What program can restore a flash drive. Recovery of a flash drive and further treatment of a USB drive

Read what to do if Windows does not display the connected device. How to restore the functionality of such a device, if the reason is in it. A USB flash drive or any other USB drive should be automatically detected by the computer and displayed in Explorer and the "This Computer" folder after connecting to the USB port.

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Problem Diagnosis

The first thing to do if connected USB disk not shown in file manager Windows must check tool Disk Management.

In order to open Disk Management in Windows 8/10, right click on the menu Start and choose "Disk Management". In Windows 7, press the combination Windows keys+ R to open dialog box "Run" and enter the command in it diskmgmt.msc.

Check the list of disks in the window Disk Management and find the USB drive that is not detected. It should show up here even if it's not in the folder "This computer", and match in size. Sometimes it is defined as "Removable device", but not always.

If you do not see your disk or flash drive even in Disk Management, then try the following:

• Turn on the disk, if there is such a function. Some external hard drives have a separate power cable or are switched on using a separate dedicated key.
• Connect the device to a different USB port. Disconnect the flash drive from this USB port and connect to another. One of the USB ports on your computer may have failed.
• Connect your device to a computer without a USB hub. If the flash drive is connected to the computer via an extension cable or USB hub, try disconnecting it from it and connecting it directly to the computer. Perhaps the reason is in the hub.
• Try another computer. Connect the flash drive to the USB port of another computer and see if it is recognized by it. If the device is also not detected by another computer, then most likely the problem is in it.

Solution

If the problem options described above do not apply to your case, then your problem will most likely be solved using one of the methods described below. Depending on what you found in Disk management, there are solutions to the problem that has arisen with the definition of an external storage medium.

If Windows sees the disk, but cannot read it, then this means that there is file system which he does not support. In this case, the operating system will prompt you to format the drive before using it. But do not rush to do it! This will destroy all your data.

If other computers see a flash drive, but yours does not

In the event that other computers detect your USB drive, but yours does not, then most likely there is a problem with the device drivers.

To check this, open Device Manager and look for Disk devices and USB controllers. See if there are any devices marked with a yellow exclamation mark in these sections. If there is such a device, right-click on it and select Properties. The properties will contain information about the error and the status of the drivers.

To fix the problem with the driver, right-click on the device, select Properties / Driver / Refresh.

If the disk is visible in Disk Management

If the disk is visible in Disk management, but it does not have a letter, it is for this reason that it may not be displayed in Windows Explorer. In order for the system to start displaying it in Explorer, such a disk must be assigned a letter.

To do this, right-click on it and select "Change Drive Letter or Drive Path". If there is no such item in the pop-up menu, then this may be due to the absence or unsupported type of media file system.

In the menu that opens, you will see that the drive letter is not assigned - assign it. To do this, select Add / / Ok.

If the disk is visible in Disk Management, but it is not allocated

If the disk is visible in Disk management, but it's Unallocated, which means it's not formatted. In order for such a disk to become operational, right-click on it and select "Create Simple Volume".

Select the maximum suggested partition size and assign a drive letter suggested by the system. After that, the disk will be normally detected by the system and ready for use.

If the drive is visible in Disk Management but cannot be formatted

If for some reason the disk cannot be formatted, then to restore its performance, you can completely clean it, and then re-create the partition.

Note. As a result of such manipulation, all data from the disk (as well as flash drives or memory cards) will be permanently deleted. Therefore, take care of their safety in advance - scan a disk or flash drive using Hetman Partition Recovery, and save your data to a convenient place.

To clean up the disk open command line as administrator and clean it up with diskpart command − clean.

There are a lot of long materials on my site, and it will be difficult for a person who encounters a problem for the first time to tie up the ends and understand how to start acting. Here I have focused on the first stages, this is the definition controller and FID memory, since people often get confused at the very beginning, which creates the main difficulties.
For the hundredth time, for the especially gifted Cherkan, a few words about the method VID-PID in short - this method, not the method. TYPE and PID are most often identifiers of the manufacturer of the flash drive and have nothing to do with the filling. For smaller companies, they often remain original and in most cases indicate the chip manufacturer, but the model is extremely rare and, as a rule, not very accurate. Well, about what kind of memory is there, the flash drive has hung up or the view-pid has burned down in general, it will never tell you. I think it will be unpleasant to sit for two days picking up vidpid, and then find out that the flash drive has been faulty all this time.

