USB 3.1 flash drive with Windows XP

[MyNameIsUrl]

I'm trying to copy a lot of data off an old XP desktop using a USB 3.1 flash drive. Although the drive can be seen as E: in the file manager, clicking on it gives the message 'The disk in drive E: is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?'.

The (new) 128GB USB works on another device, and a different USB stick works on the pc, so I'm guessing it's a driver problem? Can anyone suggest a safe place to download a driver or give any other view on why it's not working?

[Breelander]

Common problem, apparently....

http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/topic/36 ... indows-xp/

See if this fix works for you.

http://roch101.blogspot.com/2012/01/sol ... d-usb.html

If not, then can you network this XP machine? Windows 10 cannot by default connect to shares on an XP machine, but if you enable 'SMB 1.0/CIFS Client' in 'Turn Windows features on or off' then it can.

Or you could just use the smaller USB that does work on both

[xeny]

Is it file system problem? FAT32 vs EXFAT vs NTFS - is there a difference between the drives that work and the larger one that doesn't?