USB Flash drive can be used only on 1 computer?

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• 16 GB HP v165w USB Flash Drive need to use for the backup

  I let my friend use my new port thingy (USB key) and it was brand new. I'm not good with computers and I need to use it to back up my system and it keeps giving me options of media when I plug can in. someone help me clear it and explain how to do the back upward with a usb flash drive

  When you say "he keeps giving me...". ", what is"it "?  Are you saying that WIndows asks if you want to, say, open the device with Windows Explorer or do nothing or some other options?  It is the Autoplay detect that a device has been mounted and asking what you want to do.  Tell him not to do anything or to open it in Windows Explorer and then check the option always use this choice.

• Windows 8 recovery Usb Flash Drive can do factory setting?

  Hello world

  I created a windows usb 8 recovery flash drive using HP Recovery Manager software, so my question is that, not USB can do by default from my laptop.

  Thank you

  MUHAMMAD Asif Qadri Qasim

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• USB flash drive has not not found on the computer

  Original title: Flash Drive operations

  They gave me a flash driver allows to display certain information, I put it in my USB Port, it lights up, but nothing appears on my screen to indicate what he. I went to the computer, but do not see

  any removable device for a flash drive option. How to open this to display information on the USB

  Hello

  1 have USB flash or external drives readers have worked on your computer?
  2. what operating system is installed on your computer?
  
  Method 1:
  You try to run the Fixit.
  Hardware devices do not work or are not detected in Windows
  http://support.Microsoft.com/mats/hardware_device_problems/

  If you are using Windows 7, you can follow the methods mentioned below.
  Method 2:
  Run the troubleshooter of material and check what is happening.
  Open the hardware and devices Troubleshooter
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/open-the-hardware-and-devices-Troubleshooter

   
  Method 3:
  You can check under diskmgmt.msc, whether or not the USB received a drive letter. If not, then try to assign one and check. Follow the steps.
  (a) open computer management by clicking the Start button, clickControl Panel, clicking system and security, clickingAdministrative Tools, and then double-click computer management. If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

  (b) in the left pane, click disk management.

  (c) if the flash drive recognized in disk management and if there is no drive letter assigned, I suggest that you do a right click on the drive and assign a drive letter.

  (d) click the drive to change and then click change drive letter and paths.

  Do one of the following for the assisgn drive letter.

  • For letter an if it has not already received, clickAdd, click the letter you want to use and then click OK.
  • To change a drive letter, click change, clickassign the following drive letter, click the letter you want to use, and then clickOK.
  • To remove a drive letter, click Remove, and then clickYes to confirm that you want to remove.

  Check this link for more information:

  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/change-add-or-remove-a-drive-letter

  Method 4:
  You can also check in the Manager of device if the device is in the list.
  a. connect the device to the computer.
  b. to open Device Manager, type devmgmt.msc in the start search box and hitEnter.
  c. check if the device drive is listed.
  d. in Device Manager, expand the device listed in the device list.
  e. If the device is listed, right click on it > click Properties.
  f. in general, look under device status for the message. After back if there is no error message.
  See also:
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/install-a-USB-device
  
  Method 5:
  As all devices have same also have USB device associated drivers. Appropriate sometimes drivers not detected after initial installation so reinstalling the drivers can fix the problems.
  
  You can check after uninstalling and reinstalling USB drivers if you are able to connect. You can disconnect all USB devices and then perform the following steps:
  (a) click Start and then click Control Panel.
  (b) click System and Maintenance, click System, and then click Device Manager.
  Note: If the control panel is in Classic view, double-click System, and then click Device Manager.
  If you are prompted for an administrator password or a confirmation, type the password, or click on allow.
  (c) in Device Manager, double-click to expand the "USB Bus controllers", right click on the controller host, click "Uninstall" and click "OK".
  Check that if at all, there is an exclamation point on the pilot, it suggests problems with the installed driver.
  (d) repeat step 2 to uninstall all items under 'USB Bus controllers'.
  Then, restart your computer and Windows 7 will automatically reinstall all USB controllers.
  If you are still having the same problem then you can check the device USB drivers updated using windows update. See the following link for assistance.
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows7/update-a-driver-for-hardware-that-isn ' t-work correctly
  If the edge of the question persists I'll ask allows you to check the chipset driver updates you find on the manufacturer's website. The chipset drivers normally integrate USB controller drivers as well.

