Most users are interested in how to recover deleted files from a flash drive only after they accidentally erase a video or other necessary information from it. At the same time, professional services for extracting erased information from any media, for example, kingston datatraveler (we will use it as a sample in this article.) are quite expensive, so it’s better to study this issue in advance and install free applications necessary for file recovery on your computer.
The most popular data recovery software
Of the non-commercial applications, the Recuva program can be safely called the most famous. You can use it when working not only with a datatraveler flash drive, but also with any other media and even devices - cameras and MP3 players.
Features of the Recuva program:
- Working with NTFS, FAT and file systems;
- Distributed without restrictions, compatible with all modern Windows versions, starting with the "seven".
Among the shortcomings, one can note the complexity, and sometimes the inability to return video and other data that disappeared for a long time, even if nothing else was recorded on the flash drive.
The procedure for extracting erased information from a flash drive using Recuva
For a complete understanding of how to recover data from a flash drive using Recuva, it can be noted that the application determines far from all the files that have ever disappeared. With a high degree of probability, it will not be possible to recover data from a drive formatted even in the same file system. And don't forget general rules when working with this type of utilities, you need to restore data to the wrong Kingston datatraveler media that you are working with. Otherwise, you may forever lose important data accidentally erased from the flash drive.
The most efficient flash drive software
The application described earlier is very easy to use, but it may only be able to work with files and videos that have disappeared recently. Recuva is often useless if the flash drive has been formatted. In difficult cases, when files have been overwritten for a long time and have been overwritten more than once, one of the most effective solutions to restore will use the program File Scavenger.
It should be noted right away that the application is not Freeware, but even without a paid license, it can be used to return part of the data lost from a flash drive, view deleted photos.
File Scavenger does not have a Russian-language interface, everything is supported starting from the XP version of Windows.
How to use File Scavenger
The main window of the program has two tabs - Step1 and Step2. Let's start with the first step:
At the end of the search for video and other overwritten data, a list of all the information found is displayed, which can be viewed, as in a familiar explorer, displaying the directory structure. To do this, in the menu ribbon, just click on the "Tree View" button.
File Scavenger Recovery Result
To recover deleted files from the datatraveler flash drive individually, the selected folder or group of directories, you need to mark them and go to the second Save tab. In the "Save to" field of the program, the save location is indicated. Please note that you should write the found files and videos to a hard drive or other media, but in any case not to the same flash drive.
When choosing a file to recover, pay attention to its status, which is indicated in the Status column. It can be good (Good) or bad (Poor). In the latter case, there is no guarantee that at the end of the procedure it is possible to get a fully working undamaged file or video.
If File Scavenger works in Demo mode, then restrictions are imposed not on the number, but on the size of files. Only the first 64 KB of each will be saved.. Photos and images, respectively, will be written to the specified folder only partially, but for many text documents this size may be sufficient.
One of the best open source applications
Disk Drill is relatively new and is completely free for now. Windows utility, through which you can extract video and other data from various media, including Kingston datatraveler. After some time, it will probably go into the category of paid ones, because for Mac OS X the program has existed for a long time, but in a paid version and with a rather expensive license.
After Launch Disk Drill will open the main window with a list of all available drives, including flash drives. Opposite each of them there is a Recover button with a drop-down list:
- Run all recovery methods is used by default when you normally press the Recover button, starts everything available methods recovery.
- Quick scan - performs a quick scan of the selected drive for files that disappeared not so long ago.
- Deep Scan - deep analysis.
Another available action with a flash drive in Disk Drill is creating an image of the drive for further work with it so that the existing data is not lost. Usually free programs do not have such functionality. This action becomes available after pressing the Extras button.
After turning on the flash drive, did you find that the files you needed were “not found”? Or, even more hilariously: is the computer happy to report that "the device is not formatted"? Do not despair, in all these cases there is still a chance to recover data.
Data recovery is possible if:
- You did not write new files to this media or partition (otherwise, the old data that needs to be restored may be completely or partially overwritten).
- And it wasn't made low-level formatting(or, firmware).
USB drive - seems to be opening. But - some files (which are needed) are missing. How to restore deleted items is discussed below.
