Windows 10: USB stick does not show up at all

Discus and support USB stick does not show up at all in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; System Specs: Windows 10 home 64bit AMD 2600X ASUS B450-F 16GB 2x8gb 3200Mhz DDR4 ram Nvida EVGA 550 ti C Drive: Samsung 970 pro 500gb Now... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by JessieTheKitty8, Jan 26, 2020.

  1. USB stick does not show up at all


    System Specs:

    Windows 10 home 64bit

    AMD 2600X

    ASUS B450-F

    16GB 2x8gb 3200Mhz DDR4 ram

    Nvida EVGA 550 ti

    C Drive: Samsung 970 pro 500gb


    Now this is a really odd issue that im coming across. I know for a fact that all my USB ports are functional due to testing other USB sticks/headsets/mice/keyboards with them so that is not the issue. I also tested the USB stick on separate computers all of which it worked perfectly so the issue is with my computer.


    I am not quite sure how to troubleshoot this since the USB stick does not come up in File explorer, Device manager or Create a new partition i tried to see if i needed to assign new drive letter or if it at least become discoverable in that

    I have tried restarting my computers many times and it still does not show up in anything. i have completely no idea what is going on, does anyone have any suggestions?

    :)
     
    JessieTheKitty8, Jan 26, 2020
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  2. Chryonn Win User

    USB stick shows no items

    hi all, i have a 32GB USB memory stick that shows up fine in XP. however when i transfer anything over 2Gb, it shows no items listed as if there's nothing there. but looking at its properties (the pie-chart) it shows there's free space and used space.
    does anyone have this problem or know of any utilities that would allow me to view the used space?
     
    Chryonn, Jan 26, 2020
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  3. thraxed Win User
    Installing windows off of a USB stick

    Step By Step from vista:
    From admin cmd prompt

    1. diskpart
    1a. list disk
    2. select disk 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
    3. clean
    4. create partition primary
    5. select partition 1 (replace 1 with your usb drive)
    6. active
    7. format fs=fat32
    8. assign
    9. exit

    Copy Windows Vista's DVD ROM content to the Flash Drive

    xcopy d:\*.* /s/e/f e:\ (d being your vista cd and e being your usb stick)

    And that's it, boot off your usb disk
     
    thraxed, Jan 26, 2020
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  4. lewy90725 Win User

    USB stick does not show up at all

    Chkdsk shows errors after formatting the usb stick

    In order to reproduce the problem, I am doing the following steps:

    • I put a text file with a single line of text on the usb file.
    • I plug in a USB stick to a PC and in the explorer window I go to the usb stick drive.
    • I double-click on the text file and open it in notepad.
    • I close the notepad.
    • I the explorer I go to the one level up and I click the right button on the USB drive and choose the properties->format.
    • I formatted the disk with default proposed parameters (FAT32).

    The disk is empty after formatting. At the command line prompt window, I type the chkdsk and the letter of the USB drive and I am receiving information that errors have been found (Convert lost chains to files (y/n)?).

    I checked it with various usb sticks and different systems (Windows 7, 8, 10) and I got the same results.

    ***Post moved by the moderator to the appropriate forum category.***
     
    lewy90725, Jan 26, 2020
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