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Unformat Flash Thumb Drive
It is annoying to encounter a flash thumb drive not formatted. Maybe the most terrible one is to lose files saved on it if they are important for you, and then is unable to use the flash thumb drive normally. The second problem is easy to solve, and we cam use the flash thumb drive again once it being formatted. What about the first one? Is there any possible way to view those files? Actually, we can retrieve them with the help of data recovery software.
Example of flash thumb drive appearing unformat error
The flash thumb drive is can not be opened when I connect it to the computer to access information on it. I have no idea what is going on and also do not know what to do. I am very upset because I have to use files saved on the unformatted flash thumb drive urgently. There is no one around me could offer help, because they have not experience such flash thumb drive unformat problem. I need your guys help as soon as possible. Help me, please. –Bruce from Chicago
How to restore lost data from the flash thumb drive not formatted with data recovery software
Data recovery software could retrieve those inaccessible files form the unformatted flash thumb drive though it can not be used before being formatted. And then we can format the flash thumb drive to save new information. It is not that difficult to get lost files back with data recovery tool. Here are the steps below:
Recover data from flash thumb drive
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, connect the flash thumb drive to the computer and run the software. Finally, you can select a proper recovery module.
Attention should be paid in case of failing to retrieve the needed
The steps above have shown the quickness and easiness to retrieve files and folders with the data recovery tool form the unformatted flash thumb drive. Though simple it is, there are still some mistakes you may make during the process of data recovery, which lead you fail to restore what needed. Here are some cautions as follows to tell you how to behave carefully:
1. Do not format the problematic flash thumb drive at once. Some people hold that now that I can not view any data saved on the unformatted flash thumb drive, it doesn’t matter to format the flash thumb drive according to the system suggestion. So they format the flash thumb drive. But such formatting action may reduce the opportunity to recover the needed files form the flash thumb drive with data restoration tool. So do not format it.
2. It is better to plug the flash thumb drive out of computer before getting how to retrieve that data. Some people choose to ignore the unformat error and keep the questionable flash thumb drive inserting to the computer when they surf the internet or perform other operations. There is risk to fail to restore information form the unformatted flash thumb drive even if with the help of data recovery tool. The reason is that there may be some other corruption situations happen to the flash thumb drive and damage it.
3. Choose one of the computer hard disks as the location to save the data recovery program and files to be retrieved. You will be asked to select the location to save the data recovery tool when install it and to save files to be recovered after starting to recover. It is not proper to store them on the problematic flash thumb drive, but one of the computer hard disks.
4. Other necessary cautions.
Storage devices that supported by data recovery tool
Flash thumb drive is one kind of storage devices that could store files and share those files between computer and it. We know that the flash thumb drive may meet unformat problem and files saved on it previously could be retrieved with the help of data recovery program. So what about other storage devices? Such as SD card, and memory stick. In fact, they also could be supported by data restoration tool when facing unformat error. Here are some of them below: External hard disk, Smart Media(SM), Compact Flash (CF), Multi Media Card (MMC), Secure Digital (SD), Memory Stick, XD-Picture Card (XD), and others.
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