When you delete a file on systems like Windows, for example, nothing is erased. The simple file is marked as "deleted". And if (accidentally deleting something necessary), there was no recording on the USB flash drive, you can restore it with one of the free programs. The simplest to date is the Recuva program). Downloading its portable version.
Recuva - file recovery
We start the program, the “Recuva master” will appear in front of us. Ignore the wizard and go to the main window of this program.
- In the marked line, a section is selected or external media(flash card) which now contains the "deleted" files.
- And in this line, we indicate the type of files that need to be restored (or, we write the full name of the deleted file). If we do not know, or we want to restore all deleted files, we leave this line empty.
It is necessary to recover deleted photos from a flash drive - select the "Graphics" option.
Recovery occurs automatically, in two stages. Click the "Analyze" button. A search is performed, then the program will give us a list of found files that can still be recovered. What and how to recover deleted from a flash drive, the program knows itself (it depends a little on the user). So, if the file is not in the list, there is already “nothing to be done”.
If there is, select the checkbox, click on the "Restore" button. A window will appear with a list of disks, where exactly (on which disk) to restore information. The program can restore files to the directory where they "were" once (in this case, we get a lower probability of recovery). And it’s easier to say: it’s possible to restore to the same partition, the same folder that contains our “deleted” file, but only in emergency cases.
What if the files won't open?
If the flash drive does not open completely, or it is not possible to copy the file, in this case, there is also a way out. We try to do the following: in "My Computer", right click- on the letter of the flash drive, then "Properties". If the flash drive looks like this:
Then - the following does not help (the flash drive will most likely have to be formatted). If - no, and the volume of the drive is shown adequately - go to the "Service" tab.
There, three options for the "service" will be offered: "Check disk", "Defragment", and "Archive". Attention! In case of problems with the file system, you can choose "Run a check" (but not "Defragment").
In this "check", put two checkmarks (for incidental "correction" of all errors), and click "Start". Upon completion, we will get a working drive.
And if - really, everything looks like in the picture above? Or, the flash card immediately asks for formatting with the message:
In this case, only data recovery with quick formatting of the drive will help.
Attention! Do not proceed with formatting if:
The drive contains really valuable information (the probability of corrupting data remains non-zero!).
There is a suspicion that the equipment is faulty (that is, the problem is in the hardware).
If at least one of the indicated requirements is met, it seems that best solution will: take the flash drive to a service center. If, however, decide to restore it yourself - the procedure is as follows:
Disconnect the USB flash drive, reboot the computer.
Once again we connect, we carry out "check".
If the flash drive still does not open, then we agree with the formatting, confirming this decision with the "Yes" button.
Formatting will select "Quick", and in the same system that was used before (most often it is FAT32). With such an operation, the file allocation table will be erased, but not the files themselves.
After passing through a quick format, the flash drive is ready for data extraction.
After formatting
How to restore folders on a USB flash drive and files inside if the USB flash drive is formatted? Consider an example with one of these programs: EasyRecovery Professional.
We start the program.
Select another tab - "Data Recovery".
And we click exactly "FormatRecovery".
Next, we choose desired section- the letter "flash drive". Also, you need to select a file system. Attention - if now you do not know which file system was used by the flash drive (FAT 32 or NTFS) - it's better not to risk it! Although, FAT is more commonly used.
Easy Recovery Pro) - turned out to be shareware. Fans of free completely - you can try this (R.saver). Or - Easy Recovery Home (an order of magnitude cheaper).
There are more “narrow-cut” versions of licensed software (many are absolutely free). For example, ObjectRescue (c ee PhotoRescue Pro) knows better how to recover photos from USB flash drives and CompactFlash drives. This program is similar in use to Recuv.
Here is another list of programs:
Documents Rescue Pro; restorer; JetFlashRecovery; Digital Media Rescue Professional.
Conclusion
It can be confidently noted here that the result of a scan may not always suit the user. In different programs, similar algorithms work to restore files and the FAT directory structure. Similar, but not the same. Recovery results may vary. Including - very noticeable.
You may have to “try” several different programs: you can use different ones, but only latest versions. Often, a positive result turned out to be just on the side of the paid ones.
In case of mechanical damage to a USB flash drive, it happens that only the controller is damaged. That is, the memory chips remained absolutely functional.
