1 Topic by LAPIII (edited by LAPIII 2016-08-17 20:17:13)

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Topic: [SOLVED] My flash drive isn't being recognized in Windows.

On Linux Mint 17.3 it's detected.  I ran some commands and will post the input & output:

luis@luis-NV55C ~ $ cat /proc/bus/usb/devices
cat: /proc/bus/usb/devices: No such file or directory
luis@luis-NV55C ~ $ sudo fdisk -l
[sudo] password for luis: 
Disk /dev/ram0: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram1: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram2: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram3: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram4: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram5: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram6: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram7: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram8: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram9: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram10: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram11: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram12: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram13: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram14: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/ram15: 64 MiB, 67108864 bytes, 131072 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes


Disk /dev/sda: 298.1 GiB, 320072933376 bytes, 625142448 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xab684f39

Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors   Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *         2048 619393023 619390976 295.4G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2       619395070 625141759   5746690   2.8G  5 Extended
/dev/sda5       619395072 625141759   5746688   2.8G 82 Linux swap / Solaris




Disk /dev/sdb: 30 GiB, 32176472064 bytes, 62844672 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x06f46235

Device     Boot Start      End  Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1  *     2048 62842879 62840832  30G  b W95 FAT32

In GParted, the fash drive looks fine:

https://s19.postimg.org/u9uocyf5r/Screenshot_from_2016_08_04_17_32_36.png

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Re: [SOLVED] My flash drive isn't being recognized in Windows.

If I recall correctly, if Windows uses a certain bit set in the partition table to determine if the device is a removable USB flash drive, or if it is an entire hard drive.  It is possible that this is causing issues.

You might check to see if Windows recognizes the USB device in the disk administrator/manager.

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Re: [SOLVED] My flash drive isn't being recognized in Windows.

It is:

https://s19.postimg.org/qrzq0y5hb/Device_Manager.jpg

Yet it isn't there in My Computer.

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Re: [SOLVED] My flash drive isn't being recognized in Windows.

Can you check if it is seen in the Windows Disk Manager?

How To Open Disk Management

5 Reply by LAPIII (edited by LAPIII 2016-08-17 20:18:10)

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Re: [SOLVED] My flash drive isn't being recognized in Windows.

It is accessible in Windows after I reformated and added a partition:

https://s19.postimg.org/r6ohgmpfj/windows_disk_manager.jpg

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Re: [SOLVED] My flash drive isn't being recognized in Windows.

Thank you LAPIII for reporting back with how you made the USB drive accessible in window, and also for editing the initial post to prefix SOLVED in front of the title.