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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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Unable to run executables (.exe, .bat) from removable device on Windows 10

When I try to execute a software on an USB-drive (commercial software incl. license), I receive the following message on my brand new Windows 10 computer: Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate…
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/media directory not working anymore

I can't automount USB sticks on my linux because I have several problems with /media directory. Here is my ls -al result on / (I just kept the media and mnt directories for you) : total 116 drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 4096 juin 13 09:39…
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extract the usb name from 'blkid' output

I want to extract the usb lable attached to my linux system. I have written some code in python, it works fine, but I want it to be less complicated. Any ideas ... Thanks. Here is the code: #!/usr/bin/env python import commands import os …
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Running vbscript in Windows when a USB Flash Drive is connected

I am looking for a ( VBS or BAT or ...etc ) that I will put it in my PC (Windows). And when a USB Flash Drive is connected to my PC, this VBS will run another VBS that is located also in my PC in order to do some tasks.
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Java - How can I confirm the the compiled file is on the same usb drive?

I'm trying to make a boolean that is true if it's on one particular USB drive, and false if it is on any other drive, removable or otherwise. public class USBChecker { private final boolean isMyUSBDrive = somecondition; public static void…
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Can every USB stick may be turned into a bootable USB?

I'm about to buy a huge amount of USB sticks in order to install a custom OS in them. Do they need a special hardware configuration to make the MBR section suitable for booting? or just by defining it is enough?
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I can't delete files of USB device in samsung galaxy grand neo in ubuntu

I cant delete files/Images in mobile as above mentioned. Whenever I delete particular file/image it shows a dialog containing error that libmtp error: could not delete object.
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my usb is not accessible "The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error"

i`m trying to open my USB and i have the message drive is not accessible. The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error
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Can you damage your computer if you disconnect a USB drive without ejecting it first?

I am aware that the USB drive can be damaged if you disconnect it without ejecting it first, but is it possible to damage the computer itself? I've disconnected my USB drive from my Macbook Pro Retina and the OS gave me a warning about an…
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Can I store a program on a USB Ethernet/WIFI adapter?

Can I store a program on a USB Ethernet/WIFI adapter and auto-run the program when the usb wifi adapter is plugged in? Is it scenario where it may be possible on some but not other USB wifi adapters? Rees-pek!
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How to format large USB external drive to FAT32 for Ubuntu

I am trying to help a friend back up some files to an external USB drive from a machine running Ubuntu. The drive is a 1.36 TB big and is using NTFS. From what I can tell I need to reformat it to FAT32. But FAT32 does not seem to be able handle a…
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Can I run the file on a specific path, e.g. C: \ users \% username% \ desktop \ Cs.exe from .bat when it is on a pendrive?

Start "" "C: \ users \% username% \ desktop \ Cs.exe" It doesn't work.
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No COM port is being assigned to my USBasp AVR programmer

I'm trying to program a ATMMEGA32 using a USBasp programmer. when i plug in the programmer, it appears among 'USB devices' in device managment but it does not exist in Ports tab. how can i assign a COM port to my programmer ? (source: imgurl.ir)
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Can't format pen driver of 16GB, it just show 4.1GB

After create a bootable disk, I can't format my pendrive, I use the command "sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=1" and after that, it just shows 4.1GB instead of 16GB. The Gparted just shows 4GB too and I can not erase or create a…
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Make ubuntu persistent live iso faster

First, I want to share my experience about how to make a USB pendrive of Ubuntu live iso, which is multiboot and it can duplicate itself by a bash code. I am trying to guide you to make something like that, then, as long as I'm not an expert, asking…
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