Windows cannot access USB (please insert drive)

[vorticalbox]

So my windows PC is refusing to access a USB. disk manage meant shows it has a partition and Ubuntu can see the drive and read/write files and folder with no issues.

 

I have tried;

1. formatting in Ubuntu with Gparted
2. formatting in windows is disk part
3. formatting in windows is disk management

All operations complete with no errors. I have nothing of value on the USB i just want it to work without me needing to boot a virtual machine.

 

 

[JefferyD90]

On ‎10‎/‎20‎/‎2016 at 2:05 PM, vorticalbox said:

So my windows PC is refusing to access a USB. disk manage meant shows it has a partition and Ubuntu can see the drive and read/write files and folder with no issues.

 

I have tried;

1. formatting in Ubuntu with Gparted
2. formatting in windows is disk part
3. formatting in windows is disk management

All operations complete with no errors. I have nothing of value on the USB i just want it to work without me needing to boot a virtual machine.

 

 

Its formatted in a format that Windows cant understand.  You'll simply need to format it in a more universal format, like exFAT or something.

[vorticalbox]

7 minutes ago, JefferyD90 said:

Its formatted in a format that Windows cant understand.  You'll simply need to format it in a more universal format, like exFAT or something.

I am quite sure i used fat however the drive is now a live boot drive so doesn't matter so much. I will double check and give it a go.

[paddy-stone]

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