In this case, we buy a second flash drive of the same type (and it is better to change the microcircuit in service center). It depends on the qualifications, and on the experience of the manipulating the "soldering" - what happens as a result.
We hope that after recovery, the flash drive will be working. However, the really important data is now most likely not to be trusted. Is not it?
How to recover deleted folder files
Have you ever accidentally deleted documents from flash drives? Have you lost photos from your camera's memory cards? If not, you are a lucky person!
If you find files are missing and need to restore them, do nothing with the flash drive until you read the instructions to the end. It is better to put the disk / flash drive / memory card aside and calmly read the instructions below.
Any manipulations with the data carrier (flash drive, memory card, disk) reduce the chance of the file returning from oblivion. The matter is that actually at deletion the file is not deleted (such here a pun), only record about it from the file table disappears. This record can be returned by the data recovery program, the file will be in place. However, while the file is in a deleted state, it can be overwritten with other data. Then the contents of the file will be irretrievably lost. This is how the storage of information is organized both on the hard drive and on flash drives - nothing is immediately deleted, but is gradually replaced by something new.
Therefore, the fewer operations performed with a flash drive, the higher the chance to return seemingly irretrievably lost documents.
For fans of video tutorials
At your request, I made a video on how to use the Recuva file recovery program. There only short instruction, all questions and analysis of situations - in the text below.
Check flash drive for viruses
If you know for sure that you did not delete a file or folder from the USB flash drive, but they disappeared, it may be that they are simply hidden by a virus. That is, the deletion did not occur and you just need to make the files on the flash drive visible.
There are many programs for recovering hidden files from flash drives. I prefer USB Folder Fix.
Download it from the link above, run it as administrator (right-click on the program icon - "Run as administrator"), select the disk in the program (button Browse). Files from the flash drive will appear in the list, among which there may be your "lost". If this is the case (to the right in the file properties column there will be the words "Hidden" and / or "System"), click Yes! Unhide the folders!" and hidden files will appear. The program can be closed, the files are "recovered".
How to recover deleted files: Recuva
Did you accidentally delete or an evil virus cleaned the flash drive - there is a way out in the face of the program Recuva. It will help you recover deleted photos, videos and other data from any kind of media (except phones).
There are many recovery programs and each has advantages. I settled on Recuva as the simplest and most versatile, suitable for recovering all types of files from flash drives - documents, photos, music, videos, and more. It pleases that it's free for home use.
You can recover data from USB flash drives, memory cards, hard drives, even old floppy disks.
After a simple and clear installation, you need to take a few steps.
Modern Recuva is slightly different in appearance. For aesthetes, the updated guide for file recovery with Recuva is here: The instructions below are still relevant, just the window frames look different.
Run the recovery program, a “wizard” will open, which will walk you through the entire procedure step by step:
Choose what to recover. If it's not photos, videos, or music that's been deleted, you can select " Other» to recover all types of files:
Then click " Overview"and specify the USB flash drive (or another drive from where you want to return files from oblivion):
Setting the checkbox to " Deep Analysis” will allow you to find more deleted files, even completely overwritten ones. Unfortunately, corrupted files cannot be recovered, but in general this option improves the result:
Stock up on patience. Wait while the program scans the flash drive:
After the program will show the result in the form of a list. Not all of these files can be recovered - look at the color of the circle to the left of the file name (this is the state of the file).
If the circle is green - probably, the file is not damaged, then it will recover completely and open without errors.
The circle is yellow - only part of the file will be restored. If you need to recover a deleted term paper or diploma, then this result may be acceptable - pieces of text are better than nothing.
The circle is red - there used to be such a file, there are “mentions” about it, but it will not be possible to restore it (instead of the contents there will be a mess of data that is not related to the desired file).
To select all files, just check the box indicated by the red arrow.
You can sort the results by "Status" or other parameters, note individual files ticks manually.
Click " Restore” and specify the folder where you want to restore deleted files. This folder should be on any drive, but just not on a flash drive, the files from which we are restoring.
Depending on whether it was possible to restore the files completely (without damage) or only part of them, the report will be different:
About partially recovered files
Fully recovered files will open correctly. Partially recovered files - on a case-by-case basis, depending on the file type. For example, there is a chance to extract several files from damaged archives.
