Disappearing DAT file on new USB Drive

[Thomas How]

I purchased a 1TB USB Drive and plugged it into the USB port on my laptop running Windows 10 22H2 . When I selected the associated drive letter the drive opened and there were two files present, the normal System Volume Information file and a DAT file, which I did not get the name of as it disappeared within seconds. Is this a normal windows operation to add a DAT file when a new device/USB drive is added?

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