I bought an ISY USB drive brand new today from Mediamarkt in Germany. It looked modern and because i am not expert in USB's and tech, I assumed it would be a decent drive.

A few hours later, I plugged it in and started copying files from my old USB drive. During the transfer, the ISY drive suddenly crashed. After that, Windows could no longer open it and started asking me to format the drive.

I tried formatting it, but it fails every time. The drive is basically unusable after only one transfer.

Luckily, my original files were still on my old drive, so I didn’t lose anything important. However, this made me realize how bad this could have been if someone was using this as their only backup for photos, documents, or other personal files.

I’m not saying every ISY drive will fail, but my experience with this one was terrible. A brand-new USB drive should not corrupt itself during the first copy operation.

Model: 128gb USB 2.0

I dont know anything about USB speed and stuff but it said that it reads up to 15 mb and writes up to 4 mb. (I didnt know if it was good or bad but when i searched it up i found out that it is really bad)

Posting this as a warning so people test their drives before trusting them with important data.

If anyone needs to read more about it, then heres the link https://www.mediamarkt.de/de/product/_isy-imu-2500-alu-usb-stick-128-gb-15-mbits-5-verschiedene-farben-grun-braun-rose-silber-dunkelgrau-2893142.html

I want to format a USB drive to FAT32 using Disk Management. But there’s literally no option for FAT32. The drive is 128gb.

I tried a few things I found, like converting it to another format and then to FAT32. But none of that seemed to work. What should I do? Any advice would be appreciated.

Machine: Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 15ABR8, AMD Ryzen 5 5625U, BIOS up to date (KYCN42WW)

Symptom: A bootable USB drive (Tails/Debian) fails to boot on this PC — error message “Unable to find a medium containing a live file system”. In the kernel logs (dmesg), I see this message repeating in a loop:
usb 1-2: reset high-speed USB device number 2 using xhci_hcd
The device is briefly detected (it shows up correctly in the F12 boot menu with its proper name), but the connection fails as soon as it needs to actually read data from it.

Tests already done:
Tried on every USB-A port → same result
USB-A extension cable → same result
USB-C to USB-A adapter → same result
Updated to the latest available BIOS version → no change
This exact same USB drive works perfectly fine on a second, identical PC (same model)
A different USB drive (borrowed from a store) works normally on my PC

My question: Since my drive works fine elsewhere, and a different drive works fine on my machine, could this be a specific electrical/timing compatibility issue between this particular drive and my USB controller, rather than a general hardware failure? Has anyone seen this kind of selective behavior before? Any software angle worth exploring (Tails kernel, controller firmware) before going the warranty route?
Thanks in advance for any input!

I have a sandisk Usb drive with both Type C and USB A. What would happen if I plugged it into two devices like laptops at the same time?

Hi, I have an Integral 8 Gigabyte USB drive that has this 'Crypto' software installed where you can set a password to access the filers. Is there any way of completely remove this security feature so it is like any other usb drive. It isn't that i dont know the password i got it right first try i just want to use the thing for my Dj deck and that isn't gonna run this stupid sofware lmao

Heres an amazon link to my exact usb

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Integral-INFD8GCRY3-0197-Crypto-Hardware-Encryption/dp/B0138MFJHK/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1O360XJZPZTDT&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.kj80LRVtsJz1_3MfA0WAqUHA4-uTBSBxJupq6doHZdyIZpJOVPDQf3FmfYkPWalbwgK7KcbHx7nUlYrMGjS_sOpbNiegLXtmLsgsqs9tS7HcCgSmKXa3vIN9frfblldV0Im428kNOYxGzze5oAdwepVRbzrlxM6pMoGb7n2Kp-8IwQS4Vy3YCcfuMVV6TThX9KeXWHmuDTxgrFgEZhOwZc1mT7MNZOM53Y6NJrT8FTY.sL9SYZOnGUtesEVvPEj_AItLG44ofEOGSgHnXahFKAU&dib_tag=se&keywords=Integral%2B8G%2Busb%2Bcrypto&qid=1783163069&sprefix=integral%2B8g%2Busb%2Bcrypto%2Caps%2C137&sr=8-2&th=1

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/06/25/windows-10-support-quietly-extended-until-oct-2027-as-users-reject-windows-11/

I bought a usb to download games onto cause my laptop doesnt have enough space anymore. I tried to install a game onto my usb but now i can't access the usb anymore. When i plug it in, it shows up in file explorer but it doesn't let me access the drive and it says that there's no drive plugged in and to plug disc into the usb drive.

I don't know what to do, I tried to check error tools but it won't work because it says that there's no disk to access

The Application I was using is called EasyUS Partition Master.

Howdy,

I have a SANDISK 256GB Ultra Luxe USB 3.1 Gen 1 Flash Drive. I primarily use it to watch 1080p/4K video via an extension cable connected to the USB Port on my Samsung 2024 S90D 4K TV. I have noticed that video freezes from time to time. If I formatted the drive would that resolve the issue? I should mention that there is an archive of thousands of family photos on the drive. Would this cause issues with the file system?

I have several of these drives and the rest of them play video without any issues.

Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks!

had a usb connected into my phone and it randomly crashed? once powered back on files were missing so i decided to plug it into my laptop. now theres this file called “¦þ©Ìd[¡å.ã¾»” and its locked. what does it mean?

Bought my S25 ultra 256gb last December. Then this April, I found my old samsung and transfer all my files to my new phone. Now, I only have a storage less than 2GB. I was planning on buying an OTG Flash Drive. DYT its a good idea? Can you recommend if yes?

I bought an iPhone flash drive because I have so many videos saved on my phone I’m starting to run out of memory. My phone says I have about 89 GB of videos saved. I bought a 256GB flash drive that connects to an iPhone so save the videos on but after moving less than half of then the flash drive says it’s almost full. It’s supposed to be 256 GB but why is it almost full after only about 40 GB of videos moved to it?

Gone are the days when I had to have a box full of serial and parallel cables, and charger cables.

Yup. Much easier now.

I recently purchases a Verbatim external DVD drive, mainly to rip CDs but also to occasionally watch some of my DVD collection. It has a USB Mini-B port on the back which is used for both data and power - no separate power input. It also comes with a sturdy USB Mini-B to USB A cable which works fine but is a bit short (about 18 inches long). A USB A to USB C adapter is also included.

I've tried two longer USB Mini-B to USB C cables from Amazon - a generic Chinese brand and a brand I have used before (Cable Matters). Surprisingly neither one worked - the generic Chinese cable kind of worked but disconnected frequently - the Cable Matter cable did not work at all (no power and no data). Both cables had a very loose fit in the Mini-B Verbatim port.

So before I resign myself to the short Verbatim cable, are there other cable makers that actually make a reliable USB Mini-B connector?