  I hope this helps.

• How can I recover the files from my USB Flash drive before it will be deleted?

  My USB Flash drive has files on it from another computer and only the files that have been stored on the flash drive which cannot be recreated. How can I recover the files? The Flash Player is telling me that it must be reformatted and the files will be deleted. It's two computers I use. Help, please

  Hello

  Looks like it might be a problem with the flash player.

  Step 1: Try to use the USB stick on another computer or a different USB port.

• Why is my 64 GB USB Flash Drive "not a backup location valid?

  I tried to turn it to a previous question, but reading of the Code of conduct for this forum, I discovered that it was inappropriate to do that.  My apologies for this.

  I am running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 - bit SP1, installed using Toshiba recovery disks (I have a new Toshiba laptop, when I got the system I opted to not have a recovery partition).  I just cleaned all the bloatware off Windows, ran Windows Update until there was no more updates for (achieved in this way SP1), and now I have a fresh and clean windows installation, which has never even been to a single Web site.  Now, I am trying to create a system image on a 64 GB flash drive (I won't even finish by using half of it, as my SSD has only about 19 GB used, and which includes the hibernation file (I disabled the pagefile, because paging files are unkind to SSDs))

  Before, I asked if it was possible to manually create a System Image of Windows 7 on a USB Flash drive (big), and I got two answers 'Yes' to two stars of the community. (See my question here)  It is also stated that it is possible on windows.microsoft.com, here.  Note that when windows.microsoft.com stipulates "the system image must be saved on a hard drive, reference is made to automatic creating system images.  If you keep reading, you'll see that the page says that if you want to manually create a a system image, this image of the system may be recorded on optical discs, a USB Flash drive or a hard drive.  If it is possible, then why will I have the following problem?

  64 GB USB Flash Drive inserted--> closed Autoplay dialogue--> Opened "My Computer"--> Right-clicked drive E (my flash drive) and the selected format--> Unchecked 'Quick Format'--> size of the NTFS system chosen and 4096 bytes of cluster--> Clicked 'Format' and acknowledged that all the data will be deleted--> waited a while for the form to fill out, then clicked OK--> closed 'My Computer'--> ejected my flash player by clicking on 'remove hardware safely'--> physically unplugged flash drive--> Grabbed a diet coke with ice--> inserted 64 GB USB Flash drive--> AutoPlay dialog closed--> opens the start--> Clicked "All programs" Menu--> clicked maintenance--> click Backup and Restore Center--> clicked on create System Image--> (scans of program for storage devices)--> my flash drive appears under "on a hard drive" and the words 'the drive is not a valid backup location' appear under my FlashDrive being listed.  For reference, "on one or more DVDs" appears just below the text saying "the drive is not a valid backup location."

  My understanding is that what I just tried to do is create an image of the system on an NTFS partition formatted (with a 4 KB cluster size) 64 GB USB Flash Drive.  But it is not letting me!  I understand that I can't plan the creation of automatic system for USB Flash drives, but according to windows.microsoft.com image and two stars of the community, it is indeed possible to "manually" create a system image on a large USB Flash drive, which I think is what I just tried to do.  If there is another way to create a system image, even more 'manually' than what I do (I'm certainly not afraid of the command line, if I need to use it I'm more than happy to do so), please let me know.

  I have a low-quaility SATA 3.0 Gbit/s notebook HDD in an enclosure USB powered bus at low prices, and I was able to create a system on that image.  However, I expect this device to fail shortly.  I also managed to create a system image on a DVD-r virgins.  I did, however, just spend $85 on a 64 GB USB Flash Drive specifically to store an image of the system, which I expect to use to back up Windows 7 with World of Warcraft installed (total size of drive C will be approximately 50 GB; I have not yet downloaded WoW; "I want to overcome this first).

