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Normally when you plug in your USB drive, Windows automatically recognizes it, but it may happen that it is recognized as "unknown device". To make it recognized again, here is the procedure to follow.

First, open Windows Explorer and click on the Tools tab => Folder Options... => View, look for "hidden files and folders" in the list and check "show hidden files and folders". Then:

1/ Right-click on the Computer icon on the desktop and then on Properties.
Then click on Hardware and then Device Manager.

2/ Right-click on the line marked "unknown device" and click on Update Driver

3/ In the hardware update wizard, choose not this time

4/ Click Next.

5/ Then choose Install from a list or specified location (advanced users)

6/ Click Next.

7/ Then click on Don’t search, I will choose the drivers to install

8/ Choose from the list of hardware USB hub

9/ Click Next.

10/ Click on the provided floppy

A window opens, browse to C:/windows/inf and select the folder usbstor.inf and click on Open.

Then the path of the selected driver will appear in the previous window. Click OK. The driver will install and you will have a line called USB Mass Storage Device .

However, you now have a question mark. Repeat steps 2 to 7.

8/ Choose from the list of hardware Storage Volume

9/ Click Next.

10/ Click on the provided floppy

A window opens, browse to C:/windows/inf and select the folder volsnap.inf and click on Open.

Then the path of the selected driver will appear in the previous window. Click OK. The driver will install and you will have a line called Generic Volume .

And normally if everything goes well, your USB drive is now correctly recognized.