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upgrading from usb 3 to usb 4
I was wondering if it is possible to upgrade from USB 2 and 3 to 3 and 4 on a laptop? If it is possible please tell me the condition that makes such upgrade possible?
because my laptop takes almost ...
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What makes one USB 3.0 flash drive faster than the other?
I have two USB storage devices:
SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD SDSSDE60-500G: According to spec it supports USB 3.1.
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 Flash Drive SDCZ73: According to spec it supports USB 3....
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external hard drive (Old USB mass storage) wouldn't show up in media
I have this 20 years old USB mass storage. It doesn't want to show up in the media neither in Ubuntu no in windows 10 when I plug it.
although ubunut is detetcting the hardware as lsusb: Bus 003 ...
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how to allow using only specific usb flash drive in windows
The company I work for sells devices that run Windows 10/11, I need the device only use our company's usb flash drive, the total requirements are:
When other U disk is inserted, it should not be ...
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Emulate USB flash drive for CNC machine [duplicate]
Our CNC machine (Laguna Swift) can only read files from a flash drive. I was wondering if there is a way connect the CNC machine to a Windows 10 computer via USB-A to USB-A cable and share a folder to ...
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SSD can't be formatted [duplicate]
I'm trying to get a fake 7TB SSd storage, that in reality is a 64GB SSD to work. I can work on a Linux machine as well.
Until now, the disk is not formatable, I can't clean it using diskpart on ...
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Is it possible to convert TLC SSD to SLC at the expense of cutting out the capacity?
3d TLC SSDs are good for use as daily driver these days, compared to planar TLC.
But still TLC is TLC no matter how you call it, writing 3 bits in each cell.
A few days ago I heard about P-SLC, short ...
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USB 3 works, USB 2/1 doesn't work. The Root Hub reports "HubIs2xCapable: 0 (Is not 2.x capable)"
The USB ports on my laptop only work with USB 3.x devices, but not USB 1/2. I've confirmed with a multimeter that the DATA+/DATA- pins are silent, even when talking to a USB 3.0 drive.
What could ...
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USB flash drive doesn't work properly after making it bootable
I burned Raspbian buster lite on my USB drive.
Now I can only use it as storage.
I can see the USB flash drive and I can copy on it, but it doesn't accept any burning tool anymore.
What I have tried:
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Windows 10 - Won't recognise USB stick after one is removed
I have an issue with Windows 10, which has only appeared in the last month or so, where I can put a USB memory stick in and Windows 10 will recognise it and allow me to use it, but once I have "...
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Fastest way to clone a 128gb usb stick with over 100k files
I have a 128gb usb 2.0 stick and it has many small files. In total about 100k files and it takes at least 6 hours just to copy all these files onto another usb stick. What is the fastest way to clone ...
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Are usb 2.0 limitations below 150 mbps for hard drive file share
I'm planning on having a Raspberry Pi in my basement with a copuple of usb 3.0 hard drives so it would work kinda like a NAS. The USB drive can only do about 150 mbps which is fine but I'm looking at ...
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is it ok to leave external ssd drive plugged in?
I Usually prefer to keep my USB flash drive plugged in all the time and got no problem with it.
But this time I am planning to get a new portable ssd for bigger capacity.
This is what it looks like as ...
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Is a USB flash drive basically equivalent to a USB card reader plus an SD card?
Is a USB flash drive (AKA pen drive) basically equivalent to a USB SD card reader plus an SD card (or microSD card)? Or are they really two different beasts?
Related: Performance difference between ...
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USB drive gets hot/warm even when computer is turned off (but power supply is plugged in)
I noticed something weird today. I left my USB drive (SANDISK) on my desktop computer. When I unplug the USB after a few days, I noticed that the USB drive is warm. (I didn't turn the computer on at ...
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What is USB Flash Drive Read Speed?
I know that copying data from a USB Flash Drive to another drive refers to Read Speed. But when I googled for it now, I've come across many websites that say the Read Speed is how long it takes to &...