  Any ideas would be appreciated.  Thank you!

  1st edit: adding links so people would not need to copy and paste to their address bar and said the last sentence of the last paragraph.

  I suggest avoid you the Windows backup program and you get a good commercial backup program. This forum is frought with for a windows problem reports. I know that I was very impressed when I tried it. Two me are familiar with and like Norton Ghost (which I use for 7 years without the 1st problem) and Memeo, which has 30 day free trial and you can buy it for $29.99 - you can download it from http://memeo.com. You can get Ghost for almost nothing (like me), if you look at the sales.

  CNET has a lot of reviews of backup program to

  http://download.CNET.com/Windows/backup-software/?tag=contentBody;sideBar.

  Some of them are free (the last time I checked there are 315), some have free trials (more), and some are buying only (more than 200).

  Good luck.

• USB flash drives do not work

  Hi all

  I have a couple of USB flash drives. I recently got a new computer and none of them work. They work on a computer with Vista and a Macintosh running leopard OSX. I tried to install the drivers for them, but they do not work. I tried to uninstall the from Device Manager, but they don't always work. Also, one of them appears SOMETIMES (very rarely) and when he does works incredibly slow and unresponsive so. I searched the internet for each method I can find, but nothing yet. And they work very well on other computers. Can I use bluetooth USB and a USB mouse and pregnant too much work, but the sticks of memory will not work. Also do they not appear on Device Manager. I have Service pack 3 2002 edition came with the computer.

  Hello Hasan516,

  Thank you for your message.  Have you tried formatting of thumb drives?  If you have data on them, you will need to copy these data to a computer first.
  If you can see the drive but not access it under XP:
  Open 'My computer' > click the drive and select "format...". »
  When the Format window opens, scroll down the "NTFS" file system, and select 'start '.
  Please let us know if this is or is not to solve your problem.
  See you soon

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• Laptop HP 15-R084NG: is it possible to copy a HP recovery on another USB flash drive support?

  Hello.

  Just a few questions please:

  1. when I do only once "HP Recovery Media" to a USB key, I can then 'copy' and 'paste' on another USB flash drive as long as the 2nd flash player has sufficient capacity?

  The recovery still works well?

  I ask this question in case I have to change to another USB flash drive and I am aware I can only have a copy of the HP recovery.

  2. If this is the case, I then can also make a backup on a Western Digital external drive so that in case of malfunction of the USB flash drive, can I still transfer files to another USB flash drive?

  Thanks in advance for the answer.

  Best regards.

  Hello

  Copy / paste do not work. Please, try the following method:

  http://h30434.www3.HP.com/T5/notebook-operating-systems-and-software/this-is-how-to-make-a-2nd-set-of-recovery-disks/TD-p/1694703

  Kind regards.

• How to recover a W7 OS on the new HARD disk USB flash drive?

  I have my Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop friends. HARD drive have a lot of bad sectors, but it was fun to do:

  • a copy of the image of recovery dell USB flash drive via Dell Backup and Recovery Application
  • a copy of the very important files
  • and a copy of the 2 partitions to each image using Acronis True Image application file:
  1. FAT16 Pri 39, 19 MB FS: FAT16 Partition: 0xde (EISA configuration)
  2. Pri, Act 14.65 GB NTFS RECOVERY

  RECOVERY partition have the same content, such as a usb flash drive with I used to do a recovery Dell image.

  If she buys a new drive HARD this what should I do/use to recover Windows 7 from a USB?

  PS. I have nothing to lose and I try to play with the hard drive has failed.
  First of all I do partition of LBA 0 to 80 GB first where bad sectors and hide this partition.
  Then I do these partitions 2 "dell" and the rest for system files.
  Then I recover these partitions of 2 "dell" using Acronis True Image.
  Then I use a usb flash drive to recover Windows 7, it retrieves for maybe 10 seconds and he said that, please restart.
  When it shows BOOTMGR is missing, press ctrl + alt + delete and now I see only 2 partitions labeled OS ~ 298 GB and RECOVERY ~ 2 GB.

