanks!! You are the first person to fix my issue!!

Even minitool is not detecting my Sandisk flash drive. It started when I formatted the flash drive and after I formatted it, I tried copying files from my hard drive, then suddenly at the middle of the copy an error pop up(can't remember but something in the line that it can't copy and gave me option for try again, skip, quit), after that the PC won't detect the flash drive anymore. Plugged in different usb ports, rebooted, tried plugging it again in different usb ports, nothing. Doesn't show up in disk management. Can't be detected by my phone(used a adapter and it usually recognizes it, but not it can't) Downloaded and installed minitool, still nothing. Can I safely assume that the flash drive is dead? Good thing there was no important files in there and I used copy instead of cut.

finally usb is working , thank you bro

if this and all other fixes you find does not work, try using other operating system. windows 10 does disable or stop the usb from being accessed that is why it is not recognized by your pc.,i tried everything there is when it comes to fixing usb in windows 10 os and nothing worked. just try ubuntu or any linux os and thier disk manager does recognize your usb. just delete any partition that you see under your usb drive and format it for windows use and it will be fixed.

Thank you sir ! This is the best video on this issue. Thanks again.

diskpart clean worked for me. Top lad.

Thanks ! Started working after using the minitool.

thanks for saving my usb drive sire !!! so, i am in the habbit of pulling drive out immediately without the usual process of ejecting and today it was not showing and i thought its not even 1 month and its dead. well thanks again

Thank you very much for this video. It saved a couple of flash drives for me.

I have tried to solve this issue with one particular 64gb SanDisk drive. Thank you for this video. The Minitool software solved the problem. Cheers.

Thank you, it was a case of drive letter. God bless

Great Video! Congratulations! Mini Tool saved me at last!

If Mini Tool partition wizard isn't recognize the USB stick, it is actually dead, am i right? The USB stick lights up, it is seeable in the Disk Manager and in the Device Manager too, but i just can't make it work.

Hi Dear Bro, 👉 10:07 Does this process require an internet connection?

thanks for the explaining but the tool does have a 🛑🛑 Militia files 🛑🛑 no one download the tool at the end

Thank you for the video. I was able to fix my HD.

hello! what do i have to do if my usb is not even showing up in the minitool partition wizard? i only have DISK 1 wich is the main hard drive of the laptop. Thanks!

when you start it : 37 second you open disk management window and how you got this window can you explain thank you very much

Did you have to pay for the app to execute these features? Mine always redirects me to a payment prompt

thank you, very nice, elaborate and inforamtive video. Made my day !

Not content related but hope you could answer. I run a macbook pro and used to run windows 7 (boot camp) years ago. If i get a legit copy of win 10 will it have bloatware on it ? I assume once a update comes along that will have bloatware attached. Thanks in advance.

I was about to give up of this USb drive, but you saved me on this, thanks man! Consider it a subscribe!

It works... just install the mini tool partition software. Cheers!

A lot of times, the micro controller on the USB drives either is defective and or from bending of the device, solder joints go bad

Dear friend, as usual, thanks for an important video. Question: I have a usb that does not allow me to perform any operation. It tells me that it is write protected. Do you have a solution for this please. Thank you and sorry

Thanks! fixed my portable SSD issue

This thing worked for me very well. Many thanks!!!

Please i need your prompt response. My USB device does not show up in disk management, and even when i delete USB Hub in Device Manager, it still doesn't work, I checked Disc Drive in Device Manager, my plugged USB device wasn't there also

Thank you very much, The mini tool option worked for me!

Hi , this one is a tough nut to crack. My external 160gb hard drive is not showing in file explorer. I can see it in Device manager and it says it is properly connected. I uninstalled the driver did a computer restart and updated the driver. Still not showing in explorer. Next I check disk management to see if I can assign a letter to it, but it is not showing up there. I now go back to device manager and under universal bus controllers I open USB mass storage device and uninstall it . I do a computer restart but still no luck.Tried the diskpart that did not see the drive.. I installed the mintool partion wizard and the drive does not show up.. I can see this hard drive on my other laptop. Can you help me please

SamData 8 gb USB drive. Used this drive twice. I hear the two tones when I insert in port. Tried different ports, different computers. DISKPART shows Disk 8 as no media. Can't use Clean command. Windows 10 shows it as Drive Q. Tried changing drive letters, no use. Tried MiniTool (Disk 8 doesn't show up as a device). Help.

