USB flash drive issue
We have two identical machines, both 64 bit. One was purchased with Windows 7
on it. The other was purchased with Vista Business. I could plug my USB flash drive
in either no problem. It is NTFS. We did an in place upgrade of the Vist to WIndows 7.
Now when i plug in my drive it says the device must be formatted. When I cancel it
says it has an unrecognizable filesystem. I can move the flash back to the other Win 7
or any machine and it fine. I have been googling all day. I removed all old USB drivers.
Can anyone give me something to fix this without having to re-install WIn 7 fresh.
March 3rd, 2011 8:23pm
Hi,
Thanks for the post!
You can try to reassign a drive letter to check if it works. Follow these steps:
1. Right-click Computer and select Manage.
2. In the left pane, click Disk Management
3. Right-click your flash drive and select Change Drive Letter and Paths.
4. Click Remove - Yes - OK
Now check if it works.
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March 7th, 2011 9:27am
The drive letter re-assignment does not work. I inserted another
flash drive that had no data I was concerned about. I said yes
to format. It can't even format. I have done everything short
of a Win 7 reload and am at that point. Can anyone help?
April 3rd, 2011 8:14pm