  The problem is resolved.

  The best solution is to use ImageX 2.0 to extract file Factory.wim partition RECOVERY or USB flash drive. Just search on google. New installation of operating system is also an option - I know about it. Fortunately, this Dell factory contains no useless software.

  Thanks for all the help!

• USB flash drive inviting with message 'write protected '.

  Recently I bought a 32 GB usb flash drive. I used it ok until 3 days ago. Now, I get a message saying "write-protected". There is no switch on the device write protection. How to remove write protection.

  Hello
   
   
  You can remove your usb flash drive write protection using the method below:
  a. open the start menu, in the search bar type regedit, and then press ENTER. This wil open the registry editor.
  b. navigate to the following location:
  HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\StorageDevicePolicies
  Note:
  If StorageDevicePolicies registry key does not exist, you must create it manually.
  c. highlight StorageDevicePolicies, and then create a new DWORD called WriteProtect (32-bit).
  In the right window, double-click the registration key and set the value to 0 in the value of d.
  Data area, and then press the OK button
  e. restart your computer and try to copy files to your USB drives.
   
  Important note:
  Sometimes, this problem is due to two Windows that have been corrupted registry entries. To resolve this problem, you must use the registry editor to remove the damaged registry entries.
  However, serious problems can occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you proceed with caution. For added protection, back up the registry before you edit it. Then you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.
  For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, proceed as in the KB Article:
  http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/322756/
   
  I hope this helps.
   

  Thank you, and in what concerns:
  Shekhar S - Microsoft technical support.

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• I am the computer ilitarate, can you tell me how to use a usb flash drive

  I REALLY DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT COMPUTERS, YOU CAN ME TELL HOW TO USE THE USB FLASH DRIVE? PLEASE,

  Monday, June 11, 2012 19:56:32 + 0000, maria m.romero wrote:

  I REALLY DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT COMPUTERS, YOU CAN ME TELL HOW TO USE THE USB FLASH DRIVE? PLEASE,

  Plug it in and it is almost exactly like any other drive. The
  the only thing that is really different in this regard is that you can easily
  Unplug the unit and plug it into another computer.

  Do you have a? What is its size (GB how?)? Why did you buy it?
  What you do with it?

  Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP

• Can I use a USB Flash drive?

  Windows XP Professional - SP3 - Version 2002

  Can I use a USB Flash drive to increase memory? My machine has 512 MB of RAM, and I have a 1.80 GHz CPU Celeron (r) processor.
  From what I've researched, because my OS is Windows XP and I have 512 MB of RAM, I cannot use a 4 GB Flash drive.
  I use a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) and lots of sample packs and I have need of more memory. My machine is maxed out at 512 MB of RAM.
  If I buy a 4 GB Flash drive, can I load my DAW on the Flash drive and optimal storage space or should I buy a hard drive to accomplish my problem of not having enough memory?

  Thanks in advance!

  512 MB you should be fine for Windows XP. OK, the application may run more slowly than on a modern computer - but performance is reasonable.

  Like me, I have a computer with 1 linear array of 512 MB memory and a 128 MB memory chips - making the total up to almost 640MO - but I use Photoshop CS3 on it daily and it works fine for most tasks.

  However, if you want to get some further improvements to your computer for the RAM intensive applications performance, I would recommend increasing the virtual memory.

  More about memory virtual here-

  http://ask-Leo.com/what_is_virtual_memory.html

  To increase the virtual memory-

  Do a right click my computer > click Properties > Advanced tab > settings under 'Performance' button > Advanced tab in the performance Options window > change button under "virtual memory".

  Now select the custom size option.

  The options below, you can see some details like -

  Minimum allowed - XX MB

  Recommended - XXXX MB

  Currently allocated - XXXX MB

  Make sure that you set the value of initial size (MB) near the recommended space. The value of maximum size to a value much greater than currently allocated space. (But always value less than 2048 maximum size - you don't need that much).

