If you only plan on using the USB drive on Windows devices, I'd use NTFS. Otherwise FAT. Formatting stuff should be pretty much the same on any computer. If you do a quick format, it will be quick ...

Sometimes our PC fails or refuses to recognize the External Hard Drive even after confirming the successful connection. The problem occurs mostly when the device driver is either corrupted or outdated ...

USB drives should automatically appear in File Explorer when you connect them to your computer. Follow these troubleshooting steps if your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC doesn't show a connected drive.

A computer can recognize a second partition on a USB hard drive only if it can read the partition. If computer is unable to read the secondary partition, the partition may be in an unsupported format ...

Several users have reported that external FireWire and/or USB hard drives will not mount after updating to Mac OS X 10.4.7. MacFixIt reader Joseph Samuels writes: "I did have some trouble with one of ...

It's never a good feeling when you fire up your computer after installing a new drive and the system can't see the new hardware. Windows 7 may not recognize a new solid state drive because of an ...

Q: I recently installed BitLocker on my laptop in an effort to provide security for the data in the event the computer is lost or stolen. I used the option to create a Startup Key with a USB drive and ...

I have a usb flash drive where I stored a ton of important files. The issue is few times when I connect it to my laptop, it would not recognize it. So I know there is some damage probably with it. I ...