Windows 10: losing data on usb

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Hello I am experiencing intermittent loss of word files on my USB



I presume it is virus related.



What symptoms do my computers have?



They are a succession of laptops they were loaded with XP but had probs so I installed windows 7… I bought the copy of 7 at a garage sale and installed it on four laptops.



Well the symptoms the computers have is that they will not retain the proper date and time.



There is no loss of data or access to files on the laptops but occasionally I will lose data on the USB drive.



Occasionally I will be using the usb in any of the four computers



and occasionally it says the usb needs scanning



then occasionally I put the usb in a machine and it comes up loss reading drive f:



and I end up going to a back up usb with data loss of recent work.



Well is there any suggestions about what could be the probs?



Is the data loss on usb related to the probs that computers have retaining correct time



Simon Overall New Zealand

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Lost data from hard drive, what to do now?

Well, I'm sorry to hear that it's a WD My Passport that failed on you, @tomhenry ! *Frown
I'd recommend you to try using a different USB cable with it and see if that will help your system to detect it without it disconnecting.
I'd also suggest you to go to Disk Management and see how the drive is listed there. It won't hurt to check up on the health and SMART status of the HDD by running the QUICK and EXTENDED tests from the WD's Data LifeGuard Diagnostics. Here's a link to the available software: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=11ZOpD

Give these troubleshooting steps a try and keep us posted with the results!
SuperSoph_WD

 

lost all data on USB deive after scan disk

Hello,

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Edge Search Does Not Permit Change of Region


I got these suggestions from the Microsoft Community forum.No. 1 worked for me:

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community. I am glad to assist you on this.
We have reproduce the issue here and we are able to access non-regional search for google using Microsoft Edge.
I would suggest you to try the below steps and check if it helps.
Step 1:
Clear browsing data option of Microsoft Edge and check if you face the issue. To do so perform the steps below.

1. Click on the More actions icon next to the feedback icon present on top right corner of the Project Spartan homepage.
2. Select Settings and click on Choose what to clear.
3. Check the boxes Browsing history, Cookies and saved website data and Cached data and files and click on Clear.

Step 2:
I suggest you to create a new user account and check if the issue occurs.

1. Go to Settings.
2. Choose Accounts and then select Family and other users.
3. Select add someone else on this PC.
4. Enter a user name and hit next.
5. Click on Finish.
6. Sign out from the current Account and Log into the new account.

Step 3:
It could also happen because of network issue. I suggest you to try with different network connection and check if it helps.