This error usually occurs because you didn’t correctly eject the USB, or other removable media, from a desktop or laptop. Windows expect you to unmount USB drives with their Eject options. However, many users remove USB drives without selecting the Eject option first. As such, there isn’t usually an error to fix at all but rather you’ll have to deal with a flash drive with a damaged file system.
How do I fix There’s a problem with this drive error on Windows
1. Select the USB Stick’s Eject Option
The best way to fix the “problem with this drive” error is to eject the USB drive before removing it. You can do that by pressing the up arrow on the right of your taskbar and right-clicking the USB drive’s system tray icon. Then, you can select the Eject option on the USB drive’s context menu as shown below. Select that option and remove the flash drive.
2. Select the Quick Removal Option
First, try switching ports as that sometimes helps. If that’s not the case, continue with the steps below. USB drives have a Quick removal option that disables write caching. Selecting this will also ensure you don’t get a “problem with this drive” error without unmounting it first. You can select the Quick removal option as follows.
3. Scan and Fix the Drive
If you’re ejecting the USB drive with its Eject option and still getting the error, then it might have a corrupted file system. You can scan the USB drive’s file system and fix it with the Check Disk utility in Windows as follows. SPONSORED
4. Open the Hardware and Devices Troubleshooter
So long as you correctly unmount USB drives or select the Quick removal option, the “There’s a problem with this drive” error probably won’t occur in Windows. However, if it still does, you can fix the USB stick with Check Disk. Check out this Windows Report article for further USB device fixes.
5. Format the drive
Finally, if none of the previous steps worked, try formatting the drive. If there’s no data on it or it carries something you’ll willingly sacrifice to a greater good. After you format the drive, it should work as before. Of course, there’s always a chance of hardware failure, albeit they appear rarely and after a long time of usage on old thumb drives. Here’s how to format the thumb drive: RELATED STORIES YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT:
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