Unusual problem with my USB flash drive
This might sound a little crazy, but I've been having an unusual problem with my main USB flash drive.
Lately, when I plug my SanDisk 128GB USB flash drive into any computer, it does not want to open. On my Windows PCs, when I plug it in, the flash drive's directory (E:\ on my main desktop and H:/ on my laptop) doesn't appear in File Explorer, and when I open Devices and Printers in the Control Panel, it displays the "Ultra" device (the name of the flash drive), but without displaying the name of the USB device, and when I select it, the device status reads "Device can perform faster when connected to USB 3.0".
Now, before you give me any kind of advice, yes I did try uninstalling/reinstalling the USB drivers for the flash drive, but it just won't work and its very strange. I absolutely do NOT want to do anything will may erase everything on this flash drive because there's a lot of important files on there that I need.
If you happen to know any good ways to fix this issue, that would be great!
Lately, when I plug my SanDisk 128GB USB flash drive into any computer, it does not want to open. On my Windows PCs, when I plug it in, the flash drive's directory (E:\ on my main desktop and H:/ on my laptop) doesn't appear in File Explorer, and when I open Devices and Printers in the Control Panel, it displays the "Ultra" device (the name of the flash drive), but without displaying the name of the USB device, and when I select it, the device status reads "Device can perform faster when connected to USB 3.0".
Now, before you give me any kind of advice, yes I did try uninstalling/reinstalling the USB drivers for the flash drive, but it just won't work and its very strange. I absolutely do NOT want to do anything will may erase everything on this flash drive because there's a lot of important files on there that I need.
If you happen to know any good ways to fix this issue, that would be great!
Comments
If the files are important, you might try a Linux machine and using "dd" to copy the entire block volume to a file, so you can extract files later. If dd fails, then something is wrong with the drive itself.
If my USB drive is dead, then I guess I could try out your suggestion on my Ubuntu or Linux Mint operating systems.
If not windows, you could try it out on Linux live cd/usb and reformat the usb drive that way using gptarted. Make sure to format it to something that supports that big storage size like exFat or ntfs. Hope this helps.