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I have a Kingston 64gb USB flashdrive that isn't working. When I use the command lsusb I get the following: '

Bus 002 Device 021: ID 0951:1665 Kingston Technology Digital DataTraveler SE9 64GB

So it finds my Kingston flasdrive. Searching learned me that I now need to use "sudo fdisk -l". This does not show the Kingston drive. I only get:

Disk /dev/sda: 640.1 GB, 640135028736 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 77825 cylinders, total 1250263728 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x38601c96

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *        2048      206847      102400    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda2          206848   552536063   276164608    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda3       552538110  1250263039   348862465    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
Partition 3 does not start on physical sector boundary.
/dev/sda5       552538112  1197832191   322647040    7  HPFS/NTFS/exFAT
/dev/sda6      1197834240  1201831935     1998848   82  Linux swap /  Solaris
/dev/sda7      1201833984  1250263039    24214528   83  Linux

I also tried using GParted, but this program also cannot find the device. A laptop using windows can also not find the device.

What can be the problem and what steps can I take to solve the problem?

Thanks!

Kind regards Bert

Bert Drijkoningen
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I know 2 reasons to begin with. 1st one is the most likely one.

  1. Kernel not loaded the usb storage module. lsmod will show if it is. If not ...

    sudo modprobe usb_storage

    to add it.

  2. Also can happen when the power supply of the USB is faulty.

To investigate more you could do a ...

strace -o log fdisk -l

and post the results on pastebin (it might be a long log).

Rinzwind
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