subject: Recovering Data from a Corrupted USB Flash Drive [print this page] Recovering Data from a Corrupted USB Flash Drive
Most of us use the USB Flash Drives to store various types of data, such as, office documents, project files, songs, videos and software programs. It's an easy and mobile medium of storing our data. It's small and does not take so much time like CDs to burn the contents. Thus, it has won the minds of most people for easy access, storage and transfer of their data.
But, what if the drive accidentally stops working? It happens. This article discusses about the various technique to recover the data in case your drive fails.
Improper use of a USB Flash Drive may corrupt it. For example, when someone frequently disconnects the drive without removing it from the Safely Remove Hardware feature.
A USB Flash Drive can be said Corrupted, if it does not allow the user to access the data stored in it. In such a corrupted USB Flash Drive, the user is not able to read, open, modify or delete the file. It becomes more frustrating when the data stored in it is very important for us.
Let's go through the actual process of recovering your data.
Recovering your DataRecovering your data stored on a corrupted drive is not possible without the use of any third party products.
Search the internet for a number of Data Recovery Software and download and install which you like. One of the data recovery software I know is Easeus Data Recovery Wizard.
Plug your USB Flash Drive to your computer, and wait till the Format the Drive dialog appears.
Close the Format the Drive dialog when appears.
Open Easeus Data Recover, and click Partition Recovery.
Select your USB Flash Drive which is listed in the list of the drives in your computer. For example, drive K.
Click Next, and continue the wizard your own.
After you successfully recovered your data, format it. In most cases, formatting the drive becomes impossible and shows an error. In such cases, you need to format it using third party software like HP USB Disk Storage Format tool.
