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Unformat Adata USB Flash Drive
Have you ever met an unformatted USB flash drive? Unformatted means that you need to format the USB flash drive before you can use it. Do you have any solution if you have ever bothered by such problem? You can not format it directly because there are a lot of useful files and folders saved on the USB flash drive. Actually, there is a way for you to both get back the inaccessible information and make the USB flash drive usable again. The way is to use data recovery software.
Case of ADATA USB flash drive needing to be formatted
I have an ADATA USB flash drive, which has been used many years. I used to store the vital and crucial files on it so the USB flash drive means a lot to me. But now it shows unformat problem when I connect it to the computer and try to open it. As a result, I can not open the USB flash drive, not to mention view files saved on it. What should I do? I am the last one to hope those documents lost. Is there any possible way to get back those lost files from the unformatted USB flash drive? -Helen from LA
How to retrieve disappeared information from the unformatted USB flash drive
Information previously saved on the USB flash drive which is not formatted could be got back and become accessible with the help of data recovery software. It is a magic tool to retrieve the lost information, so all data could be restored within a few minute. Here are its guiding steps as follows to show you how to perform:
Recover data from formatted Adata usb drive
Preparation: Download and install data recovery software on your computer. Then, insert the Adata USB flash drive to the computer and run the software. Finally, you can select a proper recovery module.
Various data loss situations may happen to USB flash drive
Just as a popular saying goes, everything has two sides. It is also correct to USB flash drive. On one hand, it is very convenient for us to save as much as information on the USB flash drive. On the other hand, there is a risk to lose those files from USB flash drive due to some reasons, such as the USB flash drive turn to unformatted. But we can avoid some data loss disaster if got what they are. Here are some data loss situations as follows:
1. Files saved on the USB flash drive are deleted or the USB flash drive is formatted accidentally. It seems a inevitable case to lose information on the USB flash drive by mistake due to deletion or formatting. We may happen to click on the delete or format button by error when intend to perform other operations, and then information saved on the USB flash drive is lost. So we should be careful when write it.
2. Information saved on the USB flash drive is lost because of abrupt removal. It is dangerous to plug the USB flash drive out of computer suddenly, especially when it is in the process of reading and writing. We should remove the USB flash drive from computer safely if we do not use it. Firstly, we should close all the related programs. Secondly, click on the USB flash drive icon to wait the information now you can remove the external storage flash drive safely. And at last unplug the USB flash drive.
3. Data on the USB flash drive is lost due to system error. Information saved on the USB flash drive may be lost if the computer operating system goes wrong when they are contacted. The system may get corrupted because of the virus infection or other possible reasons which lead to the data loss problem happen to USB flash drive. We can insert the USB flash drive to other computer to check whether those files are accessible. If not, we can ask data recovery program for help.
4. Contents saved on the USB flash drive are lost when the USB flash drive turns to raw. Like the unformatted USB flash drive, a raw USB flash drive also can not be opened and view its data. Consequently, files saved on it are lost. Here are some reasons that cause the raw USB flash drive, virus attacks is one of them. We can also ask the data recovery tool for help to restore lost data from the raw USB flash drive.
5. Other similar or different reasons.
Popular brands of USB flash drive in the market
ADATA is one of the popular manufactures of USB flash drive in the market. As a matter of fact, there are many other brands of USB flash drive to satisfy the demand of people. Here are some of them below: Kingston, Sandisk, Toshiba, Teclast, HP, PNY, Patriot, Apacer, Netac, SSK.
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