Partially restored documentation(for example, created Word program) most often contain part of the text, which is quite logical. If the document is badly damaged, then there is a chance to pull at least something out of it using special programs. For example, one of the FileRepair family. But, as a rule, the result is so-so, because there is nowhere to get information from.
When restoring deleted photos (JPEG format) you may run into trouble: corrupted (partially restored files, indicated by a yellow circle in Recuva) image files of the viewer refuse to open. In this case, try opening them in the standard Paint and resave (preferably in new file via "Save As"). Sometimes such manipulation allows you to restore at least part of the photo, because Paint is able to "digest" partially damaged image files.
Damaged video recordings can be viewed, but with strong artifacts (digital noise). I recommend using the VLC player, it is unpretentious to the contents of the files.
Questions and answers about file recovery
Question: I want to restore X from device Y. Will Recuva help?
Answer: Until you try, you won't know. Please do not post this question in the comments. Only you can find the answer to this question.
Question: The program did not restore anything or did not restore everything important information. What to do?
Answer: If Recuva does not display a single found file after scanning - either you have chosen the wrong disk for scanning, or the data carrier has been completely formatted, in this case the chance to return files from oblivion is small, you will have to contact specialized companies.
Question: Only photos (music, documents - i.e. files of the same type) were recovered from the flash drive. How to restore everything else?
Answer: Make sure you select "Other" in the "File Type" window. Also read the answer to the second question
Question: The program recovered the files, but (some) won't open. Is there any way to open them?
Answer: So the files are too badly damaged. As I said in the previous chapter, there are programs for repairing (more precisely, “fixing”) damaged files, but the chance of successfully repairing a damaged file is small. So nothing can be done at home.
Question: The program restored the document, it turned out to be empty or with abracadabra inside. What to do?
Answer: Most likely, the file was corrupted. But there is a chance that your document was restored under a different name. In the "File type" window, select "Other", then further check the box "In-depth analysis" and restore all the files that were found, then open all the documents in a row and see their contents. One more point: if there is no text in the document, but the file is not of zero size, see the previous chapter “About partially restored files” - perhaps the text is still in the document file and it can be restored with programs specially designed for this.
Question: The program saw only photos, it does not see other types of files. What to do?
Answer: In the Recuva Wizard, select "Other" instead of "Pictures".
Question: Where can I find these "specialized data recovery firms" you speak of?
Answer: Search with Google or Yandex - suddenly there is one in your city. Ask about the service at service centers where computer equipment is repaired.
Question: Does Recuva restore videos/photos/music/anything else normally?
Answer: Successful recovery of files erased from a flash drive does not depend on file type. However, there specialized programs, which can "repair" partially restored files of a certain type so that at least part of the data can be "pulled out". For example, it will be possible to see at least a piece of a photo, a part of a video frame. I won’t give examples of specialized software, because almost all such programs are paid, I can’t test it. For example, they may turn out to be Unfortunately, free Recuva cannot do this - it restores the data that remains on the storage medium without trying to “repair” the contents of damaged files.
Question: I want to open a flash drive, some kind of error comes out. What to do?
Answer: There are many reasons for such problems. Use Google or Yandex to find a solution.
Question: "Path too long" error when saving recovered data.
Answer: Save all data to a folder at the root of the drive. For example, create a "Recovered" folder on the C: drive and save the recovered files there.
Question: Recuva found photos that were a month old, but recently deleted ones didn't. What to do?
Answer: Most likely, after deleting, you wrote down some kind of file that “overlapped” the recently deleted files, erasing them forever. Try to recover with another program - PhotoRec, link below. If it does not find it, it means that there is no chance to recover such files.
When the flash drive asks for formatting (recovery with TestDisk)
With storage devices, something worse than deleting files can happen. The file table may be damaged, due to which, instead of opening the flash drive, a window will appear asking you to format the disk:
This means that the operating system cannot understand what kind of file system is used on the flash drive. Formatting the disk is a radical solution. A new file table is created, where there will be no records of the old data. Simply put, the flash drive will be clean. Naturally, you do not need this, because there are important files on the flash drive!
