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USB Drive Cannot Be Opened
Today, many users will use USB drive to store some files or to transfer files. However, according to users feedback, we find many users have encountered a thorny issue: their USB drive cannot be opened. Are you one of them?
If you cannot open your USB drive, you cannot access its data. What should we do if the data saved in the USB drive are very important for us? Now, I guess you might be wondering: “how to open USB drive to access its data?”
Fortunately, today, we are going to show you how to effectively solve the USB drive cannot be opened issue.
Case 1. USB drive file system is RAW
Sometimes, when you try to access your USB drive, you will be asked to format it before you can use it. Have you ever encountered this issue? What should you do in this case?
Now, if you encounter the RAW file system, your USB cannot be opened. In this case, you can try the following 2 steps to fix this issue.
Step 1. Recover lost data from the USB drive whose file system is RAW.
Step 2. Format your RAW USB drive to NTFS.
Video Tutorial
Click the play button to learn how to convert RAW to NTFS to fix the USB drive cannot be opened issue.
Case 2. The Parameter Is Incorrect
Some users received the following error message when trying to access their USB drive:
Drive is not accessible. The parameter is incorrect.
As we know, if you pull out USB drive without ejecting, or if the USB port is the bridge which connects the removable drive like USB flash drive to computer, or if there are some bad sectors on your USB drive, you cannot open your USB drive and then you might encounter “The parameter is incorrect” error. Now, what should you do?
First of all, you need to recover lost data from the USB drive whose parameter is incorrect. Next, you can try the following 2 solutions to solve this issue:
Solution 1. Format your USB drive.
Open Windows Explorer, right-click USB drive, choose Format, and then specify file system as well as click Quick format, and finally click Start button to format it.
Solution 2. Check and repair some errors
Open diskpart, and then type command line “chkdsk /f/r X:” (X is the drive letter of the inaccessible partition) and hit Enter key.
Finally, type exit and press Enter to leave it.
Here, we listed 2 cases where we cannot open USB drive. If you want to know more details about USB drive cannot be opened issue, you can read this post: How Do I Solve USB Drive Cannot be Opened in Windows 7/8/10.
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