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When I open my pen drive in my PC it shows a shortcut


of the pen drive in it. Why? Why is this problem
happening if I formatted the pen drive? What should I do
to solve this?

I can't open my pen drive. It says, "there was a


problem starting _WYR.nil the specified module
couldn'rt be found". What should I do?
How do I format my pen drive?
What's happened with my pen drive? How to rectify
this?

6 Answers

Is there any harm in formatting my pen drive to the


NTFS format? Will I be able to takeout windows
backup on my pen drive if done so?

Abhay Jeet Mishra, Flash drive troubleshooter


2.2k Views

Navigate to disk management and see if the problem USB drive is listed with any possible
drive letter i.e. E:\, F:\ etc. If not, right click on it and assign a drive letter. If the problem
still persists or drive showing RAW instead of healthy drive under drive properties, visit the
detailed tutorial page and troubleshoot problem flash drive:

How does a flash drive/pen drive store data?


What happens when we connect a USB pen
drive/thumb drive to a PC?

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How do I recover formatted data from Kingston pen


drive?

Written 14 Oct 2015

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What are the methods to format a write-protected


USB flash drive?

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I can't open my pen drive. It says, "there was a problem starting _WYR.nil the specified
module couldn'rt be found". What should I do?

Why the speed of data transfer from PC to Pen drive


increases so dramatically when the pen drive is
formatted in NTFS mode rather than in FAT ...
How do I format disk protected pen drive?

How do I format my pen drive?


What's happened with my pen drive? How to rectify this?
Is there any harm in formatting my pen drive to the NTFS format? Will I be able to takeout
windows backup on my pen drive if done so?
What are the methods to format a write-protected USB flash drive?

Leonard Konrad
1.5k Views

Y our pen drive is infected with a virus.


Scan it with a reliable Anti Virus program (Avast, AVG, Kaspersky).
If your files are missing check the used space and free space of your pen drive.
My Computer -> Right Click on USB Drive Icon -> Properties
If you pen drive is not empty, then your files would be still there in a hidden mode.
Below methods are the best to open hidden files in pen drives.
Method A
1. Open Command Prompt
Windows 7 and earlier versions, Start -> Run -> Type "CMD" -> Press Enter
Windows 8 and newer versions, Search -> Type "CMD" -> Press Enter
2. Type "attrib -s -r -h /s /d K:"
K is my pen drive letter, replace it with yours
3. Press Enter
Method B
1. Open your pen drive
2. Open Folder Options
3. In "Hidden files and folders" tick to "Show hidden files and folders"
4. Remove the tick "Hide protected operating system files"
Method C
1. Download Shortcut Virus Remover from Shortcut Virus Remover
2. Place it in your pen drive
3. Press Enter
Try one of above, may work.
Written 11 Jul 2015

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Shailendra Shambhu, Official Tech Support for Civ09@IIT-BHU. Knows How to
Google stuff.
1.2k Views

Most probably you have been affected by a virus.


A full virus checkup and cleanup is recommended. And please don't use your pen drive on
other computers till you have fully solved the issue.
Written 24 May 2015

Kunjan Patel, Programmer,Web Developer and Game Lover


1.1k Views

This is just a code written which consider as a virus....


just open it and copy all files on pc...then format your pendrive (recommend to going deep
format)
your problem go away...
Written 24 May 2015

Sayantan Mitra, student,


994 Views

Scan your pc and pendrive with a orignal antivirus and then format your pendrive.
Written 24 May 2015

Girish Arya
884 Views

Thats definitely a Virus. Y ou need to scan it with updated antivirus and reformat the Pen
drive to get rid of it.
Written May 25, 2015

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