Summary: Experiencing with the problem “USB drive is detected but not accessible”? Just Relax! This page will tell you what you need to do to fix USB drive is detected but not accessible error.
Practical Scenario:
Pen drive is detected but not accessible [Solved/Closed]
Hello,
my name is christu I got a sony 4 gb pen drive at first it worked properly on my system. But after few days when I insert any pen drive in to my system usb port it asking me to insert in to the H: drive....But my system has all the new configuration so please help me..
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If you have ever caught in similar kind of problem as mentioned above and want to solve the problem. Here we provided some effective working solutions to fix USB drive detected but not accessible. Just follow them and I hope your problem will get solved.
Does Your USB Drive Appear In My Computer?
When you say USB is detected but not accessible, does it mean that pen drive is not showing data or the pen drive is detected but it is not showing up in My Computer?
When USB drive just cannot be opened:
In such case the very first thing you must do is to recover inaccessible data from the USB drive. You can directly try Photo Recovery software. It is designed to recover lost or inaccessible digital media files such as photos, videos and audio files from USB drive detected but not accessible.
Free Recover Data From USB Drive Detected But 2017
Steps to Retrieve Files From USB Drive Detected But Not Accessible
Step 1 – Download and install Photo Recovery and launch it on your PC. Now connect your external storage devices such as memory card, USB drive, hard drive or digital camera. Once, connected, now on your PC click on “Recover Photo, Audio & Video” to start recovery process.
Step 2 - Select the drive from which you want to recover files and then click on “Scan Now” to begin the scanning process.
Step 3 – You can see that scanning is in progress.
Step 4 - Once, the scanning process gets complete, you can now preview recoverable files. After previewing the files you can select those files that you want back and click on “Recover” button to save them on your PC.
Step 5 - Select the location on your PC to save the recovered files.
When Pen Drive Detected But Not Showing in My Computer
In such cases, you have first check whether it appears in Disk Management or not.
In order to open Disk Management, simply press Windows+R key to open Run box. Next type diskmgmt.msc and tap OK.
In order to open Disk Management, simply press Windows+R key to open Run box. Next type diskmgmt.msc and tap OK.
If USB Drive Appears in Disk Management
It means that your USB flash drive is corrupt or has errors. In such situation also you must try Photo Recovery tool to recover data from corrupt USB drive and then format the drive for re-use.
If USB Drive Does Not Appears in Disk Management
Open Device Manager and see if it is listed there or not. If listed, then try to update the USB driver to check if it fix the problem.
Here how to do that:
- Open "Computer" > select "System Properties".
- Click "device manager" on the left task bar > Next to "USB controller", click "+".Then you’ll see a yellow exclamation mark.
- Right-click and choose "update driver software" > Click "automatically search for driver software online".
Just wait patiently and allow the driver to get installed and reboot your system. After this connect your USB device and I hope problem would be gone.
Invention of Pen drive has made our lives so smooth and tension free. The ease with which we can carry them anywhere. The best part is that we can connect them to our personal computers, laptops and even smart phones.
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