USB drive not working. Shows up in disk manager but not in computer.

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Tanya Rector

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The drive shows up in disc manager. it doesn't show any partitions or anything so I can't reformat it. It just says no media and it says that the drive is formatted as master boot record.

Anyone have any ideas?
 
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Mike Rector

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I had some things on it but nothing important. Something went wrong while writing something to the flash drive. Recovering the data isn't important to me, I just want to be able to use it.

 
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ArtPog

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Does the flash drive listed in Disk Management bear a drive letter? If so, you may just be dealing with a defective flash drive. They're quite vulnerable t failure unfortunately.
On the other hand you've stated that there's an indication that the drive has been formatted. Although not definitive that would tend to indicate the drive is non-defective. Have you tried installing the device in another PC? I suppose you've tried different USB ports on the PC you're using.
 
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Mike Rector

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Yeah, it has a letter. Tried all the ports too. I just got it yesterday. Maybe I'll try to take it back to wal-mart tonight. Im not too sure if they'll take it back with no packaging but its worth a try.
 
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