If suddenly you still formatted the flash drive and it is visible as an empty disk, you can scan it using the program above, maybe there is something. But if you have not done anything with the flash drive yet, there is a chance to open the damaged file table and copy the files to HDD using the TestDisk program. Also, I will tell you, how to restore the available volume of a flash drive, if it decreased due to errors file system.
1. Download TestDisk (backup link for version 7.1) and unzip to any folder.
2. In the folder with TestDisk, create a folder where the files from the damaged flash drive will be copied later. The name doesn't matter, 11111 will do.
3. Run the program from the unpacked folder testdisk_win.
4. At the first stage, the program will ask the question - should you write your actions to a log file?
The mouse does not work in the program, control the keyboard in the English layout. Press the down arrow ↓ to select an item no log and press Enter.
5. Then TestDisk will ask you to choose which disk to work with. It is important not to make a mistake, otherwise you will waste your time.
Usually flash drives are defined as "Generic Mass-Storage". Portable hard drives - "Generic External". The disk size is also visible in the list. Therefore, if you do not have 100500 flash drives connected at the same time, you will not be mistaken. Use keyboard arrows ↓ to select desired disk, then press Enter.
6. The program will ask for the type of stored file tables, in 99% of cases this is the first item - Intel, so just press Enter.
7. Then there are several operations to choose from - Analyze (search for remote file systems, helps after formatting), Advanced (work with existing file tables) and others. To get started you need Advanced, because, perhaps, the file table has not gone anywhere, although it is damaged.
8. Use the up and down arrows on the keyboard to select a disk partition. Usually there is only one, but there are exceptions. For instance, hard drives computers contain a lot of partitions - drive C:, D:, boot, backup, and so on.
When you select with the up and down arrows, the action bar at the bottom of the window changes depending on the file system of the partition. Do you need an item Undelete. Selected with left-right arrows ←→ . After selecting a partition and action, press Enter.
9. A list of files and folders in the partition will open. You can navigate the disk using the arrows and pressing Enter. Items "." and ".." at the top of the list of each folder - return back.
Action buttons:
a- select all files.
:
- select only the selected file/folder (on which the cursor is hovering).
q- go back to the partition selection or cancel the restore action.
h- switch the view mode - whether to show the found deleted files (they are red in the list) or only the existing ones.
Shift+c- copy the selected files to the hard drive.
c- copy the selected file/folder.
When you are in the root folder (immediately after selecting the partition), click h to hide deleted files (most likely they are corrupted and will not open), then a to select all files and folders on the flash drive, then Shift+C.
Right after pressing Shift+C copying will not start. You need to select a folder where to copy the data. This is where the folder you created in step 2 inside the TestDisk folder comes in handy. Select it with the arrows and press C. The process will go:
Then you can simply close the program, all files from the flash drive will be in the selected folder.
10. If on 7 -th stage, after pressing the Advanced button, you do not have a list of partitions (you never know, you suddenly formatted the disk), recovering deleted files will be difficult. Then instead of Advanced you need a section Analyze, which will start searching for remote file tables.
In the next window, there will most likely be no partitions, they have not yet been found:
Click Enter(in the panel below, the action “Quick Search” is selected by default, which is what we need), wait for the search to complete. With any luck, the filesystems will be found and appear in the list:
There is important point. Using TestDisk, you can restore the file table immediately on the disk, then it will open normally through the "Computer" folder. This is what is advised to do in some instructions for data recovery via TestDisk. I, on the other hand, do not recommend doing so. You never know why the disk partition was lost? Suddenly, with a flash drive, hardware problems and data are recorded with distortion, then any attempt to write can completely ruin the existing files. So The best way- use arrows ↓ to select a section, press P to view and act as in paragraph 9 - select all folders and files, copy them to your computer's hard drive.
How to format a flash drive (and return the full volume)
When the data is copied to the hard drive of the computer and you are convinced that everything is in order with the files, you can format the USB flash drive and use it as usual.
Formatting method No. 1 (simple).
Open the "Computer" folder, right-click on the flash drive - Format - button To begin. Ready!
Formatting method No. 2 (more difficult).
The first method will not always work. The file system can be damaged so much that the operating system does not understand what size to make the partition. It looks like this:
In the formatting window, in the "Capacity" item there will be only the item "Capacity unknown" or size smaller the actual size of the flash drive. When you try to start formatting, a window will appear "Windows cannot complete formatting."
