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Thumb Drive Is Not Formatted Do You Want to Format It Now
Have you been suggested to format your thumb drive before you can use it? If you have met such problem, you may understand the entanglement of whether should you format it? On the one hand, you want to format the problematic thumb drive so that you still can use it. On the other hand, you have saved much important data which you don't want to lose on the unformatted thumb drive. Actually, you could retrieve data from the thumb drive with data recovery software and then format it.
Case of thumb drive need to be formatted before it is usable
I meet such a thumb drive error that system keeps popping out thumb drive is not formatted, do you want to format it now? I click cancel button because I know I will lose data saved on it once I choose to format the thumb drive. What should I do if I want to find back information saved on the questionable thumb drive? It really means a lot to me. Is there anyone could kindly help me to retrieve my losses? By the way, I have tried to insert the thumb drive to other computers, but nothing helps. - Tommy from Washington
How to restore data from the asked for thumb drive with data recovery software
It is not a big question for data recovery software to get back information from the unformatted thumb drive on the condition that data saved on it has not been overwritten. The following steps will help you handle it if you have no idea about how to perform:
Recover data from unformatted thumb drive
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software. Connect the thumb drive to your computer and run the software. Then, you can choose the proper recovery module.
Proper usage of thumb drive in case of data losing
In reality, there are ways to prevent data losing from thumb drive, such as thumb drive needs to be formatted before you can use it. It is bad to meet such thumb drive problem above, so you should use it correctly. Here are some correct usages below:
1. Put it at a safe place where away from high temperature and corrosive liquid.
2. Do not hit the thumb drive heavily.
3. Do not save suspicious files and folders on it in case of data saved on it is infected by virus.
4. Plug it out of computer or other digital devices after system prompts you to do.
5. Avoid using it at the unstable environment, such as low power.
Devices apply to thumb drive
Thumb drive is a kind of storage devices. Some people called it pen drive, too. It is mainly used to computer or PC to save massive data. Its scope of application are the following:
D to D (Desktop PC to Desktop PC)
D to N (Desktop PC to Notebook), N to D (Notebook to Desktop PC)
N to N (Notebook to Notebook)
Industrial PC, POS, Internet PC
What’s more, one of its features is hot plug & play. You don’t need to carry with so many files go home after work or go abroad to travel or work. It is so convenient.
What would happen if formatted the thumb drive as asked
You may click the format button after been told that you should format the thumb drive before you can use it. But you still want to get back data saved on it. Is there any possibility for you to restore that lost data? Theoretically, you could retrieve data from the formatted thumb drive, too. But there is less chance after the formatting action than unformatted one.
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