Flash Drive not showing

Deleted member 952 · Mar 19, 2022

Hi,

I'm so unlucky this year first my NAS HDD died on me, now it's now showing my Flash drive - Samsung BAR Plus 128GB Type-A (Wont work/show on front or back ports). I could send it back for a return but it as data on it which I need.

Any help would be fantastic.

cereberus · Mar 19, 2022

Plug in drive and run following from admin command prompt.

diskpart

list disk

You should be able to see usb drive - usually last on list

So can you see it?

Deleted member 952 · Mar 19, 2022

See nothing only disk 0 and 1 both my system drives.

Berton · Mar 19, 2022

If you have both USB 2 and USB 3 ports try the Thumb drive in both. Try it in a different computer, I do my testing in a Linux computer to determine if its a hardware problem or something in Windows.

Winuser · Mar 19, 2022

Does the drive show in Disk Management?

Deleted member 952 · Mar 19, 2022

Winuser said:
Does the drive show in Disk Management?

Nope.

Berton said:
If you have both USB 2 and USB 3 ports try the Thumb drive in both. Try it in a different computer, I do my testing in a Linux computer to determine if its a hardware problem or something in Windows.

Tried all ports in front and back, get nothing. Will try later today once I get a new charger for my old laptop.

johnlgalt · Mar 19, 2022

Next thing I'd check is Device manager for a malfunctioning USB hub / controller (displays a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark embedded in it). Or else for a particular USB device (which may be that one USB flash drive).

zbook · Mar 20, 2022

1) Indicate whether the drive can or cannot be seen using another computer:
a) file explorer
b) disk management
c) device manager
d) BIOS
e) run this script:

https://www.tenforums.com/attachments/bsod-crashes-debugging/361213d1646305529-post-problem-reports-here-batch-files-use-bsod-debugging-diskparinfo.bat

2) Return the flash drive to the original computer > indicate whether the drive can or cannot be seen
a) file explorer
b) disk management
c) device manager
d) BIOS
e) run this script:

https://www.tenforums.com/attachments/bsod-crashes-debugging/361213d1646305529-post-problem-reports-here-batch-files-use-bsod-debugging-diskparinfo.bat

cereberus · Mar 20, 2022

kuyenmotdivad said:
Nope.

Tried all ports in front and back, get nothing. Will try later today once I get a new charger for my old laptop.

If another flash drive works ok, the drive is almost certainly dead.

hsehestedt · Mar 20, 2022

I know that I may sound like a broken record, because I've provided this PSA in several different threads, but I just can't stress enough how important backups and multiple copies of data are!

I too lost a flash disk that had some pretty important stuff on it (a micro-SD card actually). I had it in my hand and as I approached the slot in my laptop - ZAP! - a wicked big spark jumped between the drive and laptop case. That card was toast. It was replaced under warranty, but the data was gone. Thank goodness I had something like three other copies of that data

.

Fabler2 · Mar 20, 2022

This is a second flash drive issue you're having. I would recommend always using the 'safely remove hardware' with removing these drives.
I've one of these Sandisk Ultra drives that has a power LED indicator. It just pulsates dimly if the drive isn't working and when I use safely remove the LED goes off indicating it's not getting any power and that there'd be no possibility of any arcing when pulled out of the port.
It's no help in this issue I know. just throwing in some info.
If you always use SRH then you've had some bad luck

IanMosley · Mar 20, 2022

kuyenmotdivad said:
I'm so unlucky this year first my NAS HDD died on me, now it's now showing my Flash drive - Samsung BAR Plus 128GB Type-A (Wont work/show on front or back ports). I could send it back for a return but it as data on it which I need.

Have you tried updating / re-installing your flash drive driver?

Have installed the latest Windows 11 updates?

Deleted member 952 · Mar 20, 2022

Thanks for the help everyone, but I tried the Flash Stick on my laptop with no luck and it read other Flash Sticks, so it looks as if it's dead and its only a few months old. Does this mean my data is all lost?

zbook · Mar 20, 2022

When available post a share link from the diskpar info script.

