Microsoft’s Windows XP started using the NTFS file system by default for its internal drives back in 2001. It’s now 23 years later, so why are USB flash drives, SD cards, and other removable drives still using FAT32 or something called exFAT?
USB drives should automatically appear in File Explorer when you connect them to your computer. Follow these troubleshooting steps if your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC doesn’t show a connected drive.
Did you get a “disk is write protected” error when trying to copy files or format your drive? This can be a troublesome issue. So what’s causing it, and how do you remove this error? Today we’ll find out.