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USB pendrive 2TB useless

I have a HP branded USB pendrive of 2 TB.

It takes forever to initiate the drive and it can't be handled in Disk Utility.

I managed to format it to APFS in order to use it for backup.


But backup doesn't work with the drive.

Then I tried to use it just as a storage for data, that was not a success either.

I tried with several formats, MS Dos, ExFat, MacOS all with the same results.

Sometimes the disk disappears in Disk Utility

In short I can't use the drive.

Could any person pls help me and advise how to handle this issue?


MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 11.7

Posted on Nov 27, 2024 2:47 AM

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USB pendrive 2TB useless

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