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RAW Adata USB Flash Drive / Adata USB Flash Drive Needs to Be Formatted
Have you ever found your USB flash drive turn to raw file system? What would you do if you have met such one? You need to format the problematic USB flash drive if want to open it to save new information on it. But all files and folders saved on it previously would be lost if being formatted. You can not open the questionable USB flash drive not to mention to view its data if do not format it. How difficult to choose? Actually, you can restore what you need from the raw USB flash drive at first.
Case of Adata USB flash drive turning to raw
My ADATA USB flash drive became raw file system the other day. I have done nothing to it through these days, because I have no idea which operation is supposed. I want to use the USB flash drive normally again and access those files saved on it originally. There are some ways which my friends offered but they are not sure whether it could be successful. Consequently, I try none of those ways in case of do something wrong. Anyone could kindly help me? -Yon from New York
How to restore files and folders from the raw USB flash drive with data recovery software
We can restore those files and folders saved on the USB flash drive previously when it is normal to use, and data recovery software could help us. It could get what we need back from the raw USB flash drive quickly and safely. What we should keep in mind is that do not format the USB flash drive at once. Here are the steps as follows:
Recover data from raw USB flash drive
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, connect the USB flash drive to the computer and run the software. Finally, you can select a proper recovery module.
Other main data loss situations happen to USB flash drive
We will lose that information temporally saved on the USB flash drive if it turns to raw. The word temporally shows that we can get them back. Yes, we can retrieve those lost files and folders with the help of data recovery program. But just as we all know, there are more than one data loss cases we may meet when use the USB flash drive. It means that the USB flash drive could encounter other problems that cause its data lost. But do not worry; they could be restored at most cases by data recovery tool. Here are some of them below:
1. Accidental or intentional deletion. We may click on the delete or delete all button by mistake sometimes. If those deleted files saved on the computer hard disk previously, we can find it in the recycle bin and recover them if needed after being deleted. But we have to ask the data recovery tool for help if those files are saved on the portable storage devices, such as USB flash drive.
2. Accidental or intentional formatting. Just like the deletion case, we may format the USB flash drive by error or on purpose and then lose all files and folders saved on it. we can get them back with the data recovery tool if those losses have not been overwritten by other new data and have not get corrupted again.
3. Virus infection. The USB flash drive may infected by virus and worms if there are harmful and suspicious files saved on it. as general, we can format the USB flash drive to anti-virus and use the USB flash drive normally again. But we will lose its information at last. Now we can retrieve those lost files from the USB flash drive which is infected by virus with data recovery tool.
4. Other similar logical data loss cases that happen to USB flash drive. For example, system errors, the improper usage to USB flash drive, USB flash drive needs to be formatted before you can use it, and so on.
File types could be retrieved by data recovery tool
Generally speaking, there are various types of files saved on the USB flash drive in daily life. Different people may store distinct files on the USB flash drive with convenience. So there comes the question, which types of files could be restored by data recovery program after the USB flash drive turning to raw and need to be formatted? In fact, there is nothing need to be worried about, nearly all common file types could be retrieved successfully, such as pictures, videos, audio files, word documents, excel files, PPT, movies, and so forth.
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