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USB Flash Drive not accessible in Ubuntu but is in Windows 10

Asked by Ryan Rennie

Switching from Windows and need a push in the right direction.

PROBLEM: Certain USB Flash Drives are accessible in Windows 10 but not Ubuntu for some reason. Why? How to fix?

MY STEPS:

- Insert USB Flash Drive into USB port and hear "notification sound" but folder doesn't open. Also nothing displays on the sidebar in "files".

- When I go to "disks" the USB Flash Drive is listed but this where I'm lost. Screenshots below:

https://ibb.co/bPD2ghZ

https://ibb.co/Xpy8qT0

https://ibb.co/3kST0VF

https://ibb.co/7j6g5vz

Fyi Other USB Flash Drives I insert I insert and boom the folder opens per settings:

https://ibb.co/hMPPzmd

Two USB Flash drives aren't following suit and stressing me out. Will open in Windows 10 but not Ubuntu.

Help I don't want to lose any data. Can't stress this enough!

Thanks

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JL (jl2414) said : 		#1

Hello Ryan,

First of all, if you have any valuable information on your USB Flash Drive you show on your screenshots, back it up. (You probably haven't. Because there is no partition, where such information can be stored.)

Pleas follow the steps below to create a partition:

Step 1. You have to click on the plus "+" to create a partition on your USB Flash Drive you show on your screenshots.
Step 2. In the new window labeled "Create Partition" you choose whether you want one or more partitions on your USB Flash Drive. For beguniers the simplest to do is just to click next, and you will have a partition that fill your whole USB Flash Drive.
Step 3. A new window labeled "Format Volume" will pop up. (This is where all information will be deleted on your USB Flash Drive so as to prepare it for the new created partition.) Choose (FAT) if you intend to use with different kind of electronic devices. Choose (NTFS) if you intend to use mostly with Windows and Linux. Choose (Ext4) if you intend to use only on Linux systems aka Ubuntu etc. If you wish to give your USB Flash Drive a personal name (e.g. Ryan R) you can write it in the box after "Volume Name". Then press the green button "Create".
Step 4. USB Flash Drive ready to use according to your choice in step 3.

Any other question pleas write again.

Stay safe, stay Linux.

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