# Pico2 & Pico Plus 2 Stop Mounting

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**Created:** [October 24, 2024, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pico2-pico-plus-2-stop-mounting/26406 "2024-10-24T09:44:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bluefrog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/bluefrog/32/6824_2.png) [@Bluefrog](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Bluefrog)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 9:44am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pico2-pico-plus-2-stop-mounting/26406/1 "2024-10-24T09:44:00Z")

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I’ve been playing with a Raspberry Pico 2 and Pimoroni Pico Plus 2 and have come across the same issue with both.

After a while (in some cases a few days) the devices stop mounting

I’m about to mount into boot mode without issue, but the non-boot-mode stops mounting.

I’ve tried with both Micro and Circuit python.

What am i missing? Is there a way to factory reset to get them mounting again?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![bablokb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@bablokb](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/bablokb)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 11:11am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pico2-pico-plus-2-stop-mounting/26406/2 "2024-10-24T11:11:29Z")

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which OS are you using? How do you mount?

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**Author:** ![Bluefrog](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.pimoroni.com/bluefrog/32/6824_2.png) [@Bluefrog](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/Bluefrog)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pico2-pico-plus-2-stop-mounting/26406/3 "2024-10-24T11:25:14Z")

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Having the issue in both Mac and Windows - mounting by plugging into a USB port

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**Author:** ![bablokb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee59a6/32.png) [@bablokb](https://forums.pimoroni.com/u/bablokb)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.pimoroni.com/t/pico2-pico-plus-2-stop-mounting/26406/4 "2024-10-24T12:00:36Z")

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These OS don’t expect you to reset the device without unplugging. If this happens at the wrong time, you may end up with a corrupt system that does not mount anymore. I assume that you don’t need a factory reset, but you will have to repair the filesystem. Which might be too complicated…

For MicroPython, there is a nuke-uf2 somewhere here on the Pimoroni site. For CircuitPython I have seen instructions in the net about re-initializing the CIRCUITPY drive.