Why my U disk cannot save any files now

ScarJoy
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Why my U disk cannot save any files now

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Whenever I put files into it, it has only left the file's name, but the file is all empty.

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Re: Why my U disk cannot save any files now

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What is "U disk"? A USB drive?
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Re: Why my U disk cannot save any files now

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Yes, Hans. USB drive.

It will only have empty file left, although it takes a long time to transfer the files.

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Re: Why my U disk cannot save any files now

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Have you re-formatted the USB Drive ?
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Re: Why my U disk cannot save any files now

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No,Claude. All the previous files are still in USB Drive. Just cannot add new files into it.

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Re: Why my U disk cannot save any files now

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What happens if you copy one of the 'empty' files back from the USB drive to your hard disk? Is it still empty?
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Re: Why my U disk cannot save any files now

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How about copying all the files off the USB drive, re-format and copy them back ?
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Re: Why my U disk cannot save any files now

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I tried, it is empty.I use antivirus software to scan, no virus. Am I need to buy a new one? :brickwall:

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Re: Why my U disk cannot save any files now

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Getting a new USB drive may be your best option.
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Re: Why my U disk cannot save any files now

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ScarJoy wrote:I tried, it is empty.I use antivirus software to scan, no virus. Am I need to buy a new one? :brickwall:
If you don't mind loosing everything on the disk and just want to fix and reformat it for new data, you can follow the steps in this video. Doing this will wipe the USB, set up a new active partition and then format it to FAT32 or NTFS. After this it should be as good as new!
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Re: Why my U disk cannot save any files now

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Thanks! That's works. I format my U dis, and put all previous files into it again, thanks all.