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Flash Drive Says Format Disk When Plugged in

Have you been asked to format the disk when you plugged your flash drive into computer? Do you know why your flash drive needs to be formatted when you are asked to do so? And what would you do at that moment if there are significant files and folders saved on it? If you have no idea about what to do, then you need to read this article. You will get information that it is not a hard problem that recovers data from unformatted flash drive after reading it.

Example of flash drive need to be formatted

I was told that my flash drive needs to be formatted before I could use it. I intended to show my classmates the final exam arrangement, but that prompt popped out. We retried so many times and nothing changed. I can not format it because there are so many valuable files saved on it though the final exam arrangement was known by all my mates from other classes. What should I do to retrieve data on it and make my flash drive usable normally? - Lisa from Australia

How to recover data from the not formatted flash drive

Data recovery software, which you need if you want to restore information from the not formatted flash drive, could help you retrieve the lost data quickly and safely. When data has been recovered, you can format the USB drive to fix the unformatted error. There are the guidance steps to use the software to recover data from USB drive below:

Recover data from unformatted flash drive

Preparation: Download and install data recovery software. Insert the USB flash drive to the computer and run the data recovery software. Then, select a recovery module.

1Download and launch the data recovery software on the computer.
2Plug the flash drive into the computer.
3 Start the data recovery tool and select the aim disk to scan.
4Preview the restorable data after scanning and save the files you need.

Factors lead to flash drive not formatted

You may doubt that why your flash drive needs to be formatted before you can use it. Is it not usable? Generally, it still could store data after you format it which causes data losing. There are some factors which could bring about flash drive not formatted situation as follows. You should try to avoid these factors in order not to lose information on it.

1. Virus and worms infection from the harmful software.

2. The flash drive was stricken some time. It could result in data loss to some extent that strikes the flash drive heavily.

3. It is incompatibility between the flash drive and computer. Or the flash drive has inserted to other digital devices which are incompatible.

Where does data go when flash drive need to be formatted

Actually, data saved on the flash drive is still stored on it when prompted that the flash drive needs to be formatted and changes to RAW file system. It may because of virus infection. So you could retrieve it easily and quickly by data recovery software before you choose to format the flash drive. But if you format the flash drive at that time, you may lose some information in it. It is kind of a second damage. The first time is to format the USB stick and the second time is to format it. You may overwrite some files at the process of formatting the flash drive, which could bring about the permanent loss of the files. So you should restore data first when you encounter the flash drive need to be formatted thing, and then format it.

Data recovery software's safety guarantee while restoring data could not be accessed

Some people don't dare to use data recovery software no matter how important the lost files for them, because they worry about their files' security. In other words, they are afraid that the data recovery software Inn would copy and make use of their information while it recovering their lost files. But what I want to tell you is that there is no need for you to care about this never happen thing. You could see it clearly that the data recovery software make its promise of read only.

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