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Reformatted Kingston USB Flash Drive Data Recovery
We may make such mistake that reformat the Kingston USB flash drive when use it. Some people may think we lose nothing after formatting the USB flash drive again, because there is nothing on it remained after the first formatting. It seems they are right. It only makes sense when we do not need to recover data form the formatted USB flash drive. There is less opportunity for us to restore files form the reformatted USB flash drive.
Example of reformatting the Kingston USB flash drive
I lent my Kingston USB flash drive to my friend weeks ago, because he had a travel with business and needed to take massive files. When he came back, he formatted the USB flash drive twice. Now the problem is I forgot to remove my files from the USB flash drive when I gave it to him. What's more, I have no backup any more. What should I do? I want to get those lost files back. Can I recover them form the reformatted USB flash drive? -Luke from Las Vegas
How to retrieve files from the reformatted Kingston USB flash drive with data recovery software
We may still be able to recover needed data from the reformatted USB flash drive as long as those contents have not been overwritten or corrupted due to other reasons. What we should do at that time is to ask the data recovery tool for help. The following steps will help us know more about how to perform the data recovery:
Recover data from reformatted 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.
Various data loss cases happen to Kingston USB flash drive
The data loss cases are various when we use the Kingston USB flash drive, and different people may meet distinct data loss problems, or the same people may encounter different data loss troubles. How many are them totally? Actually, it is hard to answer that question. Then in which case we can get the lost files back? As for this question, what I can say is that data recovery tool can restore files which are lost logically. Here are some main cases as follows:
1. Accidental or intentional deletion. It is one of the most common data loss situations we may meet when use the USB flash drive. We may delete files by mistake or on some certain purpose. No matter which kind of reasons are, we can get them back after deleting them with the help of data recovery program. But we should be careful in case of overwriting them.
2. Intentional or accidental formatting. It is the other most common data loss cases we may face when use the USB flash drive. The USB flash drive may be formatted by error, or be formatted because of some reasons. Those reasons may be anti-virus, delete files, or others. What’s more, we also need to format the USB flash drive when the system asks to do. We can not use the flash drive if we do not format it. Namely, the USB flash drive is in not formatted error. At that time, we should get needed information at first and then format it.
3. Power failure. If the computer closed abruptly when the USB flash drive connected to it, files and folders saved on that drive may be lost, especially when they are in the process of read and write. One of the reasons that computer is closed suddenly is power failure. So we should make sure there is enough power supply when use the computer.
4. Other similar logical data corruptions, such as virus infection, abrupt removal, and so forth.
Popular brands of USB flash drive
Except from Kingston USB flash drive, we may also have heard about other brands of USB flash drive, such as ADATA, Toshiba, SanDisk, Teclast, HP, PNY, Patriot, Apacer, Netac, SSK, etc. all of them are the common brands of USB flash drive in the market.
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