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How to Open Pen Drive without Formatting When It's Asking Format
It is an annoying suffering to be asked to format the pen drive when you want to read data saved on it. No matter what you want to do, system just keeps prompting you to format the pen drive first. What if you saved important and valuable information on it? You must don't want to operate what system asks you to do, because you do not want to lose that useful data saved on it? Could you view data saved on the pen drive without formatting it? Yes, you could restore that data.
Case of asked to format the pen drive
I can not access data saved on my pen drive, because I was asked to format it before I can use it normally. I have been asked a few times but I do not format the pen drive till now. I wonder that is there other way to open my pen drive and view files saved on it except for formatting it. But I have no idea about it. To tell the truth, I can not lose those files saved on it, because they are so crucial and previous for me. Anyone could kindly assist me? -Hughes from Dallas
How to view data saved on the pen drive when it needs to be formatted
The way you could open the pen drive to access data saved on it is to ask data recovery software for help. It could help you retrieve the inaccessible information quickly and fully. You just need to perform the following steps one by one:
Recover data from unformatted pen drive
Preparation: Insert the pen drive to your computer. Download and install the data recovery software. Then, you can run the software and select proper recovery module.
How to guarantee the safety of data saved on the pen drive
You will lose files saved on the pen drive once you format it. Though you could retrieve them with data recovery software, you lose them temporary. Actually, data loss is the common situation happens a lot. Here are some suggestions to guarantee the data safety saved on the pen drive as follows, and you need to keep them in mind to avoid data losing:
1. Think twice before delete information or format pen drive.
2. Be careful to avoid accidental deletion and formatting.
3. Safeguards the computer which connects to your pen drive.
4. Plug the pen drive out of the computer after the safe information pops out.
5. Other similar precautions.
Improper action when pen drive needs to be formatted before you can use it
What should you do if you are asked to format the pen drive before you can use it? Formatting it? You can do this if there is nothing important on the pen drive. But what if you have saved vital information on it and have no backup? Now you have known that you could restore those important files with data recovery software. But there are some improper actions before you retrieve them successfully. So you need to avoid these wrong actions below:
1. Connect the problematic pen drive to the computer as usual and surf the internet using the same computer.
2. Try to install the data recovery program on the pen drive after downloading it.
3. Choose the questionable pen drive as the location to save the recovered files.
4. Dismantle the pen drive personally.
File types could be saved on pen drive
Pen drive is a kind of storage device which is easy to carry with. It could save files with various types. For example, you could save pictures, videos, music, word documents, Microsoft excel, PPT and other file types on it. With data recovery software, you can recover all types of files from your pen drive when it needs to be formatted. In addition, you can also recover data from other device. For example:
Recover data from USB drive when it requires formatting
Recover files from external hard disk that show unformatted error
Restore data from memory card
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