Due to failures that can be triggered by various reasons, information on flash cards can be lost. Do not immediately give up on it. There are several ways to recover lost data.
Instructions
Step 1
Open the USB stick. If this fails, and an error is displayed on the screen, then in order to recover the data, you need to start by formatting the flash drive. This can help bring her to her senses. Go to the Start button menu, then All Programs.
Step 2
Find the File Explorer app. Select your USB flash drive from the list of devices. Click on it with the right mouse button. In the context menu that appears, select the "Format" item. Choose a quick formatting method, then click OK.
Step 3
Install a program on your personal computer that will help you recover flash card data. Download Easy Recovery Professional from the Internet. It is available free of charge. You can download it on the official developer's website or on any other portal.
Step 4
After the program is installed, run it. Go to the "Data Recovery" section. Find the item Format Recovery. After you activate it, a system scan will automatically start. Then a warning will appear stating that the files being restored should be saved on a different disk. Agree with this statement by clicking OK.
Step 5
Select the USB flash drive in the list of media in the program interface. Then click the Next button. A scan of the flash card will begin, as a result of which all data that has been recently deleted or erased for some reason will be found. To recover files from a flash card, select them from the provided list. You can restore all of them, although it is better to restore selectively.
Step 6
Click "Next". Then select a folder on your personal computer where you would like to save the recovered files. Then click the Next button. The file recovery process will begin. When it finishes, all the recovered information will be saved in the folder you specified.