Taryn DeForest asks:
I was using my USB stick last night and I knew that I would need it at school today. I turned off my computer and pulled out my USB. When I went to school today, I plugged it in to the computer and it kept saying “USB Device Not Recognised.”
We tried it on 3 different laptops. When I got home, I turned on my computer and plugged in my USB. I got the same message. I tried all the different ports on my home computers. I got the same message every time.
My entire computer is backed up on my USB as well as my school stuff and I would really like to get all my files back. If downloading new software to fix this can be avoided, I would greatly appreciate it.
Browser: Explorer 9
System: Windows
Tagged: flash drive, microsoft windows, thumb drive, usb device, usb stick
System: Windows
Tagged: flash drive, microsoft windows, thumb drive, usb device, usb stick
19 Answers -
ha14
November 7, 2012always use safely eject USB then unplug from computer then shut down computer. Now if the USB key do not work on other computers then it is related to your USB key hardware problem.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2654149
see if TestDisk can detect it
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
Totally agree. USB drive must be damaged.
November 7, 2012dhanunjayarao chunduri
November 7, 2012It is an error accrued in your pen drive chip you don’t have a chance to recover your files with any software, but you may recover with another pen drive remove the other pen drive chip and solder it to your defaulted pen drive.
Adam Campbell
November 7, 2012Try with different Operating Systems, maybe you already did but that is all I can think of
Aditya Roy
November 7, 2012To recover data you may need to download Recuva http://www.piriform.com/recuva
Aditya Roy
November 7, 2012Install USBDeview
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html
This should help your pc detect your flash drive. Good luck
Aniket Singh
November 7, 2012it may be dead……..if it is decting on computer try some software like partition master pro
it may work
Harshit Jain
November 7, 2012Maybe it is dead. Try any recovery software and if you still have warranty, get it replaced.
Naveen Kumar
November 7, 2012you must have damaged it while trying to pull it or inserting so hard.give info about what USB stick are using (transcend,hp, san disk)………
Alex Perkins
November 7, 2012The USB drive probably got corrupted
Eserpess der
November 7, 2012I think it might be a hardware problem with one of the pins. I’m sorry but theirs nothing that you can do that I am aware of. Next time back up your computer on a spare drive and 2 USB’s….You should never have a problem again.
Asriel Rusdyawan
November 8, 2012Maybe some files in the USB had been Corrupted or the electricity around the computer had gone unstable..
josemon maliakal
November 8, 2012YA..THATS CORRECT…it’s damaged
Boni Oloff
November 8, 2012There are many people do try to recover their flash disk with any way they can. But in my experience, it never success.
Lisa Santika Onggrid
November 8, 2012Maybe it has bad sector. Or the lifespan has ended.
Nikhil Chandak
November 8, 2012It may be very old
repair it
or buy a new one
cracker pack
November 9, 2012usb drive must be damaged
cracker pack
November 9, 2012are you sure you ejected it last time you used it
Marc Carrion
November 9, 2012There’s two possibilities: One is the usb is physically damaged due to any number of possibilities. The more likely possibility is the you forgot to safely remove it before actually removing it and it is damaged
Jim Chambers
November 11, 2012If you removed your USB drive before computer completed shutdown it is probably damaged. Most suppliers recommend that you safely eject USB drive before shutdown as its presence slows the shutdown process.