Windows 10: Is it safe to keep USB flash drive connected in laptop

Usually I safely remove external USB hard drive even USB flash drive. But recently I do not remove USB flash drive when I turn off computer. If needed next time I turn on the computer and use.I wonder if it is safe to keep USB flash drive connected in the computer? Any reply in this regard will be appreciated.Thank you.

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need to (un)encrypt a usb flash drive

Hi Malcolm,

For clarification regarding formatting your USB flash drive, when you say "I've already ran CMD prompt", did you run it under safe mode? If not, we suggest that you follow the steps below:

• Shutdown your PC.
• Insert your USB Memory Stick into your laptop or Computer.
• Turn on laptop, and then immediately start pressing F8.
• Select Safe Mode with Command Prompt.
• After loading files, if your USB Memory Stick drive letter is G (for example), then write as:
  
  C:\windows\system32>G:, and press Enter.
  
  G:\>format G:, and press Enter.
  
• Press Y, and press Enter.
• Now a full format will start which remove write protection from USB Memory Stick.

We look forward to your response.

 

help. USB drive isn't assigned a drive letter.

Any usb flash drive I plug into my computer isn't assigned a drive letter. The physical drive shows in the "safely remove hardware" but it doesnt show up in disk management. I have tried to populate the volume thru the safely remove hardware properties window and it does pop up in the list but it doesn't stay there. This isn't a format or assign a letter problem. It's more complicated then that. Maybe one of the services needed for usb drive management was disabled? Suggestions needed. btw external usb harddrives work fine.

 

USB Flash drive made bootable

Hi Nelson,

Check if there is any slide switch on the side that provides write protection. It show's a closed and open lock on each side. We suggest to follow these steps below:

• Insert the USB flash drive into the USB port.
• Click Start, type devmgmt.msc in the Search textbox and press Enter.
• Find Disk Drives and expand it.
• Find the USB flash drive you want to format, and double-click it. It opens the
  Properties dialog box.
• Click Policies tab.
• By default, the Optimize for quick removal option selected, switch it to Optimize for performance and then press
  OK.
• Now open Computer. Right click on the USB Flash Drive and select Format. The Format dialog box now appears.
• Select NTFS in the File System field.
• Press Start and wait while the process will be completed.

You can also connect the USB drive on a different computer and try formatting.

Let us know how it goes.