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Hello Jumanji
The pendrive can now read and write in all machines!
Thank you very much for all your help.

Thanks Jumanji I'll try this later today and post the results


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Hello Jumanji

1) Disable write protect with regedit didn’t work because I cannot enter the path:...

Hello Megahertz
With the PC I deleted all partitions, I created a new partition assigned a drive letter and a label and selected format. after a long time a message appeared saying that Windows...

No Megahertz I did not. I tried using HPUSBDISK, it would not work when installed in the PC, but it did work in the laptop. The USB stick still works perfectly in the laptop, but I cannot transfer or...

sorry Megahertz I forgot to answer your question.
No there are no alerts in Device Manager

to MegaHz: I am using version 1803

to bro67: I am listed as a Junior Member for a reason. Thanks, but I don't want to mess with my registry to get a nasty USB working.

the USB worked with no...

Thanks Bree but no change. If I describe what happens it might help. After uninstalling the USB from the PC, I removed it, rebooted, and it reinstalled and automatically it showed up as existing as...

I have a very strange problem with a Lexar 128GB USB.
When I plug it into my PC (windows 10 pro) it shows up in File Explorer and I can copy files from it but I cannot write to it.
The USB stick...

I have in the past added a new folder with the same POP3 server that I have used for years, the procedure is as I mentioned in my first post, while on-line and in the mail app click + to create a new...

My account is a POP3 server.
As I mentioned I have no problems adding folders to my other account with Gmail.
what do you want to see on-line? a screen shot of my failed attempt to add a new folder...

when I go to 'more' in the mail app and click + a dialog display appears however when I enter the name of a new folder and click enter it appears momentarily in the folder list then disappears and a...

Suddenly my e-mails for the past two days have disappeared. They were in the 'inbox' then suddenly the most recent date was two days earlier, I looked in the 'deleted' folder and they are not there,...

it seems to me that the results of testing the drives in a hard drive enclosure are lose - lose. Either the drives have terminal drive problems, or in the best case the adapter has failed (I have...

thanks jumanji
so you are saying that it is an un-repairable component failure. Strange that both hard drives did that simultaneously.
I don't actually care about the data on the drives, if I could...

Hello zbook
#1) I have tested the external drives in three different computers, win10 pro, Win10, and XP. The results are identical. When I plug in the external hard drive windows signals a new...

thank your for all your help today FreeBooter
Once again we have the same problem. When I run 'runtime' the only disk listed is my main internal drive, it does not detect the external drive.
Is it...

Same issue FreeBooter

when I run TestDisk the external drive is not listed as a drive to repair.
To confirm that everything is same as before I looked at the disk in Device Manager - it is...

tried mini tool, it lists the drive, but when I try to do anything I get a message that says 'no disk can be found'.

by the way FreeBooter the test took 1 second, I assume because the capacity is detected as 0 GB, I don't know

hello FreeBooter
I did the extended test here are the results:
capacity 0.00 GB
SMART status - not available
test result PASS

I downloaded EaseUs partition software, when I run the software it does not show the external hard drive in the list of connected drives, it only shows my main internal drive. Windows disk manager...

thanks FreeBooter
I tried the method that you suggested, but unfortunately it did not work, but the symptoms are now slightly different.

When I go to Disk Management the information for the disk...

I have two Western Digital 300GB, USB3, external drives. Suddenly both are not recognized by Windows.
1) Neither appear as a drive in File Explorer

2) Device Manager reports that the "device is...

When I upgraded to Windows 10 my touch screen and wireless mouse became erratic, especially when the laptop was turning on from 'sleep mode'. I installed the latest touch drivers from Lenovo and...