  That could give some amount of performance increase - but he won't give you a magical boost of performance.

• USB Flash Drive gives the error "you must format the disk in drive E, before you can use it"

  I just plugged my USB pen and a message pops up saying: "you need to format the disk in drive E, until you can use" I was wondering if and how I can solve this problem? Can anyone help? Sam
  * original title - USB pen problem *.

  Hi samanthaGibbons,

  What is the make and model of your USB Flash drive?

  The USB Flash drive works in any other computer?

  It might be a problem with the drive itself, or it may need to be formatted.

  I suggest you check out the website of the manufacturer for possible troubleshooting or know how to reformat the disk, if necessary.

  I hope this helps!

• NB100 - How can I reinstall OS from USB flash drive

  My laptop TOSHIBA NB 100 has no CD-DVD player.
  Operating system is Windows XP Home SP2.

  Operating system won't start.

  Laptop start not at all so I can't run any kind of test when I turn it on.

  The thank you screen come on it says launch safe mode, the networking of safe mode, safe mode comand prompt or start windows normally. But no matter who I chose, that it does not start it only goes to Windows and looks like its starts but then shows the blue Windows screen & stays there.

  So I want to reload Windows from my USB flash drive.
  The BIOS boot sequence is the USB HDD - FDD - FD - CD memory.

  What are the steps for loading Windows USB flash drive?

  If that does not work then I want to connect another laptop with Windows CD in the CD - DVD drive laptop.
  Will this work? The laptop will use the Windows CD in the drive of the laptop to load the operating system?
  How to make this connection?

  Hello

  You usually have an external USB CD/DVD drive to boot from the Windows XP disc or the Toshiba recovery disc.

  But there is a method that allows you to install Win XP using the 2 GB USB key.
  This is possible because the NB100 BIOS supports booting from USB key.

  Pease check this Web page:

  + Installation of Windows XP using a USB Flash Drive.
  http://www.pctipsbox.com/Installing-Windows-XP-using-a-USB-flash-drive/

  Hope it could be useful.

• HP Elitedesk 800 G2 SFF: external hard drive not detected in the BIOS. Only USB Flash drives are detected.

  Hi all

  I received recently 2 new HP desktop computers.

  HP Elitedesk 800 G2 SFF

  HP Elitedesk 800 G2 TWR

  The goal is to test our real W7 x 64 image on these machines and to inject the missing drivers in the image.

  MDT 2010 to create a deployment on a USB hard disk drive.

  This disc of deployment is already used on 16 different models of HP in the company (Elitebook, zBook, EliteDesk) to install our image so I know it works.

  Unfortunately, the two HP Elitedesk 800 G2, I can't start the boot disk but I cannot to USB for a USB key.

  The USB drive is not detected and not proposed in the BIOS Menu of STARTUP.

  Only the internal HD, external USB Flash Disk, DVD and network devices are detected.

  Here's what I already checked or tried:

  • Latest Version of the BIOS installed (2.05)
  • UEFI Boot has been disabled. (not supported by our record of deployment)
  • USB ports are enabled (front and rear).
  • All types of USB devices are allowed in the BIOS
  • The start command has been changed to start with USB devices.
  • Legacy support is active and Secure Boot disabled
  • Delete the keys to secure boot
  • Reset secure by default startup keys
  • This morning, I created a new disk deployment on a USB Flash drive and it works!

  So, it seems that only Flash USB drives are detected.

  I know it is possible to return the flag removalble on a USB device to cheat the system and make it appear as a disk fixed, but I want a simple solution.

  Does anyone know a fix or a workaround for this problem?

  Thanks in advance!

  For those interested in the answer, here's the final results.

  It turns out that the hard 500 GB external drive can be detected if it is fomatted in FAT32.

  It's strange because my 16 GB USB Flash drive formatted in NTFS works very well.

  In any case, I'll create a FAT32 Partition to the Boot MDT files and put my picture (because the file is too big for FAT32 partition) on the secondary partition (formatted as NTFS).

  Thanks to the technical pre-sales team of HP who helped me with this!