File recovery How to fix “Please insert a disk into Removable Disk”

Sometimes when you plug your U disk into the computer, the drive is visible and its icon is showed in system, but the system pops up that “Please insert a disk into Removable Drive F” when you click this U disk. So you cannot access to it. In order to fix this error, you should know the causes for this error first.

Why there is the error “Please insert a disk into Removable Disk”?

1. The computer’s controller cannot load the manufacture’s firmware.

2. The U disk has been corrupted

3. Drive letter conflicts

4. Disk management shows the drive letter with no media

How to fix this error of “Please insert a disk into Removable Disk”?

If it is the first time you encounter this error, you can try to insert this U disk again, or try to plug it in other computers. If your U disk has not been corrupted, you should use a data recovery software to recover your deleted files first.

There are several ways for you to fix this error.

1. Change the drive letter

How to change the drive letter of your U disk in Window

Open the Disk Management, right-click the drive letter of your U disk, choose change drive letter and path from the menu.

Choose other drive letter that has not been occupied.

Try to open this U disk again you will be able to open your U disk.

2. Recover your data with data recovery software

If changing drive letter does not solve your problem, you need to fix it. But before you try to fix it, you should restore the files on this U disk first to avoid data loss.

How to recover files from U disk?

Hdata recovery software can recover your files from different kinds of U disk issues. As long as your U disk can be read by computer, you can recover all of your data.

3. Use the manufacturer's repair utility to fix this error.

The manufacturers usually have repair utility on their products website. It can repair most of common issues.

4. Format this U disk

After you have recovered all your files, you can try to format your U disk so that to solve this problem. However sometimes you will found that you cannot format this U disk.

How to fix “Windows was unable to complete the format”?

How to format the U disk?

If your U disk shows 0 bytes or cannot access, you can try to format it. You can directly format it in My computer or in Disk Management.

How to fix the 0 Bytes error?

5. Update the firmware

If this error occurs, you can update the firmware to the latest version.