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I have a Kingston 32 Gigabyte USB flash drive that is detected in the Disks program but not showing up in the Files program.

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In the Disks program, what is the partitioning scheme for your flash drive?

Usually it is a single partition if FAT32 type. If it is any different, please comment. Note down the device name for the partition (Example: `/dev/sdb1')

Follow these procedures in a terminal:

  • cd /media/<yourusername>'
  • sudo mkdir flashdrive
  • sudo mount /dev/sdb1 flashdrive
  • cd flashdrive && ls-ltr

The contents of your drive should be listed by now. Most likely, Nautilus will also show your usb drive. To manually unmount the drive, follow these step in a terminal:

  • cd /media/<yourusername>
  • sudo umount /dev/sdb1
  • sudo rm flashdrive -r

The problem appears to be that the system isn't automatically mounting the dive. If you have any problem following this solution, leave a comment. You can also create a script to do all this job automatically.

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    The partition is (/dev/sda)
    – user466616
    Dec 5, 2015 at 14:17
  • You seem to be doing something incorrect here. The notation /dev/sdX where X is a letter refers to a physical device: Harddisk, Pendrive. The notation /dev/sdXY where Y is a number refers to a partition on that physical device. Yours is most likely /dev/sdb1 for the pendrive. Dec 5, 2015 at 16:56
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Is the USB specifically not getting detected in Ubuntu 15.10 ? Have you tried plugging it in to other systems ? And did you remove it mid-way while formatting ?

If its a pen-drive problem and supposing you are not concerned about the data on the stick then you can use gParted.

Installation Guide : http://ubuntuguide.net/install-graphical-partition-editor-gpartedin-ubuntu-linux

After installing , launch gparted from the terminal. On the top right corner select your pen-drive /dev/sdb1 and create a partition table. That should do it.

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Try pushing in the thumb drive in all the way. I know it sounds silly, but in my case that's what I was doing wrong. The sleeve thing was making it seem like I had it in all the way even though it wasn't.

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