Deleted member 952 · Mar 20, 2022

zbook said:
When available post a share link from the diskpar info script.

Code:

    Disk 0 : SSD. It has 4 partition(s). Model: WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0   
    Disk 1 : SSD. It has 1 partition(s). Model: WDS200T1X0E-00AFY0   
 
    The script has found the above 2 storage device(s) in total.
 
=============================================================================
 
Drive
Letter   Drive Label     Fs   Free Space Used Space  Capacity   Free
------ --------------- ------ ---------- ---------- ---------- -----
                       FAT32    67.08 MB   28.92 MB   96.00 MB  70 %
                       NTFS     83.51 MB  527.49 MB  611.00 MB  14 %
  C    OS              NTFS    849.45 GB   81.35 GB  930.80 GB  91 %
  D    DATA            NTFS      1.54 TB  290.54 GB    1.82 TB  84 %

=============================================================================

Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.22000.1

The "Free" column below refers to unallocated space rather than unused space.
On computer: XXX

  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Online          931 GB  1024 KB        *
  Disk 1    Online         1863 GB      0 B        

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 0     C   OS           NTFS   Partition    930 GB  Healthy    Boot   
  Volume 1                      FAT32  Partition    100 MB  Healthy    System 
  Volume 2                      NTFS   Partition    611 MB  Healthy    Hidden 
  Volume 3     D   DATA         NTFS   Partition   1863 GB  Healthy           

Disk 0 is now the selected disk.

WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0
Disk ID: {04C52CD5-E062-11EB-AC8C-04D4C44C7752}
Type   : NVMe
Status : Online
Path   : 0
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : PCIROOT(0)#PCI(0101)#PCI(0000)#NVME(P00T00L00)
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only  : No
Boot Disk  : Yes
Pagefile Disk  : Yes
Hibernation File Disk  : No
Crashdump Disk  : Yes
Clustered Disk  : No

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 0     C   OS           NTFS   Partition    930 GB  Healthy    Boot   
  Volume 1                      FAT32  Partition    100 MB  Healthy    System 
  Volume 2                      NTFS   Partition    611 MB  Healthy    Hidden 

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    System             100 MB  1024 KB
  Partition 2    Reserved            16 MB   101 MB
  Partition 3    Primary            930 GB   117 MB
  Partition 4    Recovery           611 MB   930 GB

Partition 1 is now the selected partition.

Partition 1
Type    : c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b
Hidden  : Yes
Required: No
Attrib  : 0X8000000000000000
Offset in Bytes: 1048576

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
* Volume 1                      FAT32  Partition    100 MB  Healthy    System 

Partition 2 is now the selected partition.

Partition 2
Type    : e3c9e316-0b5c-4db8-817d-f92df00215ae
Hidden  : Yes
Required: No
Attrib  : 0X8000000000000000
Offset in Bytes: 105906176

There is no volume associated with this partition.

Partition 3 is now the selected partition.

Partition 3
Type    : ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7
Hidden  : No
Required: No
Attrib  : 0X8000000000000000
Offset in Bytes: 122683392

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
* Volume 0     C   OS           NTFS   Partition    930 GB  Healthy    Boot   

Partition 4 is now the selected partition.

Partition 4
Type    : de94bba4-06d1-4d40-a16a-bfd50179d6ac
Hidden  : Yes
Required: Yes
Attrib  : 0X8000000000000001
Offset in Bytes: 999562412032

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
* Volume 2                      NTFS   Partition    611 MB  Healthy    Hidden 

Disk 1 is now the selected disk.

