Getting an ISO file onto a USB drive is not as easy as copying the file. As we mentioned earlier, Rufus is a portable program, meaning that it just runs as is. This is a big reason why we prefer this ISO-to-USB program over some of the other options out there.

'I have a 32 GB USB which has suddenly come up with a message stating (Apple MacBook Pro). I do not want to initialize it as this will result in loss of my data. How can I fix the unreadable USB on Mac and recover data?' ---A user from Apple Community How to fix/repair the unreadable USB flash drive on Mac? Statistical software for mac yosemite.

Solution 1: Fix the unreadable USB flash drive with First Aid Disk Utility's First Aid is capable of repairing minor errors of disks, such as unreadable USB flash drives, Pen drives, SD cards, or, etc. Launch Disk Utility from Utilities. Select the unreadable USB drive from the sidebar. Click First Aid at the top of the window, and then wait until the reparation process finishes. Solution 2: Reformat the unreadable USB drive If to fix the unreadable drive, it indicates that the USB drive might have severe errors beyond its capability.

Then the best solution is to reformat the unreadable USB drive and make it readable or usable again. This process will wipe out all the data stored on the USB drive. So, please make sure you have a backup copy, or, follow the steps to with iBoysoft Mac Data Recovery. IBoysoft Mac Data Recovery is a tool that supports recovering lost or deleted documents, photos, videos, music and much more files from unreadable USB flash drives, Mac hard drives, external hard drives, SD cards, memory cards and other storage devices. It also supports inaccessible, unmountable or formatted drives data recovery on //Sierra‎ 10.12 and Mac OS X 10.11/10.10/10.9/10.8/10.7. Steps to recover data and fix the unreadable USB drive on Mac Step 1: Connect the unreadable USB drive to Mac.

Step 2: Launch iBoysoft Mac Data Recovery. Step 3: Select the unreadable USB and click Next button. The program will start to scan for lost files. Step 4: Preview the scanning results and choose files you want to recover, and then click Recover button to get those files back.

Step 5: Launch Disk Utility from Utilities and select the unreadable USB drive. Step 6: Click Erase on the top of the window, and follow the onscreen steps to reformat the unreadable USB drive. Hopefully, the USB drive will be readable now. Solution 3: Send the unreadable USB drive to a local technician Sometimes, the unreadable USB drive can't be fixed by reformatting. In this case, the unreadable USB drive is probably damaged physically, and you have to ask a local technicaian for help.

Create a bootable flash drive for installing Windows To install Windows 10 Education Edition from, or if you have a Windows 8.x or 7 installation disk but do not have an optical (CD/DVD) drive on your computer, you can create a bootable flash drive for the installation. Following the instructions below, you will download a Windows image (a.iso file containing all the files needed to install Windows), and then use a special application that writes the image to a USB drive and makes the USB drive bootable. (You cannot simply copy the image file to a USB drive; you must use special software to write it properly.). The process described below will delete any data currently on your flash drive. Make sure to back up your flash drive's data to another storage location before proceeding. • A valid product key that came with your Windows software. For Windows 10, this will be available on IUWare.

For Windows 8.x or 7, this will be on the disc you purchased from IU. Insert your flash drive before beginning. Create a bootable installation flash drive for Windows 10 Education Edition These instructions use a more updated and secure version of Windows 10 Education than that available on IUware; however, you will still need to visit IUware to get the product key. • Go to the IUware page, and then select either the 32-bit or 64-bit version. Review and accept the terms, and then click Get product key.

Copy the product key to use later. • Download and run the. Accept the license terms, enter the product key, and then click Next. • To have the Microsoft tool create your bootable flash drive, make sure your flash drive is plugged in, select USB flash drive, and click Next. To use Rufus, select ISO file and click Next. This will save the.iso file to your computer; then, to use Rufus and your.iso file to create a bootable installation flash drive,. Create a bootable installation flash drive for Windows 8.1.

Because Windows 8 is no longer supported, you must create a Windows 8.1 bootable flash drive and upgrade to Windows 8.1. • Go to Microsoft's page. • Download and run the Install Windows 8.1 tool.

Accept the license terms. Enter the Windows 8.x product key from your disc, and then click Next.