Being one of the most convenient portablestorage devices that allow you to transfer all types of files from one computer to another, the USB flash drive has become one of the main sources of data transfer. It can be easily connected to any system that has a USB port. Due to the fast access to the data stored on them, flash drives are widely used, but they have a significant disadvantage - they are prone to data loss. This can happen as a result of accidental deletion, file corruption, disk formatting, virus attack and so on.
Most people lose data as a result ofaccidental deletion of files. Is it possible to restore the flash drive in this case? Do not worry, there is a special software for these purposes - Undelete. This program helps to perform data recovery on damaged flash drives and recover deleted or lost files from formatted USB flash drives.
Еще одна неплохая похожая программа, которая helps to restore the flash drive - BadCopy Pro. It can recover data and files from flash drives. The program runs on a Microsoft Windows platform platform (from Windows 9x to Vista) and it is very easy to use. With it, you can restore deleted files, format a disk or perform a full recovery of a USB flash drive. This is a completely safe program that performs read operations on your flash drive and saves the recovered files in the specified location.
There are times when files on a flash drive begindamage, disappear systematically or reduce its volume. Unfortunately, tools such as CHKDSK, SCANDISK and the like are unreliable when it comes to scanning flash drives for errors; the principle of their work is not the same as that of a hard disk.
If the recovery of flash drives with the help ofprograms can not, try formatting. This removes everything from the media and creates a new file allocation table (FAT). In this case, if there are any bad sectors on the flash drive, they will be omitted. This will reduce its memory capacity. But it is better to have a low memory capacity than a high memory, but not working!
There are situations that this can not be done either(flash drive is not detected by the computer). This indicates a failure in its chip. There remains one more way - firmware. How to flash a flash drive? For this you need to use special programs. First you need to know the model of the flash drive chip. This will help programs: CheckUDisk, UsbIDCheck, USBDeview or ChipGenius. After that, you need to find a program to perform the firmware of your flash drive. It is in a special database on the Internet. Download and follow all the necessary steps according to the instructions to the program. After that, you can format the USB flash drive.
As a rule, the above mentioned actions help to restore flash drives, so do not rush to send USB-media to the scrap.
And in order to avoid data loss, damage the flash drive, try to follow the following simple rules:
- Never remove the flash drive whendata transfer. Always stop it before you remove it. For this, in Safely Remove Hardware, which is displayed in the system tray, click the "Stop USB drive" button and take it out only when a corresponding message appears.
- Always have duplicate files recorded on a flash drive. If some of them are damaged, it will be possible to restore them ..
- Never open the USB flash drive with a double click -this can lead to the launch of harmful programs on it, and cause damage not only to her, but also to the computer. Therefore, first click on it with the right mouse button, and then select the "Open" or "Explore" button to open access to files or folders.
- Always scan flash drives for viruses,before opening files. This will minimize the infection of the computer with viruses. Needless to say, you need to use good antivirus software, which should be updated regularly.
These simple rules will help to avoid breakdowns, after which it is necessary to restore flash drives.
