Windows 10: How do i access a thumb drive which is plugged into a usb port?

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  1. How do i access a thumb drive which is plugged into a usb port?


    I have a new HP Allinone PC and have plugged a thumb drive into one of its usb ports on the back,I am unable to figure out how to access it and open the audio files it contains,Help!

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    Tom Reilly, Nov 10, 2022
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  2. VinceB Win User

    Is this USB Thumb drive toasted or is it the USB Port?

    I have done some additional simple testing here, which I feel has answered my two original questions. My conclusions are:

    1. Insertion of several other USB thumb drives into the front-accessible available USB ports: each USB drive device appeared normally in File Manager.
    2. The WIN10 install USB thumb drive that was lighting its internal LED continuously is no longer happening; as if the install files had to be registered or indexed by the Windows 10 system.
    3. And most importantly, only when the suspect USB Lexar thumb drive was attached to any one of the front-accessible available USB ports, the blinking icons within the taskbar and on the desktop occurred; apparently due to an electrical or mechanical malfunction of the suspect USB Lexar drive. It is my understanding that the icons blinked or flashed because Windows 10 was attempting to index the files located on the suspect USB Lexar thumb drive.

    I infer from all of the above that indeed the suspect USB Lexar thumb drive is faulty, no longer useable, and probably will be discarded soon. There is no evidence that any of the available USB ports or any of the other USB thumb drives that I have here are faulty.

    When I have access to another Windows computer, I might risk attaching the suspect/faulty USB Lexar thumb drive to determine if the result is some abnormal behavior.
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    OT: I have recently connected a Seagate 5 TB Plus Hub USB backup drive, and have configured for backups to be done daily using Seagate's Toolkit app. So, loss of use of the suspect/faulty USB Lexar thumb drive is less important to me now. I am still learning how to make use of the Seagate 5TB hard drive and have several questions in mind; if anyone here knows of a forum for Seagate, please let me know more about its existence, thus far I have not found anything other than the Seagate website.
     
    VinceB, Nov 10, 2022
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  3. USB mouse stops working when you plug in a USB thumb drive

    Hi all, so I have WIndows 10Pro. I have an Anker USB 4 port hub.

    I am using a Microfot Wireless Keyboard and Mouse 5000.

    When I plug in a USB thumb drive into the USB port, my mouse and keyboard stop responding. As soon as I unplug the USB drive, everything comes back to normal. But if I plug the USB drive into the PC directly, the mouse and keyboard work fine.

    If I plug the Wireless receiver into the PC it works a LITTLE better, the keyboard does not respond at the same speed as it normally does and misses letters when I type (fast).
     
    Fern Turpin (fern), Nov 10, 2022
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  4. tsinpa Win User

    How do i access a thumb drive which is plugged into a usb port?

    Thumb drives

    How do I access my thumb drives in my USB ports?
     
    tsinpa, Nov 10, 2022
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