What to do? Only recreate all file tables. To do this, Windows has a Disk Management tool. In Windows 10, it is launched through right-clicking on the Start menu button - Disk Management, in older operating systems is located in the Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Disk Management.
At the bottom of the window of this program, find your flash drive, right-click on the sections (rectangles with a blue stripe, there may be several) - Delete section.
Then, when all partitions are deleted, only unallocated space will remain on the flash drive, displayed as a rectangle with a black bar on top. Call its menu with the right button - Create a simple volume.
The file system, if it is a flash drive for your phone or you do not need to store files larger than 4 gigabytes on it, you need to select FAT32. However, for flash drives in this window, the choice of other file systems is not available.
If your goal is transfer large files between computers, you need to format the flash drive in the NTFS or exFAT file system. This can be done later by right-clicking on the partition rectangle and selecting Format.
The cluster size can be left at the default. Volume label - the name of the flash drive, which is visible in the "Computer" folder. You can leave the "Quick Format" box unchecked, then only the area where the file system is stored will be overwritten on the flash drive. Files at quick format physically remain on the flash drive, but will not be visible and will soon be overwritten with new data.
12. If you can't even format using method #2, It means that the flash drive ordered to live. This often happens with microSD cards for phones, memory cells run out of read/write resources and writes to them are blocked.
Other programs to recover deleted files from flash drives
If Recuva didn't help, give it a try - it searches for files regardless of the disk's file system, scanning every sector of memory, which gives a different result.
Hello friends, in this article we will discuss with you how to recover deleted files from flash drive or how to recover files after formatting flash drive. I often have to deal with such a problem and I want to tell you how to solve it. The article is long and detailed, since I sincerely want to help users recover deleted files.
It is important to know that files on a flash drive may be inaccessible for two reasons:
1) Infection of the contents of the flash drive with a virus. In this case, your files on the flash drive are intact, but they are modified viral program, moreover, the virus assigned them the attribute "Hidden". In this case, we check the flash drive with an antivirus and delete malware, then remove the "Hidden" attribute from the files. We do everything quickly and accurately (details later in the article).
2) The second reason. In fact, your files were deleted from the flash drive for some reason. Usually, users themselves delete files on a flash drive, for example, they format a flash drive, but then they remember that the necessary information was on it. In this case, you need to resort to free or paid program to recover deleted files, in this article we will recover deleted files on a flash drive using several very good similar programs. Now everything is in detail, but at the beginning of the article there is a letter from our reader Sergey.
How to recover deleted files from flash drive, which disappeared in a rather strange way. My story is this: I inserted a flash drive into a friend’s laptop, copied the necessary information, then came home, connected the flash drive to my computer and was very surprised, my antivirus got alarmed and immediately removed ten viruses from the flash drive. Then I went to the flash drive and did not find a single file there. I read on the Internet that it is necessary to recover deleted files carefully, with some special program, and in no case on a damaged flash drive. And I also read that it is quite possible that the files were not deleted, but simply because of an error or a virus infection they were assigned the "Hidden" attribute, this attribute must be removed by running some kind of "batch file". Tell the admin, how should I proceed and where to start? I myself tried to use two programs to recover deleted information on flash drives, but unfortunately I did not find anything but garbage on the flash drive.
How to recover deleted files from flash drive
This information is useful to all people who, even if not often, but deal with a computer and flash drives.
How to recover deleted files from a flash drive with free DMDE program
How to recover deleted files from a flash drive for free with R.saver
How to recover deleted files from a flash drive with the free Recuva program
How to recover deleted files from a flash drive with a program Ontrack EasyRecovery Professional
If you have lost all the files from the flash drive, then it is quite possible that the flash drive is infected with a virus, the first thing to do is to check it with an antivirus, even if your flash drive is cleaned of viruses, the files will not appear immediately, first you need to enable the display of protected system files in the operating system settings. files and hidden files and folders.
We enter the "Computer" window, then select "View" - "Options" "Change folder and search options",
uncheck the box "Hide protected system files" and vice versa, check the box "Show hidden files and folders", then click "Apply" and "OK".
Now we go to our flash drive and see that all files and folders are in place, but have a translucent appearance, which means that the virus has assigned them the "Hidden" attribute and it needs to be removed, this can be done using a hacker method.
