How Do I Fix My Unformatted Flash Drive

"How do I fix my unformatted flash drive?" Does this matter trouble you as well? Flash drives usually need to be formatted to make them reusable, and before this we have to back up the items we still need. In most cases, we remember to do so, but sometimes we forget with it. Without backups we might be afraid that the data would get lost forever. But in fact, the lost data can be retrieved to a great extent.

How can I fix my unformatted flash drive and get the data off it?

Usually, you need to recover the files from the unformatted memory card or drive before you format it. If you choose to format it first, you might have to suffer from a heavy data loss and have little chance to get it back. Have you ever run into such a problem as the following? How would you do to save the data on the unformatted flash drive?

I was transferring my favorite music collection from my PC to my portable flash drive when suddenly the machine says the disk is not formatted and asks me to format it before use. I was totally confused because things all went fine with it on the last second! I could not believe it that I have to format the flash drive (=erasing all the songs and pictures off my drive!) before I could use it again! So I unplugged the flash drive and reinserted it to my PC. But it still gives me the format error message! What can I do to fix my flash without losing the data on it? Please help me thank you!

Suggestions on how to fix the unformatted flash drive:

After you recover the lost data on the unformatted flash memory drive, you probably need to format your flash drive in order to use it again.

* First and foremost, you should connect the flash drive to your computer.

* And then, the computer will start to detect your flash drive. When the detection is done, you can open the start menu from the bottom-left of your screen interface on the computer.

* And next, you can find the flash drive in "my computer" and right-click on it, and choose the "format" option from the pop-up menu.

* In the end, you need to select the file system that you would like the flash drive to be formatted in, and press the start button to format the disk

If the methods above won't help, you may have to go to a repairing center for help.