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Quick Formatted Pen Drive/Stick

Have you ever used pen drive? What would you do if you are a pen stick user when it was quick formatted by yourself or others accidentally? Have you ever thought of get the lost files back from the quick formatted pen stick? It comes true if you hold it is a dream to restore information saved on the pen drive after being quick formatted. You must urgently want to know what the amazing tool is. Don't worry; it is data recovery software, a magic and powerful tool for us.

Example of quick formatting the pen drive

I need your guys help. My pen drive was quick formatted accidentally the other day by myself. I have to retrieve all files and folders saved on it; because there are important data include my classmates' and mine on the pen stick. I do not dare to tell anyone I have lost them because I don't want to them be mad at me. Consequently, I decided to get them back on my own. But I failed after much trying. Anyone could kindly help me as soon as possible? -Milan from Ottawa

How to retrieve lost files from the quick formatted pen stick by data recovery software

As we have known, data recovery software is the amazing tool for us to get lost information back from the quick formatted pen stick. You may still feel anxious that you have no idea how to use the data recovery tool to restore your losses. Actually, you do not need to, because the following steps will show you how to perform:

Recover data from formatted pen drive

Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, you can connect pen drive to your computer and run the software and select proper recovery module.

1Connect the quick formatted pen stick to the computer.
2Download the data recovery software and launch it on the computer to which the pen drive inserted.
3Run the data restoration tool on the computer. Choose the recovery model and aim disk to scan.
4Preview the retrievable contents in the list after scanning and then select the needed to recover.

Notice should be took of during the process of data restoration

You may think it is easy and simple to restore lost data from the quick formatted pen stick with the help of data recovery tool. Yes, it is. Simple and easy as kit is, there still are some mistakes you may make when recovering your losses, which may reduce the opportunity of data recovery or number of the retrieved files. You should keep things as follows in mind in order to retrieve all your losses successfully:

1. Stop using the pen drive as long as it was quick formatted.

There are three meanings to stop using the formatted pen stick. Firstly, do not save any new data on the quick formatted pen drive no matter how small it is. Secondly, do not format the quick formatted pen stick again and again. Data saved on the formatted pen drive can not be got back by reformatting. On the contrary, reformatting action may damage the pen drive the second time and cause you have no opportunity to restore your losses. Thirdly, it is better to plug the formatted pen stick out of computer and put it in a safe place before you know how to retrieve lost files from it.

2. Do not download and install the data recovery tool on the quick formatted pen drive. Data recovery software also is one kind of new data, and the data recovery program can not be saved on the target disk which lost information stored.

3. Choose one of the computer disks as the location to save the files to be restored. You can remove them to the pen drive after making sure all needed have been got back efficiently.

Different kind of pen drive

Pen drive is easy to carry and have the ability to save a lot of files because of its various memory volumes. Here are some different kinds of pen stick classified by its functions as follows:

1. Cryptographic pen stick. It is a kind of pen drive that set passwords in order to ensure its security. There are three kinds in the market nowadays: pen drive need password to open, pen drive on which is installed software and pen drive on which launched hardware.

2. Open pen drive. It is a kind of pen drive which has the ability to open computer and other programs. When we can not operate our computer or other programs normally, it can help us.

3. Anti-virus pen drive. It could protect our computer from virus infection when they are contacted.

4. Temperature pen drive. It could test the temperature of computer.

5. Music pen drive. It could store files as common pen stick but also can play music as a music player.

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