If you need more comprehensive information, then after reading this manual, I recommend that you go to the section with articles () and read some of them.

You can also write to me on the forum (), registration is extremely simple - click register, enter login, soap, password and answers to test questions. I earnestly ask, when contacting the forum, carefully select the appropriate section for the question and, if possible, follow if there is a template (). So, for example, if you know the manufacturer of the controller installed in your flash drive, then write in its section.

SUMMARY OF ACTION

Consider step by step what needs to be done to achieve success in our business. I ask you to pay special attention to the first point, because many users underestimate it, but in vain!

LOOKING AROUND

If the USB flash drive cannot be detected by the computer, we try to perform the following methods in exactly the sequence presented until it is correctly recognized as a device.
- to restart a computer;
– connect via rear USB-port motherboard or change the port to the extreme;
- clean the registry using the program USB Oblivion, do not forget to disable all USB devices and set birdie ‘ Do real clean (simulation otherwise)‘;
- transfer the flash drive to , try several different combinations (5-6 minimum), both on the controller and on the flash memory;
- in case of unstable work operating system, check the flash drive on another computer, simultaneously driving it into test mode;
- if none of the above helps, then 99.9% of your flash drive has hardware problems. You can try before connecting it to the port, press the memory and controller chips with your fingers so that they adhere more tightly to the surface printed circuit board and in this state connect and hold until the effectiveness of the attempt is clarified. If this does not help, then one cannot do without a soldering iron and special knowledge, as a rule, it is easier to throw out such a device.

Do not forget between attempts to distort the USB flash drive in the port, they love it very much.

DEFINING WHAT'S INSIDE

Let's say your flash drive is visible as a device, but this does not guarantee its hardware health. Its incorrect display in production utilities is a serious reason to consider the flash drive half-dead. In this case, it is recommended to transfer it to test mode, and if there are problems with correct identification, then the firmware will not help you at 98% of the current.

A little theory:
Most flash drives are recognized by three free programs distributed on the Internet: ChipGenius, and ChipEasy.

ChipGenius- knows the largest number controllers, the main advantage is that it sometimes handles suspended flash drives. By the way, this is also its disadvantage, since a person may think that the device is working properly and will not think of transferring it to a test mode.

Flash Drive Information Extractor (usbflashinfo)- domestic development, which is why it is mainly focused on controllers that are installed in flash drives sold in our country. For fakes (fake flash drives and gift flash drives), of course chipgeny is better. But for those controllers that she knows, she gives the most complete information. So in case of correct working out with a flash drive, the report of this utility is most preferable.
Familiar with the following hardware: Phison, Alcor, USBest, iTE, SkyMedi (not all), SMI, SSS, YS8231 and similar Appotech, Innostor, and also recognizes ChipsBank (not all), SanDisk (company, but not as a model and others), U3 are different, some iCreate (but their memory does not know how).

ChipEasy- in recent years it has hardly been updated, therefore it is ineffective, I don’t see much point in using it.

You can download all these three utilities here -. You should use only the latest versions, and not the one that is closer to you.
Detailed background information on this subject, you can learn from the article -

So, we will conduct a quick program examination of the patient. Connect the flash drive to USB port and scan it one by one using the program Flash Drive Information Extractor and ChipGenius.

; usbflashinfo790548:
Volume: K:
Controller: Phison PS2306
Possible Memory Chip(s): Not available
Flash ID: 2C847863 A9
Chip F/W: 02/01/10
Firmware Date: 2014-05-22
ID_BLK Ver.: 1.2.74.0
MP Ver.: MPALL v3.80.00
VID: 13FE
PID: 5400
Manufacturer: UVD 3.0
Product: Silicon Power32G
Query Vendor ID: UFD 3.0
Query Product ID: Silicon Power32G
Query Product Revision: PMAP
Physical Disk Capacity: 31633440768 Bytes
Windows Disk Capacity: 31624626176 Bytes
Internal Tags: 2Q6P-S74A
File System: FAT32
Relative Offset: 1024 KB
USB Version: 3.00 in 2.00 port
Declared Power: 300mA
ContMeasID: 3DDA-11-00
Microsoft Windows XP SP3
Program Version: 7.9.0.548

