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My new USB Stick with important data can't be opened by my or my friend's Windows Computer anymore. I can tell that it is recognized by it since a "device" is "mounted" under E:/ and my computer makes a sound when I connect it but it won't show the USB's original name nor does it allow me to access the data.

When I click on it it asks me to insert a USB-Drive.

  1. I have tried already to deactivate and reactivate the USB Stick
  2. to deinstall and reinstall drivers for the USB-Stick
  3. to rename the driver letter from E:/ to P:/ and back to E:/
  4. and put it into the freezer for 20 minutes (my friend recommended this)

I hope anybody can help me out with this as the data is really important to me.

Here is the data that my system gives me for the Stick:

  • Device Name = Port_#0003.Hub_#0001
  • Description = Samsung Flash Drive FIT USB Device
  • Device Type = Mass Storage
  • Connected = Yes
  • Safe To Unplug = Yes
  • Disabled = No
  • USB Hub = No
  • Drive Letter = E:
  • Serial Number = 0329516090014309
  • Created Date = 25.12.2016 18:22:06
  • Last Plug/Unplug Date = 25.12.2016 16:54:20
  • VendorID = 090c
  • ProductID = 1000
  • Firmware Revision = 11.00
  • USB SubClass = 06
  • USB Protocol = 50
  • USB Class = 08
  • Service Name = USBSTOR
  • Service Description = @usbstor.inf,%USBSTOR.SvcDesc%;USB Mass Storage Driver
  • Driver Filename = USBSTOR.SYS
  • Device Mfg = Compatible USB storage device
  • USB Version = 2.10
  • Driver Description = USB Mass Storage Device
  • Driver Version = 10.0.14393.0
  • Driver InfSection = USBSTOR_BULK.NT
  • Driver InfPath = usbstor.inf
  • Instance ID = USB\VID_090C&PID_1000\0329516090014309
  • Capabilities = Removable, UniqueID, SurpriseRemovalOK

Edit 25.12.2016 - Opposed to another question posted here I have no access to the storage size information of my flash drive - hence it must be a different problem.

Den Den
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If even chkdsk cannot access the stick, it is possible that the stick is formatted in a file system that Windows does not recognize - possibly ext{2,4}. You can do one of these:

This tutorial (http://www.howtogeek.com/112888/3-ways-to-access-your-linux-partitions-from-windows/) cites three tools/drivers to access to extX from Windows directly:

Apart from that, there are two ways that you can easily deploy Linux without interrupting your Windows installation:

  • You can install Virtualbox and add a lightweight and easily installed Linux distribution (such as Lubuntu, or Puppy Linux) as a VM.
  • You can install a lightweight and easily installed Linux distribution (such as Lubuntu, or maybe Puppy Linux) to a USB (provided that you have at least two USB ports, or a USB hub).

In USB installation, you can easily copy the contents of the disk to the Windows partition. In the case of Virtualbox VM, you have to define a shared folder, so that Linux and Windows can share files.

S.C
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