This could be simply rectified by updating the necessary components. Operating System Related Issues: Sometimes, if your OS is not updated with the necessary updates as often as possible, it would cause the system to not recognize the flash drive. This hardware issue should be addressed because it will affect more than your computer's ability to recognize a flash drive. Hard Drive Related Issues: A glitch in your machine's hard drive will not allow anything on it to work in a good and perfect way. The inability to format flash drive properly before the first use could cause problems later on.ĭriver Issue: The drivers may not be available, corrupted, or outdated which would make the flash drive not Recognized. USB Formatting Issue: This is the most probable reason your computer could not detect your flash drive. In this case, you would need a professional to help you correct this.
This could be either hardware or software issues or both.
Port Related Issues:: To determine if this is a port problem, test every USB port that you have with different flash drives.
