How to find a flash drive that is not showing

archangel2003

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Hello,
I have a 4 gig DataStick pro flash drive that does not show up on the desk top.
I'm using Ubuntu for my system, but have Windows on a partition that I can access if needed.
 

jsmakkar

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Hello archangel2003,
Welcome to Forums!!

1. First try to see if this USB drive is detected on some other computer. This would eliminate the possibility of a bad drive.
2. Does this drive appear in Windows Disk Management (Right click on Computer >> Manage >> Disk Management) - if it shows it must have a drive letter assigned or you need to assign a drive letter (like D: or E: etc. )