WDS200T1X0E-00AFY0
Disk ID: 96DA20CF
Type   : NVMe
Status : Online
Path   : 0
Target : 0
LUN ID : 0
Location Path : PCIROOT(0)#PCI(0102)#PCI(0000)#PCI(0100)#PCI(0000)#NVME(P00T00L00)
Current Read-only State : No
Read-only  : No
Boot Disk  : No
Pagefile Disk  : No
Hibernation File Disk  : No
Crashdump Disk  : No
Clustered Disk  : No

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 3     D   DATA         NTFS   Partition   1863 GB  Healthy           

  Partition ###  Type              Size     Offset
  -------------  ----------------  -------  -------
  Partition 1    Primary           1863 GB  1024 KB

Partition 1 is now the selected partition.

Partition 1
Type  : 07
Hidden: No
Active: No
Offset in Bytes: 1048576

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
* Volume 3     D   DATA         NTFS   Partition   1863 GB  Healthy           

===============================================================================

Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE) and system reset configuration
Information:

    Windows RE status:         Enabled
    Windows RE location:       \\?\GLOBALROOT\device\harddisk0\partition4\Recovery\WindowsRE
    Boot Configuration Data (BCD) identifier: 46a9d764-8b87-11ec-afa9-f47aa29165a1
    Recovery image location:  
    Recovery image index:      0
    Custom image location:    
    Custom image index:        0

REAGENTC.EXE: Operation Successful.
   
===============================================================================

Firmware Boot Manager
---------------------
identifier              {fwbootmgr}
displayorder            {bootmgr}
                        {0c774c3e-a7ca-11ec-9e63-806e6f6e6963}
                        {0c774c3f-a7ca-11ec-9e63-806e6f6e6963}
                        {0c774c40-a7ca-11ec-9e63-806e6f6e6963}
timeout                 1

Windows Boot Manager
--------------------
identifier              {bootmgr}
device                  partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
path                    \EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BOOTMGFW.EFI
description             Windows Boot Manager
locale                  en-GB
inherit                 {globalsettings}
default                 {current}
resumeobject            {46a9d762-8b87-11ec-afa9-f47aa29165a1}
displayorder            {current}
toolsdisplayorder       {memdiag}
timeout                 30

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier              {0c774c3e-a7ca-11ec-9e63-806e6f6e6963}
description             UEFI:CD/DVD Drive

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier              {0c774c3f-a7ca-11ec-9e63-806e6f6e6963}
description             UEFI:Removable Device

Firmware Application (101fffff)
-------------------------------
identifier              {0c774c40-a7ca-11ec-9e63-806e6f6e6963}
description             UEFI:Network Device

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {current}
device                  partition=C:
path                    \Windows\system32\winload.efi
description             Windows 11
locale                  en-GB
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
recoverysequence        {46a9d764-8b87-11ec-afa9-f47aa29165a1}
displaymessageoverride  Recovery
recoveryenabled         Yes
isolatedcontext         Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
osdevice                partition=C:
systemroot              \Windows
resumeobject            {46a9d762-8b87-11ec-afa9-f47aa29165a1}
nx                      OptIn
bootmenupolicy          Standard

Windows Boot Loader
-------------------
identifier              {46a9d764-8b87-11ec-afa9-f47aa29165a1}
device                  ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume4]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{46a9d765-8b87-11ec-afa9-f47aa29165a1}
path                    \windows\system32\winload.efi
description             Windows Recovery Environment
locale                  en-gb
inherit                 {bootloadersettings}
displaymessage          Recovery
osdevice                ramdisk=[\Device\HarddiskVolume4]\Recovery\WindowsRE\Winre.wim,{46a9d765-8b87-11ec-afa9-f47aa29165a1}
systemroot              \windows
nx                      OptIn
bootmenupolicy          Standard
winpe                   Yes

Resume from Hibernate
---------------------
identifier              {46a9d762-8b87-11ec-afa9-f47aa29165a1}
device                  partition=C:
path                    \Windows\system32\winresume.efi
description             Windows Resume Application
locale                  en-GB
inherit                 {resumeloadersettings}
recoverysequence        {46a9d764-8b87-11ec-afa9-f47aa29165a1}
recoveryenabled         Yes
isolatedcontext         Yes
allowedinmemorysettings 0x15000075
filedevice              partition=C:
custom:21000026         partition=C:
filepath                \hiberfil.sys
bootmenupolicy          Standard
debugoptionenabled      No

