Windows 10: Hello, Question 1) how do i find out what is accessing my flashstick. It has been blinking...

I inserted flashstick and immediately It started blinking and continues to do so for 3 hours or more. I cannot get to the files inside. I do not know what files it contains but would be music files, movie files and maybe some pdfs.


In the window "my PC" I can see

- "C" drive with colour bar graph indicating used capacity and spare capacity

- "D" drive which is the DVD burner

- "G" drive which is the flashstick I mentioned. The icon for "G" drive looks kind of dead or greyed out. There is no colour bar graph but there should be.


I have a Lenovo T440P thinkpad running Win10. there is a single SSD drive in this laptop with several partitions including drive "C"


When I double click the icon for flashstick drive "G" (in my PC), all I get is a small error message "please insert a disk into USB drive (G". The flashstick will not open.

:)

 

Blinking will not stop

Hello Aswin_Anad,

Thank you for your assistance. Please see the answers to your questions below:

1. Compaq CQ2024PC

2. Windows Update

3. No error message or code on screen.

4. As soon as the update was finished.

5. No changes were made prior to issues.

I also can not use the methods listed (Run the SDC or update the drivers) due to the blinking. As soon as I attempt to access any portion of the screen, start menu, program listing or files on the computer the system starts going into the endless loop and
the screen continues to blink.

 

Microsoft Hello

Hello,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

1. Have you made any changes on your computer prior to this issue?
   
2. Do you have access to another administrator account on your computer?
   
3. Have you recently updated or upgraded your pc?
   

I suggest you try to login using the onscreen keyboard and enter your credential carefully and check if that helps. Follow the below steps to use on screen keyboard.

1. Select the Ease of Access
   button in the lower-right corner of the sign-in screen.
   
2. Select On-Screen Keyboard.
   

Reply with the information, so that we can help you further.

Sandeep Kumar M

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

Blinking Screen

Hi,

Thank you for your interest in Windows 10.

Blinking screen issue is usually caused due to Video card drivers.

I suggest you to try updating the Display Adapter drivers check if it works for you.

Follow the steps to update the Display driver:

• Press Windows Key + X key and click Device Manager.
• Expand ‘Display Adapters’.
• Right-click on the Display Adapter listed and click on ‘Update Driver Software’.
• Select the option to automatically search for the updated driver software.
• Restart the computer after its updated and verify.

Also try to access the computer manufacturer's website and download the latest display drivers for your computer and install the same.

If issue still persists, I suggest you to Uninstall and reinstall the Display driver and check if it works for you.
Refer to the steps below:

Follow the steps to uninstall the Display driver:

• Press Windows Key + X key and click Device Manager.
• Expand ‘Display Adapters’.
• Right-click on the Display Adapter listed and click on ‘Uninstall’.
• Select the option to Delete driver software.
• Restart the computer after its uninstalled.

Also try to access the computer manufacturer's website and download the latest display drivers for your computer and install the same.

Hope this information is helpful. Please do let us know if you need further assistance, we’ll be glad to assist you.