; ChipGenius_v4_00_0030.exe:
Description: USB Mass Storage Device(UFD 3.0 Silicon-Power32G)
Device Type: Mass Storage Device

Protocal Version: USB 2.10 – Hint: This device can run faster when plugged to a USB3.0 port
Current Speed: High Speed
Max Current: 300mA

USB Device ID: VID=13FE PID=5400
Serial Number: P1401468070B556EA15C9623

Device Vendor: UFD 3.0
Device Name: Silicon-Power32G
Device Revision: 0100

Manufacturer: UVD 3.0
Product Model: Silicon-Power32G
Product Revision: PMAP

Controller Vendor: Phison
Controller Part-Number: PS2251-06(PS2306) – F/W 02/01/10
Flash ID code: 2C847863 - Micron

This is exactly how the report of any flash drive whose controllers know utilities should look like this.

As an example, I will show how other firms are defined usb-controllers, in short form (up to values VIDPID).

controller: Alcor AU6985/AU6992/SC508(FC8508) Possible Memory Chip(s): Hynix H27UBG8T2MYR Hynix H27UBG8T2M Memory Type: MLC Flash ID: ADD79425 4441 Flash CE: 1 Flash Channels: Single Chip code: 0xD004 Chip F/W: E402 Group: 92

controller: Silicon Motion SM3260 ADS Possible Memory Chip(s): Samsung K9PFGY8U5A Samsung K9PFGY8U7A Samsung K9HDGY8U5A Memory Type: MLC Flash ID: ECD7947A 54C3 Flash CE Summary: 8 Chip F/W: ISP 120801-AD- MP: L0828V1 MPTOOL Ver.: 2.03.90 PTEST Date: 2009-12-03

controller: Innostor IS903 A5 Possible Memory Chip(s): Micron MT29F512G08CKCAB *2 Memory Type: MLC Flash ID: 2CA4E53C A5 Flash CE: 2+2 Flash Channels: Dual Chip F/W: 1.08.41.00

controller: Appotech DM8261 Possible Memory Chip(s): SanDisk SDTNPMAHEM-008G Memory Type: MLC Flash ID: 45DEA482 7656 Flash CE: 1 Chip F/W: V1.0.00 Firmware Date: MAR 11 2013 19:55:25

Here we are primarily interested in the controller model and flash memory identifier ( FlashID = FID). For Alcors, I also highlighted its code, which will be useful to you when working with chips 98th group (AU6989SN, AU6989AN and others). If the value FID`a has a value that does not exist in nature, then the drive is not working and you need at least a test mode.

SELECTION OF UTILITIES

An experienced user, as a rule, will simply go to the page with utilities for a particular controller company and there, based on experience, he will select the required utility. In extreme cases, it will sort out a couple that fit certain patterns.

For example, let's take one of the flash drives listed above in the table, namely the one on the chip from Alcor.

On the menu FILES we find the manufacturer and there we already search for the controller model. If you do not know which page to look for, you can enter the controller model in the site search, the search panel located on the right upper corner. We drive in turn, for example - AU6985 or AU6992 or SC508 or FC8508. So, for example, I went to the utility AlcorMP_UFD 13.02.05.MD (AU6990,92,96,98), figures in parentheses 92 , which point to the controller AU6992. From various versions AlcorMP, I chose the last one, in the description of which there is a number 92 . If for some reason it doesn't work, you can check out a few earlier versions or move on to another utility, such as FC MpTool 04.03.40 (AU6990,92,96,98).

If manual selection is difficult for you or it just didn’t work, then you can go to the googling method.
You can google your hardware in the following formats:

AU6985 ADD79425
AU6992 ADD79425
SC508 ADD79425
FC8508 ADD79425

AU6985 H27UBG8T2M
AU6992 H27UBG8T2M
SC508 H27UBG8T2M
FC8508 H27UBG8T2M

If the hardware is less common and the search ends in failure, then we move on to more general cases:

AU6985 MLC-4K
AU6992 MLC-4K
SC508 MLC-4K
FC8508 MLC-4K

AU6985 Hynix 41nm
AU6992 Hynix 41nm
SC508 Hynix 41nm
FC8508 Hynix 41nm

The Internet is large and therefore I would advise you to first check if there is information on the portal itself usbdev, for this we will add additional parameters for the search.

