Windows 10: How to get my flash drive to reinstall windows 11

Hi, i recently got an email from my tablet manufacturer. I have a fusion 5 tablet. The problem I’m having is, I transferred my whole C: drive over to my external D: drive a while back. All my files went through, but a lot of them were on my desktop. Most were shortcuts, but I got rid of a lot of them. Then I got an email that my “one drive “ had 1400 files that were gonna get deleted. They are a bunch of lettered and numbered file names. I told fusion 5 that I just wanted to start over. So they gave me a file in my email. It is the files to reinstall my OS. I tried their step by step instructi

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USB Flash drive not seen on Laptop running Windows 11

Hi,EliBiek

Welcome to the Microsoft Community.



I'm sorry to hear that neither Windows 11 laptops nor Android phones recognize USB flash drives. Here are some steps you can take to try to retrieve data from a potentially damaged or corrupted USB flash drive:



1.Check the USB connection: Make sure the USB port you are using is working properly. Try connecting the USB flash drive to a different USB port on our laptop.



2.Using a different computer: Try connecting the USB flash drive to another computer to see if it is recognized. This will help determine if the problem is with the USB drive itself or the laptop.



3.Check Disk Management (Windows):

• Press Windows Key + X and select Disk Management.
  
• Look for the USB flash drive in the list of drives. If it appears but does not have a drive letter assigned, you may need to assign a drive letter to access it.
  

If none of these steps help to retrieve data from the USB flash drive and the data on the USB flash drive is critical, it is advisable to stop trying to access it further to prevent any further damage. Recovering data from a physically damaged drive is very complicated and you may consider seeking the help of a professional data recovery service. They have specialized tools and expertise to recover data from damaged storage devices.

Best Regards

Martin | Microsoft Community Support Specialist

 

Reinstalling Windows (what drive)

It may be possible to troubleshoot and fix the boot problems and operating system/registry problems.
Sometimes access denied can be fixed.
Sometimes missing dll files can be fixed.

If you clean install, it can be performed in the shortest time however the files will be cleaned.
If you boot rescue the files can be backed up to another drive.

If you troubleshoot these are the initial steps.
The next steps will be based on the results displayed from these commands.

Perform the following steps:

1) Find a flash drive that you can format: ( > or = 8 GB)
2) Create a bootable Windows 10 iso (now Windows 10 build 1803)
Download Windows 10
3) Insert the bootable Windows 10 iso flash drive into any USB port
4) Power on the computer and click the applicable keyboard key or modify the BIOS boot order so that the USB external HD is on top
List of PC brands with their corresponding hot-keys
5) It may take 5 - 10 minutes for the iso to load while viewing the Microsoft Windows icon
6) Select the language, time, currency, and keyboard, or click next
7) Click troubleshoot
8) Click command prompt > Administrator: X:\Windows\System32.cmd.exe > X:\Sources>
PLEASE USE A CAMERA OR SMART PHONE CAMERA TO TAKE PICTURES AND POST IMAGES OF ALL OF THE FOLLOWING STEPS:
Type all of these commands.
Comments are in parenthesis.

9) bcdedit /enum
10) bcdedit | find "osdevice"
11) C:
12) dir
13) D:
14) dir
14) E:
15) dir
16) diskpart
17) list disk
18) list volume
19) select disk 0
20) detail disk
21) list partition
22) select partition 1
23) detail partition
24) select partition 2
25) detail partition
26) select partition 3
27) detail partition
28) select partition 4
29) detail partition
30) select disk 1
31) detail disk
32) list partition
33) select disk 2
34) detail disk
35) list partition
36) sfc /scannow /offbootdir=B:\ /offwindir=B:\windows
(change the letters B to the drive letter displayed in steps #10)
37) chkdsk /r B:
(change the letter B to the partition drive letter seen in step #10)
(This may take many hours and typically displays ETA.)
38) (reboot as needed)
39) (reopen command prompt > Administrator: X:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe > X:\Sources>
40) bootrec /fixmbr
41) bootrec /fixboot
42) bootrec /scanos
43) bootrec /rebuildbcd
44) (reboot)

 

CD to flash drive

Hi Pam,

There are several ways to copy your pictures from the CD to the Flash drive. One of which is by using the shortcut keys to copy and paste it.

We suggest following the steps below:

• Insert the CD and flash drive to your PC.
  
• Use Cortana and type File Explorer then click it.
• Choose This PC.
• Open the CD drive.
• If all the pictures are in a specific folder, press Ctrl + A
  on your keyboard to automatically choose all the pictures then, press Ctrl + C to copy it.
• Afterwards, Open the Flash drive, choose the location where you want to copy the pictures then press
  Ctrl + V to paste it.

Let us know if you need anything else.