USB Needs Scanning

[Setfree]

Only in Windows (7 and 10) do I get my USB needs scanning, never in Linux. When I scan it, only once did it find errors. I do not get the error for a while. Then it rears it's ugly head. But no errors are found. It errors again, but I ignore it now. It mainly happens with this Samsung 32GB 3.0 I ALWAYS "safely" remove it. I just figure it's Windows being paranoid. Any suggestions?

 

[neeyik]

What file system is the USB drive using - FAT, FAT32 or NTFS?

 

[captaincranky]

I'd suggest you getting all your data off it, isolate it in a folder, then scan that.

Next do a full reformat of the drive, (not the "quick" option), as "NTFS".
USB drives are temperamental, and not particularly known for reliability or longevity.. Although Samsung is a quality brand, sh!t happens. The general rule of USB drives is, "the cheaper they are, the sooner they fail".

Anecdotally, I have a partitioned Toshiba 1 TB HDD, (250 GB C:/) (750 GB J:/). Windows >XP< reports "J:/"as "needing dskchk", at every boot up. I've learned to just hit the space bar (biggest target), and mutter to myself, "just shut up and boot the damned computer".

 

[Setfree]

What file system is the USB drive using - FAT, FAT32 or NTFS?

Thanks neeyik. FAT32 for compatibility with Linux.

 

[Setfree]

I'd suggest you getting all your data off it, isolate it in a folder, then scan that.

Next do a full reformat of the drive, (not the "quick" option), as "NTFS".
USB drives are temperamental, and not particularly known for reliability or longevity.. Although Samsung is a quality brand, sh!t happens. The general rule of USB drives is, "the cheaper they are, the sooner they fail".

Anecdotally, I have a partitioned Toshiba 1 TB HDD, (250 GB C:/) (750 GB J:/). Windows >XP< reports "J:/"as "needing dskchk", at every boot up. I've learned to just hit the space bar (biggest target), and mutter to myself, "just shut up and boot the damned computer".

Thanks captincranky. I will:
"I'd suggest you getting all your data off it, isolate it in a folder, then scan that." As far as cheap this drive is not as it's shockproof, waterproof, magnetic proof etc. Most of the time I do a full format in FAT32, as I need compatibility in Linux. (which never complains). And I just tell it to (as you so succinctly put it), just shut up and boot!

 

[Setfree]

So far after following captincranky's advice, I have not had a scanning request from Windows after at least 7 different retries. Thanks captincranky.

 

[captaincranky]

@Setfree Coupla You're Quite welcome

Although I have a question. I know Ubuntu will index and open NTFS files, but you're saying, (your distro, or any distro?) Linux won't pull them off a USB drive?

Next, it's entirely possible that your drive could have a bad cell. Since there's plenty of redundancy, that's not an issue. But perhaps Windows is picking it up intermittently.

I did just have the weirdest experience with USB connected Samsung SSDs, I put a 500 GB 870 and a 860 into external enclosures. Instead of picking them up as "removable drives, I had to format them and Windows assigned a permanent drive letter to each. However, it wouldn't recognize both drives .together. My end game was to migrate the OS (Win 7), from a Samsung 250 GB 850, to the new 870. I installed their heretofore flawless migration software, but it refused to acknowledge the 870 as "available" As soon as I installed te 870 into the board's SATA array, it worked, like a charm. At most, the process took 20 minutes to move 132 GB over.

(Sorry, I do go on with my stories).

 

[Setfree]

No problem with your stories captaincranky. I can be wordy my own self. When I switched to Linux around the time support was pulled from Win7 (and I cannot stand Win10) I found out on a Mint forum that NTFS could be kind of "iffy" for USB. So I use FAT32.