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Storage drives connected by USB devices known otherwise as flash drive, memory stick, pen drive, USB stick, USB key and thumb drive. Also includes larger storage devices such as portable hard drives.

USB drives are storage drives connected by USB (Universal Serial Bus) to the computer. A USB drive -- also known as a flash drive or keychain drive -- is a plug-and-play portable storage device that uses flash memory and is lightweight enough to attach to a key chain.

Above the OS level, work with these drives does not differ much from the work with the fixed drives: they can be partitioned and partitions can be formatted OS-supported filesystems.

Such drives can also be bootable. Developers may use this capability to test new operating system without installing it, or to gain access to non-encrypted fixed hard drive if the main operating system does not boot any longer.

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MBRFormat does not appear to be a valid volume name for its file system

I am using macOS Mojave 10.14.6. I am trying to re-format my USB to FAT. I am getting this error MBRFormat does not appear to be a valid volume name for its file system. What does it mean and how to fix it? Why does file system says "None"? root$…
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How to run C# Windows application from USB without installing .NET framework on client system

Is it possible to run a C# .NET Windows application (.exe) from pendrive or USB without installing the .NET framework on the client system? If so, how can I make it work?
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OK Programming language from USB stick with no installation

I'm looking for a compiler or interpreter for a language with basic math support and File IO which can be executed directly from a memorystick in either Linux or Windows. Built in functionality for basic datastructures and sorting/searching would be…
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How do I check if an USB drive is bootable?

I just created an USB drive and would like to check if it's correctly bootable without rebooting my actual computer. How should I do?
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Where to find or download USB Driver folder?

I am following the guide on http://developer.android.com/tools/extras/oem-usb.html for installing driver software so I can run applications on my actual Nexus 7. I got to this step in the directions(ironic cause its also step 7) 7.Click Browse and…
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Finding usb drive paths in Mac OS 10.4

The system_profiler command in Mac OS 10.5 shows the mounted volume paths for the associated USB drives. In 10.4, however, they are not shown. Any ideas on how I can get the mount location for USB drives in 10.4?
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Upstart calling script (for inserted USB-drive)

I know that Ubuntu (and Fedora) uses Upstart istead of the classical System V init daemon (SysVinit). I would like to know how to detect when a USB-drive has been inserted, mount it and copy some files to it. I would like Upstart to call my own…
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Get the serial number of USB storage devices in .Net Core 2.1

How can I get the serial number of USB storage devices in .Net Core 2.1? I found different solutions, but sadly they don't work due the lack of Windows registry and WMI support in .Net Core. In Powershell it's really simple, but I wasn't able to…
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Discovering USB Mass Storage Devices with Java

The story behind... I really like TV shows but I go back home only twice a month. The rest of the time I live in a house without internet (close to my university though, so free wifi rocks! - when it works - ) so I needed a little software that was…
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How can i get all USB drives (plugged in)

Possible Duplicate: Get List Of USB Devices Im making a WPF app. Im looking for a way to list all plugged in USB devices (disks!) in my comboBox. I can list all drives using DriveInfo.GetDrives(), but is there a simple way to filter that to USB…
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How to detect flash drive plug-in in Windows using Python?

I want to make my Windows computer run a Python script when it detects that a flash drive which has a particular name (for example "My drive") has been plugged in. How can I achieve this? Should I use some tool in Windows or is there a way to write…
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Python portable, linux & windows

I am using linux at home but at school we use windows 7. I want to have python installed on my usb to that I can use it for both windows and linux (ubuntu 13.04). Is there a way that I can install python on my usb so that both win and linux…
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WinAPI calls to access USB storage which has no drive letter?

I've noticed, that some USB storage devices don't register in Windows as regular drives, in that they don't even get assigned a drive letter. Therefore, I can't apparently access them using the standard file operations C API. What are the WinAPI…
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Standalone c++ compiler

I would like a standalone C++ compiler that doesn't need installing. Something that can run from a directory or from a USB key. I have googled it, but I can't really find exactly what I am looking for. It doesn't matter if it is just a command line…
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How can I run nodejs from usb drive?

I would like to know how can I run nodeJS express from usb drive on a Linux/gentoo configuration ?
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