To format a USB drive in FAT32 or exFAT: 1. Plug the USB drive into your Mac. Go to Applications>Utilities and launch Disk Utility. Click on the USB drive in the sidebar in Disk Utility. Click Erase in the Disk Utility toolbar. Type in a name for the formatted disk. Click on the Format menu and choose either MS-DOS (FAT32).
If the computer won't boot from a USB device, how could I use than, a USB DVD player? I mean, isn't that a USB device? Your computer will see and mount a USB device once the computer is booted. You can use the USB DVD drive to play movies, restore from backup etc. However, you cannot insert the install disk in the external USB DVD player, hold down the C key and boot the computer from the install disk in the external USB DVD drive to run Repair Disk in Disk Utility, or to reset an admin password if you have lost or forgotten yours, or if you decide that you wish to reinstall your OS. To sum up, your computer will be able to use an external USB DVD drive, once it is booted from the internal drive, but you cannot boot the computer from the external USB DVD drive. If the external DVD drive has a firewire interface, you can boot from an install disk for the purposes noted above.
Please do post back if you have further questions. П˜‰ cornelius. If the computer won't boot from a USB device, how could I use than, a USB DVD player? I mean, isn't that a USB device? Your computer will see and mount a USB device once the computer is booted. You can use the USB DVD drive to play movies, restore from backup etc.
However, you cannot insert the install disk in the external USB DVD player, hold down the C key and boot the computer from the install disk in the external USB DVD drive to run Repair Disk in Disk Utility, or to reset an admin password if you have lost or forgotten yours, or if you decide that you wish to reinstall your OS. To sum up, your computer will be able to use an external USB DVD drive, once it is booted from the internal drive, but you cannot boot the computer from the external USB DVD drive. If the external DVD drive has a firewire interface, you can boot from an install disk for the purposes noted above. Please do post back if you have further questions.
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Ok I hope not to insult anyone on here but nobody seems to be reading the problem. This is beyond recovering data.
Once the USB Flash drive or thumb drive however you want to call it, is put into the computer and you click on it you are told to insert media as though the drive is a cd drive. IF YOU GO TO DISK MANAGEMENT IT WILL NOT LET YOU FORMAT THE DRIVE BECAUSE IT THINKS THERE IS NO MEDIA IN IT. You can change the drive letter and that is all that happends the letter changes so you go from Removable Disk G to Removable disk F.
You still can't use the drive. Plugging it into a Mac for me does nothing it won't show up at all not even using disk utility. Other programs don't see it as a drive except for the Data Recovery Wizard. The problem with Data Recovery Wizard is that it doesn't see any files to recover and it cant make this new 32gb datatraveler drive usable.
I agree with this part 'This is beyond recovering data. Once the USB Flash drive or thumb drive however you want to call it, is put into the computer and you click on it you are told to insert media as though the drive is a cd drive.
IF YOU GO TO DISK MANAGEMENT IT WILL NOT LET YOU FORMAT THE DRIVE BECAUSE IT THINKS THERE IS NO MEDIA IN IT.' In my case, I am using an R4 Revolution for DS (NDSL/NDS) MicroSD USB2.0 card. It shows all my backup games fine in my NintendoDS but when I pop the micro card into my USB slot, my computer does not recognize, it says 'please insert a disk into removeable disk' - I do not want to wipe my card clean - I will look for better solution.
Hello My friend All I can Sudgest about your problem my comment of your problem simple just insert your flashdrive into your pc then go to run then type and then if your flashdrive location asuming drive f:/ you just type c:/ format f:/ then press enter and choose yes? After that if the problem is the same? I think there was a problem into your hardware chipset of your flashdrive you need to replace a flash memory or else you need to buy new BY: (TERD) from Technician of techead Sm Cebu by Email ID removed for security. I've actually had this problem on two separate occasions with what seemed to be the same issue. However, one was recoverable, the other wasn't.
To find out if it's recoverable, download & install the trial version of an application called 'Data Recovery Wizard v4.3.6'. Run the wizard & click 'Complete Recovery', if it sees your flash drive then you are in luck. However, the trial version won't complete the recovery until you buy the Pro version. At this point do a web search for a similar free product until you find one that will recover it. Or you can spend the money for the Pro version. This was the only product that actually worked for me though.