We will do the simplest programming, create a batch file, then copy it to the root of the flash drive and run it there. Many people think that it is very difficult, but it is not. "Batnik" is bat file- the simplest kind executable file containing a sequence of commands, now you will see everything yourself.
Open notepad
and copy this information into it attrib -s -h -r -a /s /d then save the file with the .bat extension.
We have such a file. And now we copy it to the root of our flash drive and double-click the left mouse button to launch it. After a few seconds, we again go into our flash drive and see - all our files are in place and without the unnecessary attribute "Hidden"
Another thing is, if after all the above manipulations your files were not found on the flash drive, then the files were really deleted and they need to be restored. How to do it?
What to do if the files from the flash drive were really deleted?
Note: please do not restore deleted files to the same flash drive where they were located, the deleted files will be overwritten and if the recovery result does not suit you, then the second recovery of deleted files on the flash drive will be much worse than the first one. Restore files to a free partition of your hard drive or portable USB hard drive.
Friends, there are a great many programs for recovering deleted files from a flash drive, but only a few of them can actually help you, here are some of them.
For example, I will delete all files on my flash drive and then format it. That's it, no files.
The flash drive contained media files, photos, text files, software installers and ISO image With operating system. After that, I will try to recover deleted files with programs: DMDE, R.saver, Recuva, Ontrack EasyRecovery Professional, R-Studio.
How to recover deleted files from a flash drive using DMDE
The very first program that we will use to recover deleted files from a flash drive is DMDE.
A fairly serious and reliable program from a domestic developer called DMDE is able to restore remote information from various drives, including flash drives. In addition, the program can!
Go to the official DMDE website http://dmde.ru/download.html
and download the program in the archive and unzip it. DMDE works without installation. Let's launch it. In the initial window Select device/disk ( physical devices) select our Corsair flash drive and click OK.
There is a quick search for deleted files on a flash drive, often with the help of it it is possible to find files on a flash drive and restore them. We select the space of our flash drive with the left mouse and click on the Open Volume button.
In this window, click (All found + reconstruction).
We agree to a virtual reconstruction of the file system.
The files found by the program are displayed in the right part of the program window. If nothing is displayed, expand the $Root folder located on the left side of the window. If you find the file you want to recover, right-click on it and select Restore Item from the menu. Then select in the Explorer window exactly where you want to save the file to be restored, for example, on your desktop. That's it, your file has been restored. Unfortunately, the free version of the program will not allow you to restore an entire folder of files, you will get this error. So that life does not seem like honey, you will have to restore files one at a time or buy a program. But we can recover one at a time, as long as the program finds the deleted files.
In our case, a quick search did not bring any results, so we use a detailed search. Click on the "Disk Partitions" button
Select our flash drive with the left mouse and click the "Search NTFS" button.
Search.
A detailed search will start, which may take a little longer than a quick search, but the result will naturally be much better. The search reached 100 percent and lasted 20 minutes on a 16 GB flash drive. We look at the "Compliance" column, it is used to evaluate the quality of file recovery on the found volume. Double-click on the first section with the left mouse.
Save the search log just in case.
Click again (All files + reconstruction).
Virtual reconstruction of the file system. OK.
Friends, DMDE has found all the deleted files on the flash drive. As you can see, all found folders are marked with different icons: red dots, crosses, and so on. What does it all mean?
For example, a red dot on a yellow folder tells us that the folder contains deleted files that can be recovered. A more complete description is given on this diagram or the developer's website http://dmde.ru/manual/filepanel.html
But finding deleted files is not enough, the program still needs to restore them, so much so that they are in working order. Let's try to restore them, as I have already noticed, it will not be possible to restore the entire folder at once, we will get such an error,
so let's go to desired folder and restore all files one by one. Right mouse click on desired file and select "Restore Object".
We choose exactly where we want to restore files, for example, directly to the desktop.
Result 90 percent of the files on the flash drive have been restored, and almost all of them are in working order. I am satisfied. But one thing is inconvenient, free version files cannot be restored in batches. How to recover deleted files from a flash drive with R.saver
Also good free program from a serious developer of such programs UFS Explorer, is able to recover deleted files from various media and flash drives as well. We go to the official website of the R.saver program and download the program in the archive.
http://rlab.ru/files/Download/logicheskoe_vosstanovlenie_dannyh/R.saver/
R.saver, like the DMDE program discussed earlier, works without installation, unzip the archive and run the program.
