Windows 10: Restore Visibility of USB Drive

Less than 48 hours after last Windows 11 update, I can no longer open my USB drive which I had been using right before the latest update. Norton anti-virus sees it and has scanned it and says there are no problems with it. When I look Device Manager, there is no longer a letter affixed to the drive and right-clicking on it does not allow me to assign a new number. The status shows as "Healthy". I do see a message that "device settings not migrated." How can I restore the critical files on this drive?

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Unable to use System restore from a windows 10 image on Windows 7 with error: "windows cannot find a system image-the usb drive is not visible"

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Unable to use System restore from a windows 10 image on Windows 7 with error: "windows cannot find a system image-the usb drive is not visible"

Hi Otley,

Thanks for replying to us with the status of your issue.

As you mentioned, when you connect the USB flash drive in to the system then the System image backup is not present. It might occur if the System image files is not created properly or may be it got corrupted.

As an initial steps I suggest you to check for the memory space in the USB flash driver.

If the Memory is occupied in the USB flash drive the I suggest you to try running check disk on USB flash drive and check if it helps.

Follow the below steps to perform Check Disk.

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  Press Windows + X on your keyboard.
  
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  Select Command Prompt (Admin).
  
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  Type the below commands.
  
  Chkdsk [drive letter]: /f /r
  

Reply to us with the status of your issue, we will be happy to assist you.

 

USB Devices Not Visible

Thanks for the reply. Note that USB devices plugged directly to the laptop are visible / work fine. The only issue is with USB devices plugged into the Docking Station. I'll try out your suggestions.

Not sure why you mention a webcam (I didn't mention a webcam). The USB devices in question are USB Hard Drives and USB thumb drives.

Regards

Geoff