If it shows error when you plug the USB drive into the
computer, it might be the USB drive get corruption. It is one of the most
frequently happened issues. A USB drive can get corrupted due to varied
reasons, from sudden power failure, improper operation, unplugged directly
without ejecting to USB failures like file catalog corruption, etc.
Solution 1: Check if the
corrupted USB drive has a correct drive letter, if not, assign one to it.
Please check the solution
as below:
Solution 1:
1.
Right-click Start icon.
2.
Select Disk Management and click on it.
3.
Right-click the corrupted USB drive and choose “Change Drive
Letter and Paths…”
4.
Click on the drive letter and click Change button.
5.
Choose a different letter from the drop-down
list and click OK
Solution 2: Update device drivers
It’s possible that the
driver of the USB drive is out of date or corrupted itself. So updating the
driver may solve this problem.
1. Right-click Start icon
and choose Device Manager.
2. Click Disk drives and
find the driver name of the corrupted USB.
3. Right-click on the name
and choose Uninstall device
4. Unplug the USB drive.
5. Replug the USB drive into the computer and it
will reinstall the latest driver automatically.
Solution 3: Use CMD
Step 1: Type: cmd into the
search box, then right-click it and select “Run as administrator”.
Step 2: Type chkdsk #: /r
and press Enter. Here you need to replace #: with the drive letter of the
corrupted USB drive.