All drives are quickly scanned. We see that the program found one partition on our Corsair flash drive (volume 14.93 GB), right-click on it and select "Search for lost data" or "Restore after formatting".
We answer "Yes", because we want to perform a full scan of our flash drive for the presence of deleted files.
The file system is being reconstructed.
Then the file system is reconstructed by signatures using the IntelliRAW algorithm.
If you chose "Restore after formatting", then such a window will appear in which you must select a partition by volume suitable for your flash drive, usually this is the very first partition.
And here is the result, in the left window of the program you can see all the folders found by the program, and in the right window their contents. I can say that the program worked as well as DMDE. Found almost all the information of interest.
Unlike DMDE, R.saver saves files much more conveniently, select the desired folder, right-click on it and select "Copy to ..."
Explorer opens, choose where to copy, for example, directly to the desktop, click Select.
The recovered files are copied to the desktop.
All files that have been recovered are in working order. Draw your own conclusions friends. How to recover deleted files from flash drive with Recuva Not our program, the bourgeoisie came up with, but they translated it into Russian. Recuva pretty simple program with a minimum number of settings, a novice user can easily handle it. Go to the program website http://www.piriform.com/recuva/download/standard
Download, install.
If you want to restore various files, select All Files.
We mark the item "In the specified location" and click Browse, select our flash drive.
After a malfunction software mobile phone, it often happens that the data located on the memory card cannot be accessed - they are either damaged or completely deleted. If you encounter a similar problem, there is no need to be upset, as in most cases, lost files and folders can be restored at home.
How to recover deleted data from phone memory card
If you notice any problems with the memory card (some data is displayed incorrectly, the flash drive is not recognized mobile phone or PC) you need to immediately back up files from the card, format the device, check it for malware and errors. If the media is working again, the copied information can be transferred back.
When deleting some or all files from a flash drive, you should try to restore them on your own. This can be done in two ways:
- software;
- hardware.
The choice of one method or another depends on what you want to get as an output.. If the task is to return the lost data, then it is better to resort to the first method. Hardware way is used when the lost information does not play an important role, and the main goal is to restore the flash drive. At the same time, reanimating files is much easier than repairing the media.
To recover lost information at home, you will need:
- a computer with Windows installed;
- card reader with SD adapter;
- special recovery software.
The sequence of work when recovering deleted files is as follows:
- Special software is installed on the computer, which can be paid or free. Of course, licensed programs are considered more reliable, but free software is also quite suitable for home use.
- The gadget is turned off, after which the storage medium is removed from it and connected to the PC using an SD adapter and a card reader.
- The installed reanimator is launched, with the help of which previously deleted files are saved to the hard drive.
The effectiveness of recovering deleted data largely depends on the chosen software. Therefore, consider the most popular programs for recovering lost information.
Restoring the contents of the phone's memory card using the Recuva utility
One of the easiest to use and universal programs for resuscitation of information media is, allowing you to recover any data from a flash drive. The sequence of work to restore lost information is as follows:
Next, a scan starts, which can last from several minutes to an hour or more. It all depends on the size of the memory card and the power of the PC. After the scan is completed, a window with the found files will open. However, not all of them can be restored. A green circle next to a file means a full recovery, a yellow circle indicates a partial recovery, and a red circle indicates that it cannot be recovered. You just have to select the required files from the flash drive by checking the boxes next to them. 
Overview of programs for recovering deleted data from a memory card
R-studio
After that, you should initialize the scanning process by clicking on the appropriate button. In the window that appears, you can specify the type of files you want to find and the size of the scanned space. 
Scanning time depends on the volume of the flash drive and lasts an average of 10-20 minutes. After graduation this process virtual partitions with recovered information will appear in the window. Having entered such a section, you can see its contents and save the required files to your hard drive.
RS File Recovery
Allows you to recover files of any type, be it video, music or text. Another positive quality of this utility is that it works with both NTFS and FAT 32. The principle of resuscitation is practically the same as R-Studio.