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New Flash SDD is copying as regular USB flash drive
I bought a new Seagate OneTouch SDD of 500Gb. I tried to pass some information, but it copy at regular speed. I ran a benchmark and the result was the same of my small SanDisk USB Flash of 32Gb, both ...
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How to format a usb flash drive to make it accept files larger 4gb?
What can I do to make a usb flash drive accept files larger 4gb? I noticed that some do not allow storing for single file larger 4gb.
Is it about the format of the pendrive? Instead of FAT32 it should ...
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Deciding how to format a new flash USB drive
I have recently purchased a SanDisk 128GB drive and it came with FAT32. Though, I want exFAT to support large files. Is it enough to perform a Quick Format into exFAT or do I need to perform a full ...
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USB Memory stick won't show on explorer
I have read about all questions similar to mine but none of them is describing my problem.
I purchased this 64GB USB memory stick from Fry's electronics about 3-4 months ago. SO the return period is ...
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Is it possible to recover this USB Drive?
I have a problem with my USB Stick. It simply doesn't show up in fdisk -l.
I suppose it's dead (totally not possible to recover programmatically), but I'm just curious if it's wrong.
Here are some ...
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How to combine all partitions of USB flash drive?
I hope this is the right place to post this.
I have an SP brand 32GB USB flash drive. When it was brand new I installed the TAILS OS on it and it seemed to create a bootable EFI system partition of ...
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Windows 10 detects USB flash drives but not USB camera or smartphone
When I connect USB flash drives (simple storage drives), they are detected by Windows 10 without problem.
However, when I connect Android smartphones or cameras, the USB sound notification is heard, ...
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What to look for when buying a USB flash drive for booting? [closed]
I wanted to make an USB-stick bootable and had some problems with that, Windows 10 wouldn't allow to format it to fat32 and neither did Ubuntu.
What kind of USB Flash drive should I look for when I ...
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slow when copy files from external hard drive to external hard drive
I'm trying to transfer 1TB data from ext hdd A to ext hdd B thru a pc, both usb 3.0 interface connected to usb 3.0 port on the pc, but the transfer speed is like just 104MB/sec. Will the speed be ...
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Suggestions on investigating a failure with writing RAW data to a USB drive
I have a 16GB USB drive from SanDisk (Cruzer Glide). I've purchased these before and had great success with them. The ones I bought previously had an amber LED. The new ones I bought have a blue LED. ...
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Whats H9DA4GH2GJBM chip used for?
I have been investigating counterfeit devices and how they work. I noticed that this one USB device claimed to have 8GB doesnt seem to be telling the truth as it corrupts around 200mb, I opened the ...
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I took ownership of a external USB drive folder using takeown/icacls command (now it shows my computer name inthe owner), how do I revert it?
I used takeown/icacls using post at Can't delete folder, need permission from adminstrator?
I now want to revert permissions to the original USB drive ownership. How can I do that?
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Test USB drives using Mac OS
Edited: I use f3 (f3write, f3read, f3probe) to test USB drives in Linux. How do I test them in Mac OS? It would be useful to be able to test the USB drives on my Mac without having to put them on an ...
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Files on USB flash drive inaccessible
I have a USB flash drive that became inaccessible, with weird file names. I scanned it with different antivirus programs, it's clean but nothing opens. How can I recover my data back?
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How do computers know the capacities of drives connected to them?
Plugging my 32GB USB drive into my computer, how does the computer know that it is a 32GB drive? Where is that information stored, and how is it retrieved?
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USB drive not detected & not showing up win10
Laptop : Asus x541u
OS : windows 10
Hey guys,I've been struggling with this issue for a while ! My usb ports are not working I ran the usb troubleshoot but no results "usb controller is in a failed ...
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Decrease flashdrive capacity?
I have a media player device that can read a USB portable device. I bought a SanDisk Cruzer Blade 64 GB USB drive before I realized that the media player can only read up to 16 GB. I have tried a 16 ...
