Change the File system of your External Device
There are many cases when you are trying to access data from an external drive like a USB flash drive whose file system mode is not supported by your system. For example, your system supports FAT-32 format but the external drive is set using the NTFS format. So to fix this error we must ensure that the correct format of the file system has been assigned to your external drive. Follow the below steps to assign the right file system for your external drive.
Step 1: Plug in your external drive.
Step 2: Navigate to your external drive by going to this PC.
Step 3: Right-click on your external drive and select the format option.
Step 4: Select the appropriate file system mode that your system supports and click on Start.
Step 5: Once the format is complete eject your external drive and then again plug it and use it without any errors.
Note: Make sure to backup your files in the external drive before formatting it.
Fix: The Request Could Not be Performed Because of an I/O Device Error
Are you facing an I/O Device Error and frustrated? Then you are at the right place, In this article, we will solve the I/O device Error and will discover the various causes of this error and various methods to fix this error.
Before going in-depth into the methods to fix this error let us understand a little bit about this error and what are the causes that lead to this error in our systems.
Table of Content
- Method 1: Update the Device Drivers
- Method 2: Use the Check Disk Utility
- Method 3: Use the Diskpart Utility.
- Method 4: Change the File system of your External Device
- Method 5: Change Data Transfer Mode of your IDE Controllers.
- Method 6: Perform Clean Boot on your Windows.
- Method 7: Change the External Drive’s Letter.
- Method 8: Check for Malware or Viruses
- Method 9: Check Hardware Connections