There's nothing worse than plugging in a USB drive and nothing happening. It can be tricky to figure out why on Windows, so we have some suggestions.

Patrick Marshall answers questions on USB drive errors and how people can see whether you opened an email — and how to prevent that.

If your USB flash drive is not copying files, format your file type to NTFS. However, you may also need to gain administrator permission to fix the issue.

Before You Repair Windows You will need a working Windows computer, a USB drive, and a solid internet connection.

If you see the 'Unknown USB Device' error, there's a possibility that there's no driver installed on the PC that can communicate with the connected device.

A recovery USB drive is a separate, portable flash drive that your computer can use instead of your main hard drive to start up from.

The PC may not be able to read files due to damaged hardware such as a hard drive, external drive, CD, or corrupted system or program files, a corrupted Windows registry, or even a file that has not ...

How to Fix USB Port Issues When your USB ports suddenly stop working, the problem can always be tracked down to either a hardware or software failure.