Windows 10: Windows 10 won't recognize flash drive

Discus and support Windows 10 won't recognize flash drive in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Hi I formatted my flash drive with HD low level format tool and now Windows can't see it it knows it is there but it doesn't show up I want to format... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by gibbsy09, Oct 14, 2017.

  1. GIBBSY09
    gibbsy09 Win User

    Windows 10 won't recognize flash drive


    Hi I formatted my flash drive with HD low level format tool and now Windows can't see it it knows it is there but it doesn't show up I want to format it again to fat 32 but I can't thanks.

    :)
     
    gibbsy09, Oct 14, 2017
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  2. SLANCE310
    slance310 Win User

    Windows 10 installation usb not recognized by computer

    Hi,

    If your M\B is set for "Legacy" the flash drives won't be recognized properly...

    The flash drives for UEFI are GPT drives formatted FAT32 and will not be recognized as a boot device by Legacy Bios...

    The flash drives for Legacy Bios are MBR or GPT drives, but are formatted NTFS...

    The Bios detects this and responds accordingly as to the nature of the flash drive...

    At least that is how my machines respond...
     
    slance310, Oct 14, 2017
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  3. ARNOLDELLIS
    ArnoldEllis Win User
    Trouble with backup

    File History won't recognize my flash drive now. It did last Tuesday and backup was successful. Now - nada.

    AW
     
    ArnoldEllis, Oct 14, 2017
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  4. BREE
    Bree New Member

    Windows 10 won't recognize flash drive

    This one?
    Download HDD Low Level Format Tool - MajorGeeks

    The first question that springs to mind is 'why a low level format?' If you were trying to erase all user data there better tools for the job that won't remove the partition information along with the data, CCleaner is just one example.

    Does File Manger say 'Please insert a disk into USB drive...' if you try to access it? That's because there's no partition on it any more.

    You should be able to do this using Disk Management (type disk management in the Cortana/Search box to find and run it). You should see it listed there, its space marked as 'Unallocated'. Right-click on its unallocated space, select 'New simple volume' then follow the instructions.
     
    Bree, Oct 14, 2017
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  5. GIBBSY09
    gibbsy09 Win User
    Thanks for the reply no it says nothing anywhere I just here the little chime when I put the flash drive in and that's it I uninstalled it and tried putting it in but same again just the chime, also when I put it in it doesn't seem to assign a driver really frustrating.
    BTW the link for the format tool do you want me to download that or have you just put it there as an example the reason I used the low level tool was because that was the advice given on Techkings thanks.
     
    gibbsy09, Oct 14, 2017
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  6. GIBBSY09
    gibbsy09 Win User
    Thanks very much bree the disk management done the trick much appreciated.
     
    gibbsy09, Oct 14, 2017
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  7. BREE
    Bree New Member
    *Thumbs
    Great! Don't forget to mark this 'Solved'.
     
    Bree, Apr 5, 2018
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