If you can see it, then your USD port is fine, if you can’t then it may because of the port, the drive or maybe the system. So, just plug your flash drive to see if you can see the notification. When your computer detects a new USB drive plugged in, you will originally receive a notification at the bottom-right of the taskbar. No notification when plugging in the flash drive Now, you may have a basic understanding of your problem. If it is feasible, you can test on a different operating system, like macOS or Linux. While if it works well with another computer, then there must be something abnormal with the first computer. Try to connect the flash drive to another computer, to make sure that this not showing issue is resulted from flaws of the drive, not from the computer. If the current one is still not showing, then various reasons are to blame. If the current one is work well, then the previous one is cursed. If you have other well-functioning flash drives, you can pick one and plug it into the ports that you tested. Please don’t connect your drive with a USB hub, since it may not supply enough power. Plug your flash USB drive into a USB port other than the previous one due to the possibility that the first one is flawed. It is so outstanding of you to make a basic check as a primary task, which will save you a lot of time if this flash drive not showing issue is contributed by a simple no-valid-connection error. Recover data from the not-showing-up flash drive

Flash drive is showing up but fails to openģ. Flash drive is showing up but files and folders are disappearedĢ. Flash Drive not showing up in File Explorer and not in Disk Managementġ. Flash Drive not showing up in File Explorer but in Disk ManagementĤ. No notification when plugging in the flash driveģ.

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