When i click on removable drive E: from my computer it asks me to insert disk?

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When you connect an external hard drive or USB flash drive to your PC computer, the drive should appear in the "Computer" window. However, if the data on the drive is corrupted, you may receive an error saying that the disk is not accessible. In order to get the removable disk working again, you will need to boot up your computer using the Windows installation disk and then format the corrupted drive.
Connect the removable disk to your computer. Insert the Windows installation disk into your optical drive and reboot the system. Press any key on the keyboard when you see the prompt asking if you want to boot to the CD. Press "Next" and then click on the "I accept the license terms" button. Click "Custom" when the program asks you what type of installation you want to perform. Click on the "Drive options (advanced)" button. The next window will display a list of all the hard drives connected to your computer. The removable disk will appear, even if its data is inaccessible. Highlight the removable disk that you want to format and then choose the "NTFS" option. Click "OK" to clear the data and format the hard drive.

1.What model Compaq?
2.What is the "removable" disk being referred to (should be drive not disk)
3.How long ago did this problem start and have you installed any other drives before this message?

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Dee:---- Log in as Administrator account in windows or any other account with administrative privileges

Dee:---- . Insert your removable disk into the USB port.

Dee :----. Click Start, now right click on my computer and select manage

Dee:----. Now, click Disk Management

Dee:---- . Right click on your removable drive partition and select Change Drive Letter and Paths under Disk Management ( you can find your drive easily through size )

Dee:---- . Change the drive letter some other drive letter like X: or Z: which is not reserved by some other drive on windows.

Dee:-----. That's it! Done.


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Deepak Kulkarni
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To resolve the issue, use one of the following methods:

• Insert a removable disk in the removable drive before you start the computer.
• Change the drive letter assignment for the removable drive to a letter other than C.
  
  To change the drive letter assignments in Windows XP, follow these steps:
  1. Log on to the computer as Administrator.
  2. Insert a disk in the removable drive.
  3. Click Start, right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.
  4. Click Disk Management.
  5. Right-click the partition, logical drive, or volume that you want to change, and then click Change Drive Letter and Paths.
  6. Click the removable drive, click it, click Change, click the drive letter that you want to use, and then click OK

I guess that you will need to format it before opening the removable media.
To format Right click my computer then select device manager then click disk management.
Next is to locate the removable drive (F)
Try to format it with fat file system.
ok do that ans see...
Any clarification needed please let me know
I will be happy to help you.

Sometimes when a flash memory stick fails because it was not removed from the USB port properly. If the device is removed by just pulling it out of the USB port, it can cause the flash device to fail, you must click on the Safely Remove Hardware icon on the Task Bar and select the device you wish to remove and only do so when instructed to do so.

When the flash memory device appears to malfunction it maybe possible to restore it by reformatting it. Insert the flash drive into the USB port then Click on Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management - Disk Management.
Then right click on Disk 1 removable drive and click Format. After the flash drive has been formatted it will indicate that it is Healthy.

You need to format the external drive. Format the drive as primary drive and in FAT32. (FAT32 will allow data to be exchanged between MACs and PCs).
Insert the external hard drive into the USB port then Click on Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management - Disk Management.
Then right click on Disk 1 removable drive and click Format. After the flash drive has been formatted it will indicate that it is Health

In order to resolve the issue, use the following methods given below:

Method 1: Insert the removable disk in the removable drive before you start your computer. But in this case, make sure that the first boot device in BIOS is not USB drive, else computer may not boot at all.



Method 2:
1. Log in as Administrator account in windows or any other account with administrative privileges
2. Insert your removable disk into the USB port.
3. Click Start, now right click on my computer and select manage

4. Now, click Disk Management

5. Right click on your removable drive partition and select Change Drive Letter and Paths under Disk Management ( you can find your drive easily through size )

6. Change the drive letter some other drive letter like X: or Z: which is not reserved by some other drive on windows.
7. That’s it! Done.

Regards,
Shrey

1)I cannot format the pendrive. 2)when i double click on the removable disk,it says ''Please insert a disk into Drive E :'' 3)i used a pendrive format utility but the problem persists again. 4)i tried to format it using gnome also )I cannot format the pendrive. 2)when i double click on the removable disk,it says ''Please insert a disk into Drive E :'' 3)i used a pendrive format utility but the problem persists again. 4)i tried to format it using gnome also

right click my computer.
click manage
selest disk management
right click to drive-H
select change path 7 name of drive
change it to any letter except lettur used for your other drives
thats it it is done.

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