When a USB device is connected to a PC, your operating system should automatically detect it. But, complications like a corrupted USB drive or even a loose connection, can cause Windows to show the “Please insert a disk into USB drive” error message.
Since the error message pops up when you attempt to access the drive, you cannot access any data inside it. you may’t even check it’s file properties on Windows Explorer.
But not all hope is lost. Although it seems like data inside the USB drive it destroyed, this could not be true in your case. As sometimes, this issue could lie on your system and not on the drive.
What Causes the “Please Insert a Disk Into USB Drive” Error?
How to Fix the “Please Insert a Disk Into USB Drive” Error?
Sometimes, simple issues like a loose USB connection or adamaged USB portmay be the reason behind the error. Therefore, ensure you perform a few generic troubleshooting steps first.
This includes reconnecting the USB drive, using a different USB port to connect the USB drive to the system, and finally restarting your PC.
Two drives having the same name will cause conflicts when performing action in these drives. When your USB drive and the drive in your internal storage device have the same drive letter, you may get the error message that says, “Please insert a disk into USB Drive.”
In this case,changing the drive letterof the USB drive should fix any conflicting issues.
Update Disk Drive Drivers
A Device Driver acts as an interface between the hardware and the OS. When in use, the OS and the device will constantly exchange data. If you have not updated your driver, the device may have issues communicating with the OS, resulting in the device to malfunction. And in this case, it may cause a “Please insert a disk into USB drive” error message.
Tryupdating the disk drive driverto get the latest version of disk drivers.
Run Hardware Troubleshooter
The hardware troubleshooter runs a series of tests to review and diagnose all the hardware components connected to the PC. Performing these tests, the troubleshooter identifies the problem and tries to fix the hardware issues.
To run the hardware troubleshooter.
