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Reformatted SanDisk USB Flash Drive Data Recovery

Have you ever thought how to get lost files back from the reformatted SanDisk USB flash drive? Do not give up and think it is impossible to recover files from the USB flash drive after reformatting it. Though there is nothing visible on the flash drive after the reformatting operation, we may still be able to get what we need back from it. What we need is data recovery tool. It can help us retrieve those lost contents quickly and completely.

Case of SanDisk USB flash drive being reformatted

I bought a SanDisk USB flash drive the other day and stored some useful files on it immediately. But my friend told me that I should format the new USB flash drive before using it in order to keep safe. So I formatted it as she said, and formatted again later accidentally. But I forgot to remove files I saved on it previously. What can I do, as I want to get those lost files back? The USB flash drive instruction can not tell me any information. Is there and one can kindly help me restore my lost data from the reformatted USB flash drive?  -Liras from Washington

How to recover data from the reformatted SanDisk USB flash drive with data recovery software

There is a flexible way for us to get files back form the reformatted SanDisk USB flash drive. Actually, the exact way is to ask the data recovery tool for help, which can allow us retrieve what we want from the USB flash drive which has been reformatted. Here is the useful information as follows to show us how to start:

Recover data from reformatted usb flash drive

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

1Download the data recovery software and launch it on the computer.
2Insert the reformatted USB flash drive to the exact computer.
3Run the data retrieval program on the computer and select the recovery model and object disk to scan.
4Preview the recoverable files after the scan and after that, we can pick up the needed to recover.

Way to protect data on SanDisk USB flash drive from being lost

Have you ever heard of other data loss problem about SanDisk USB flash drive except from the formatting and reformatting case? Most of us may have heard about or experienced other data loss problems. It seems that we can not avoid the loss of data. As a matter of fact, we have the ability to protect files on the USB flash drive from being lost through some actions. Here are some suggestions below to protect those contents form being lost:

1. Back up the vital and crucial files. Just as we have said, some times we can not avoid data lost from the USB flash drive. For example, they are deleted by accident; they are infected by virus, and so on. The backup is very helpful at that time if those files are lost accidentally or abruptly. We can recover them quickly and safely and easily. What’s more, we do not need to worry about anything if we have backup.

2. Download and install the anti-virus software. The best way to avoid the virus infection is to launch anti-virus software on the USB flash drive. If files or software contain harmful matters such as virus and worms, they can not be stored on the USB flash drive if there is anti-virus tool. Then we can make sure that we will not lose information form USB flash drive due to virus attacks.

3. Think twice before formatting USB flash drive or deleting its files. It is likely for us to delete data or format the USB flash drive by mistake, and then lead to data loss trouble. Some times it may because click on the wrong button, but some times it may because we forget to back up or forget they are still useful and delete them impulsively. So we should take more things into consideration at that time.

4. Other necessary way to protect data saved on USB flash drive from being lost.

Popular brands of USB flash drive

SanDisk is one of the most popular manufactures of USB flash drive in the world, and we can buy one form it with good quality. There are still many other popular brands of USB flash drive in the market besides SanDisk. What's more, they are also equipped with reliable quality, such as Kingston, ADATA, Teclast, HP, PNY, Patriot, Apacer, Netac, SSK, and so forth.

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