Hi I have sandisk ultra flash memory and then sundlly maked write product on flash and make many steps and apps to solove it but noway. Can you help me? Thanks

Thanks, I managed to get my flash drive working using the Mini Tool. keep up the good videos

I have this same problem on a usb 2.0 drive I use in my car for music storage...when I put it into the pc to ad music or make changes the pc can't find it...I go to device manager and uninstall the usbs...restart and then it works again...but only for a short time...thinking it might be the flash drive as it is 3 years old and used in a car...hostile environment...hot and cold...what do you think...

What are partitions on the drive? I hope it doesn't mean deleting everything that's on the USB? 😅

can you help me. my problem is that it shows that there is no media and 0mb is free out of a total storage of 0mb. And minitool did not recognize my USB drive. so idk what o do

Thank you I did apply the letter change and that solved the issue

This problem seems to be plaguing Windows OS for decades in its various forms.

can you use it to select some things?

I am having the same problem with a Seagate 4TB external drive. Shows in Device manager but does not in Win Explorer. Any thoughts? thanks.

Each time I connect the USB SSD Windows has forgotten or deleted the drive letter. The problem is, when I open Disc Management in Computer Management it hangs up on "Connecting to Virtual Disc Service" for about five to ten minutes, before I get the drive displayed and can then allocate a drive letter. Have to do this every time I turn on computer or connect the external USB SSD drive. Can you help?

I have two old Samsung 640gb drives that worked on windows sometime ago, they still work with my Blueray player but on Windows 10 they don't even show up. I followed all of your suggestions but still nothing are there other ways to get them back in windows?

Hi !, a question, when I delete all the partitions are all the files on my usb deleted? Or are they already eliminated from before?, Thanks

Thank you so much sir now it’s working because of your helpful instructions, appreciate it sir.

I have this problem with my flash drive when i plug it in on one of my laptops it does not even show nothing like its non existent. But when i plug it in to another laptop it works help me fix this please.

can you make video of usb write protected sandisk ultra dual otg my 32 gb pendrive

I also recommend if you have HDD's that you can't see whatever you do (even with MiniTool) you boot up Ubuntu and click on try Ubuntu (or any distro for that matter) and it will magically be there :D saved me a lot of headache, that :D

For me, it doesn't even show in my disk management or device manager. Is there a way for me to fix that?

Awesome video. Fixed my USB drive issue. Thank you!

My 80GB HDD is not accessible, in Disk Management the drive have Red Icon and said "Device is not Online". But in Diskpart That disk shown as "Online". I am connecting my HDD through SATA Connector "USB3.0 High Speed" which supports up to 4TB. I tried to connect with my all USB Port, the result is same. In Device Manager The device recognize as "USB3.0 High Speed" and in Devices and Printers section it is shown as "VLI Product String" I also connect my HDD in the CPU then that drive is not only Shown but also accessible in File Explorer. Is their any chance for get my HDD shown in File Explorer through USB SATA Connector.

Very Informative. Thank You

Hej Brian good video i recognize this problem I've encountered a lot of weird problems with usb sticks memory cards and external hard drives. Most of the problems i have solved with diskpart clean the disk and create new partitions. But this program MiniTool Partition Wizard simplifies things so you don't have to enter a lot of things in cmd take care Brian and have a lovely day.

Thanks, problem solved then rises each time i plug out and in USB flash drive ! I need to change the letter in each time !

i did everything but on the cmd when i type list disk and select disk 2 ,then says no media and no size and no free. everything is at zero. any help ?

I'm try8ing to do an inplace upgrade repair of Windows 10. I created the thumb drive on another machine because my machine won't run the Windows 10 media creation tool due to an unknown error. So I created the thumb drive with 21H2 Windows build and then plug it into my machine that I want to repair. But it only shows up as empty drive J with no media info. No thumb drives at all work in this machine, but a USB hard drive does work. And so do MIDI and music keyboards via USB as well as tablet digitizer. It is baffling. I tried uninstalling USB driver and restarting Windows, but it no longer works for me.

I have an external 1TB HD with 3 partitions on it, connected to the laptop by USB cable. It has its own power supply and an on\off button. My problem is that at some point the drives disappear from File Explorer. It is as if the HD has been turned off, which it hasn't. If I turn the HD off and on again they appear. Any suggestions why this happens on Windows 10? They all have a letter assigned to them.

Great video, can you make a video when windows 10 for 2.0 usb cause it does not show up anywhere...any ideals can help me fix this issue.

Thanks for the help