USB drives are broadly used to switch and keep documents as they may be portable, while additionally speedy at analyzing and writing information. However, in case you revel in information loss in your USB drive, because of unsuitable operations or unexpected errors, you need to recover the data. Just because important documents have been misplaced doesn’t mean that there’s no way to get them back. In this article, there are 2 techniques as a way to recover documents from flash drives.
Method 1: Recover deleted files from USB using CMD
- Connect the USB to your computer.
- Type "cmd" on start menu and press Enter key on your keyboard.
- Type "chkdsk A: /f" in the Command Prompt window and press Enter key. Replace “A” with the letter assigned to your USB flash drive.
- Finally, type "ATTRIB -H -R -S /S /D A:*.*" and press the Enter key (Again, replace “A” with the drive letter of the USB drive).
- Wait untill the process is completed.
This method is the easiest and it doesn’t require downloading any third-party tools to use it. All the deleted files will be seen on a newly created folder on your USB.
Method 2: Restore by using Previous Versions Feature
- Connect the USB to your computer.
- Type "This PC" on start menu and press Enter key on your keyboard.
- Right-click on your USB flash drive and select "Properties".
- Go to the "Previous Versions" tab and look at the list of available recovery options.
- Select a previous version and click "Restore"
If you notice no previous versions tab available in properties, it means that you can’t use this method to recover documents from your USB.