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Read-only USB flash drive [duplicate]
Today i installed ISO on my USB through Rufus. At the end of unpacking progress it gave me a crash and now my USB is in read-only mode. I tried all ways on Windows and even something on live Ubuntu. ...
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How can I upload files to Windows 10 from Samsung Galaxy S5?
I installed Android USB Driver on my Windows 10 laptop as well as Samsung Smart Switch on both
a) Windows 10 laptop
b) Samsung Galaxy S5
I tried to connect Windows laptop with Samsung phone via ...
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Does a pendrive store any access logs?
I have a pendrive, and would like to know how many times was it plugged in/accessed in the past few days. Does the device or the file system store any logs about this?
I am using Windows 10, the ...
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USB device stopped working
My USB just stopped working. Yesterday it worked properly and now it doesn't work at all. I cannot open files or anything.
Symptoms: When I plug my USB devise in any of the USB ports on my PC, it ...
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Do you lose access to keyboard and mice when disabling USB from BIOS?
I think I know how to disable USB in bios but I am trying to figure out if I disable USB in bios and password protect bios, does that lock me out because now I can't use keyboard and mice?
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Multiple bootable partitions on a USB drive?
Is it possible to create a functional USB drive with three different partitions:
Bootable Linux installer
Bootable Windows installer
Storage
If so, is it as simple as creating three partitions for ...
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Is it possible to recover all users who used an usb stick?
I got a USB stick. Is it possible to get some information about a user who created a file on the stick? What kind of information can I retrieve on Linux about previous uses of the stick on other ...
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Flash drive bricked file system [duplicate]
I repaired my 32gb flash drive with UP tool.
Then i try convert the file system to NTFS using EaseUs.
My flash drive broken after convert to NTFS with EaseUs partition wizard.
The file system being "...
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How long does Flash memory last without any actions? [duplicate]
If I store information on a USB Flash drive and hardly ever read or write to it, how long can I expect the information to be retained?
I'm referring to natural de-magnetization and anything similar. ...
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what programmatic changes makes the usb drive write protected [duplicate]
suddenly 32 GB sandisk pen-drive has become write protected, i want to know what makes the pen drive write protected, so that it I can figure out what is the right solution to make it work again.
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USB Flash Drive: Claimed Capacity 32GB, NAND Chip Capacity 256GB
As stated in the title, I have a Lexar 32GB USB 3.0 flash drive that has a 256GB Nand Chip, but the claimed capacity is a mere 32GB. Is it possible to unlock at least half of this space that I am ...
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Make USB storage device on-demand-read-only
Context : I store some sensitive documents on USB drive, and want to protect the data, also it is extremely important that the drive is accessible on all operating systems (linux/mac/windows).
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Unable to copy content to SanDisk 16GB pen drive [duplicate]
I have SanDisk Cruzer 16GB Pen drive. Certainly, I am unable to copy any data into it (You feel that this question is duplicate. but, my situation is different.). It throws an error message as
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When i put my usb flash drive in nothing happens, but there is sound for usb [closed]
my title said everything, when i put my usb flash drive in nothing happens, but there is sound for usb. In my computer nothing shows.
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Usb stick in system devices but not in drives after re-partitioning with BootIce
I had usb stick that was formatted as iso.
Today i tried to recover it's original size (by using Bootice) and it worked ok, but now I can only see stick in System -> Disk Drives but not in Windows ...
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Why does USB drive run at the speed of USB 1.1 when connected to a USB 2.0 hub?
I have a strange problem with my USB drive (WD Express). When I connect it to my Windows PC's only USB port, it works at high speed (USB 2.0). However, when I connect it to a USB 2.0 hub as the only ...
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Direct communication between an USB flash drive and a PC over another PC
Assume that an usb flash drive is plugged in a pc and a usb cable is plugged in the same pc.
Is it possible to create something like a direct connection between the end of the usb cable and the usb ...
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