Windows Memory Tester
---------------------
identifier              {memdiag}
device                  partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume1
path                    \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\memtest.efi
description             Windows Memory Diagnostic
locale                  en-GB
inherit                 {globalsettings}
badmemoryaccess         Yes

EMS Settings
------------
identifier              {emssettings}
bootems                 No

Debugger Settings
-----------------
identifier              {dbgsettings}
debugtype               Local

RAM Defects
-----------
identifier              {badmemory}

Global Settings
---------------
identifier              {globalsettings}
inherit                 {dbgsettings}
                        {emssettings}
                        {badmemory}

Boot Loader Settings
--------------------
identifier              {bootloadersettings}
inherit                 {globalsettings}
                        {hypervisorsettings}

Hypervisor Settings
-------------------
identifier              {hypervisorsettings}
hypervisordebugtype     Serial
hypervisordebugport     1
hypervisorbaudrate      115200

Resume Loader Settings
----------------------
identifier              {resumeloadersettings}
inherit                 {globalsettings}

Device options
--------------
identifier              {46a9d765-8b87-11ec-afa9-f47aa29165a1}
description             Windows Recovery
ramdisksdidevice        partition=\Device\HarddiskVolume4
ramdisksdipath          \Recovery\WindowsRE\boot.sdi

zbook · Mar 20, 2022

The flash drive was not seen using diskpart.

See if it is seen using :

View any installed/connected USB device on your system

USBDeview is a software that lists all USB devices that connected to your computer, and allows you disable, enable or uninstall them.

www.nirsoft.net

View / Change / Remove drive letters assignment in your system

www.nirsoft.net

Deleted member 952 · Mar 20, 2022

zbook said:
The flash drive was not seen using diskpart.

See if it is seen using :

View any installed/connected USB device on your system

USBDeview is a software that lists all USB devices that connected to your computer, and allows you disable, enable or uninstall them.

www.nirsoft.net

View / Change / Remove drive letters assignment in your system

View / Change / Remove drive letters assignment in your system

www.nirsoft.net

It's showing two Samsung USB, see picture.

Wynona · Mar 20, 2022

kuyenmotdivad said:
Hi,

I'm so unlucky this year first my NAS HDD died on me, now it's now showing my Flash drive - Samsung BAR Plus 128GB Type-A (Wont work/show on front or back ports). I could send it back for a return but it as data on it which I need.

Any help would be fantastic.

I've read the entire thread and from what I've seen, your flash drive may be dead, but . . . while researching how to partition my data drive, I ran across this site and it looks like there may be a way to retrieve your data.

How to Partition a Hard Drive on Windows 10 [Complete Guide]

Know how to create, shrink, extend and delete the partition of hard drive on Windows 10. Read this complete guide which described the 5 steps to resize the partition of the hard drive in legitimate manner.

www.stellarinfo.com

Note that there's what looks like an ad for Stellar Data Recovery right at the top of the article, but you can download a trial version, so I'm guessing this app will be for pay. I'm not sure it will work for a flash drive, but it's worth a try. If this doesn't work, at least it may point you in the right direction.

Good luck . . . I'm still bemoaning the loss some years ago of a series of photos I took of a very large hummingbird in California because I didn't have a backup of my SD card.

Back then, backups weren't as readily available as they are today.

zbook · Mar 20, 2022

If the link that Wynona is able to recover data then you're set.

Please follow up in this thread.

There are many EF members that would benefit if you're successful.

Deleted member 952 · Mar 20, 2022

zbook said:
If the link that Wynona is able to recover data then you're set.

Please follow up in this thread.

There are many EF members that would benefit if you're successful.

Would it work as my flash drive wont connect to my pc? Its nit showing up on any usb port on my pc or old laptop.

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