![]() Looks can be deceiving as the two side buttons of the Mighty Mouse only function as one, and only if they are both depressed at the same time. ![]() The second difference is that there are now two side buttons on the mouse (they existed on prior Apple mice, but they didn't function as buttons). The first obvious difference is that the Mighty Mouse features a scroll ball, whereas previous mice had no scrolling specific buttons/balls/wheels. The Mighty Mouse looks a lot like Apple's previous one-button mouse, with a few visible exceptions. Of course, now that it's no longer a problem for me, Apple finally broke tradition and launched their first multi-button mouse for USB enabled Macs, and it's called the Mighty Mouse and it retails for $49.99. I still prefer to have a multi-button mouse, but it's not the deal breaker for me that it once was. As time went on, I began to see both sides of the argument and truth be told, today, I can actually get by with a one-button mouse on a Mac just fine. I'd spent my mousing-life with two buttons and having to give one of them up would be too much to ask, if I were to be as objective as possible. There are many justifications thrown about for the use of a one-button mouse, just as there are many for the use of a multi-button mouse, but regardless of what they are, they have been here for a couple of decades now.īack during the planning days of my Mac experiment, I knew that in order to give the platform a fair chance, I couldn't use that mouse. More recently, PCs grew a few more buttons and wheels on their mice, all the while Apple refused to move beyond the one. PC arguments has always been the mouse argument more specifically, Macs had one-button mice, while PCs had two. Giving Macs a chance for the first time last year wasn't all that hard, except for one major issue on which I would not budge: the mouse. I've integrated the Mac platform into my regular computer usage, using it for a lot of my work, while also continuing to be an avid PC user. The experiment, as I called it back then, was very much a success. In most cases, you’re better off just picking up a new once - especially since flash storage is so inexpensive now.About a year ago, I put all prejudices aside, cast away all of my prior experiences with the platform, and I tried a Mac for a month. If the drive has important data on it, it might be possible for a professional to fix it and recover your data, but that job requires specialized equipment, knowledge, and training. Any number of physical or electrical problems could cause a drive to die, but once it does, no amount of finicking with Windows will ever bring it back. If none of that works, and the drive isn’t recognized in other computers, there is a real possibility that your USB drive is completely dead. With any luck, after following these steps, your drive will be in good working condition again. ![]() You can then create partitions on the empty drive. ![]() RELATED: How to "Clean" a Flash Drive, SD Card, or Internal Drive to Fix Partition and Capacity Problems Cleaning a flash drive (or any drive) will wipe all of the data, so be careful that you select the correct drive. To clean the drive, you’ll need to open a Command Prompt window as Administrator and use the diskpart command to “clean” the appropriate drive. The cleaning process will wipe the drive. First, back up any important data on the drive if the drive has important data on it. You can “clean” the drive to clean up that mess, wiping all the files and partition information from the drive and making it usable once more. Or, the partition on the drive may be too small because the drive has protected partitions wasting space on it. You may even see “protected” partitions that you can’t delete from within Disk Management. In some cases, the drive may have a very messy partition scheme. If You See the Drive in Disk Management, But You Can’t Format It After it’s done, the drive should be usable. Otherwise, if you’re only using it on Windows machines, NTFS is fine. If you want the drive to be compatible with as many other operating systems and devices as possible, format it with the exFAT file system when Windows asks. RELATED: What File System Should I Use for My USB Drive?Ĭhoose the maximum possible size for the partition and assign a drive letter - you can let Windows automatically choose a drive letter. To format it so Windows can use it, just right-click the unallocated space in Disk Management and select “New Simple Volume.” If you see the drive in Disk Management, but it says “Unallocated” - with a black bar along the top - that means that the drive is completely empty and unformatted. If You See the Drive in Disk Management, But It’s Empty ![]()
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