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‎06-24-2020 12:12 PM

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Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Plugged in my SanDisk flash drive USB 3.0 into laptop but unlike previous times (shown as 'H' drive), my Microsoft File Explorer  did not show a flash drive connected. I recall yesterday I had to yank out this drive without going through the 'eject' proceedure.

Any ideas for accessing my flash drive?

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‎06-24-2020 01:33 PM

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@1MILTON wrote:

..  I had to yank out this drive without going through the 'eject' proceedure. ...

@1MILTON 

 

That was "no safety remove" and could cause unpredictable results. Please try a different computer. If lucky, you can copy and reformat it otherwise put it to a bin

 

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BH
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‎06-24-2020 03:38 PM

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Did try the flash drive on another computer.  No corruption. Copied the information to a Google drive on my wife's computer.

But still cannot get any flash drives (have tried others) to appear in the File Explorer. I think any new device attached to my PC is hideing somewhere.

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