Forum Home
Press F1
 
Thread ID: 150035 2021-08-15 23:05:00 Windows 10 not recognising external drives or flash drives Krad (7878) Press F1
Post ID Timestamp Content User
1479487 2021-08-15 23:05:00 Windows 10 not recognising external drives or flash drives which work fine on other computers. Is there a simple fix? Krad (7878)
1479488 2021-08-16 01:11:00 Windows 10 not recognising external drives or flash drives which work fine on other computers. Is there a simple fix?

fix allways depends on the actual cause
Cause could be many things

test the USB port with a mouse
try rear USB ports , or front USB ports
remove ALL other USB devices except mouse
do you have any mapped drives (Win7 had a bug where if USB wanted to use mapped drive letter it wouldnt show )
disable power save on USB ports , in control panel, device manager
format to NTFS
run cmd ,diskpart , list disk & see if they show there
check usb port for damage
make sure you have correct USB3 drivers (shouldnt be an issue with 10)
Uninstall any AV . It may be blocking access
You may have a Group Policy blocking USB drives

try a NEW USB stick that hasnt been used in those other PC's
Reset Win10 (last resort)

Is Win10 activated & not an insider version ?
1101 (13337)
1479489 2021-08-17 05:58:00 fix allways depends on the actual cause
Cause could be many things

test the USB port with a mouse
try rear USB ports , or front USB ports
remove ALL other USB devices except mouse
do you have any mapped drives (Win7 had a bug where if USB wanted to use mapped drive letter it wouldnt show )
disable power save on USB ports , in control panel, device manager
format to NTFS
run cmd ,diskpart , list disk & see if they show there
check usb port for damage
make sure you have correct USB3 drivers (shouldnt be an issue with 10)
Uninstall any AV . It may be blocking access
You may have a Group Policy blocking USB drives

try a NEW USB stick that hasnt been used in those other PC's
Reset Win10 (last resort)

Is Win10 activated & not an insider version ?

Thanks for this. Will try.
Krad (7878)
1