AU6992 ADD79425 site

Search engines (google, yandex, ...) will search only on my site and the search will be more complete, since in this case the filters that may have been imposed search system to some of my pages.

FIRMWARE PROCESS

I won’t dwell here too much, the procedures for all utilities are usually similar. Just a couple of words:
– If possible, use only the rear USB2.0 ports of your computer.
- It is recommended to use Windows XP 32bit. Suitable in most cases 32-bit Windows7. Use of other OS versions, as well as 64-bit, is not as efficient and may end up with unreasonable errors. Although many software released in recent years, one way or another, already supports Windows 7 64bit.
- The use of utilities that do not support your controller is usually absolutely safe, since they will stupidly not see the USB flash drive. But those that seem to support, but not completely debugged, can lead to the flash program freezing.

REMARKS

If you are not confident in your abilities and do not want to stumble over your own rake, you should not change the original values ​​​​of identification information ( VID, PID, Vendor, Product and so on) stuffed into it. In most distributions located on the site, the originals are clogged, and what you have clogged in yours, for example, Kingston, is a leftist!
Controllers Sandisk not recoverable and not worth the wait.
For ITE IT1181A1BA, so far it is not possible to determine the FID using surveys.
With controllers SiliconGO–Appotech complete mess, both with identification and in general.
During treatment Alcor-chips with L74-memory operating in dual-channel mode, full recovery is possible only with the help of online utilities from Transcend.
For USB2.0 SMI-controllers ( SM3257ENAA, SM3257ENLT, SM3257ENBA) installed with cheap modern memory like 2012-2014, which comes in many flash drives like Transcend and Silicon-Power, you need to sew with a sorting utility Dyna Mass Storage Production Tool.
Company Kingston, never produced flash drives on controllers Alcor, Micov, Chipsbank, Appotech, SMI. If you have found just such, then be sure that these are fakes.

USB drives have long taken the position of a faithful companion in everyone's life. modern man. Movies, music, photographs, business documents - all this roams from computer to computer using a small key fob. Flash drives have successfully replaced unreliable floppy disks in the world of storage media and are gradually taking away "bread" from optical discs and even hard drives.

However, despite the fact that a flash drive is much more convenient and reliable than the media described above, few people are safe from problems with it today. USB sticks fail just the same. In this article, we will describe the main reasons for the failure of flash drives, as well as consider the most effective and simple methods their recovery.

The main types of USB drive failures

1. Mechanical damage - the occurrence of cracks and other visible defects that violate the integrity of the microcircuits and, accordingly, lead to a complete loss of drive performance. To mechanical damage the deformation of the connector itself can also be attributed. This type malfunctions can be called the most unpleasant, since as a result, hopes for the restoration of the flash drive tend to zero. However, trying to bring it back to life is still worth it - some defects may be non-critical. It's just that the built-in firmware, one way or another, blocks the media in order to prevent data loss from it.
2. Firmware failure - did you know that there is a safe way to remove a removable drive? But many regularly ignore this procedure, simply pulling the flash drive out of the connector. The full-fledged operation of the drive is carried out by the firmware (firmware) built into it. And if, in most cases, it is ready to forgive the user’s disrespectful attitude towards itself, then at some point, if it is incorrectly removed, it can fail, blocking the operation of the entire removable disk. In this case, the recovery procedure is more than possible - physically the flash drive remains healthy. It is only necessary to restore the normal functioning of the firmware, for which the utilities developed by the manufacturer of USB drives are usually used.
3. Drive resource exhaustion - the flash drive has a certain resource for the number of file write/delete cycles. And this is fraught with the fact that over time the drive will simply be unable to store the information written to it. Resource exhaustion is a problem, as a result of which it will probably be impossible to restore a flash drive. Unless, having given it for repair, but in this situation it is much easier to buy a new keychain.
4. Electrical damage - as a result of an unstable power supply or due to moisture getting inside the flash drive, a short circuit of the internal electrical circuits or failure of individual microcircuits. In this case, you can try to restore, but no one will give you a 100% guarantee for the successful completion of the procedure.

In general, it is worth trying to restore in any of the above cases. You won’t spend much time, but here’s how to save on the purchase new flash drive you can happily. It is worth clarifying one more thing - never store your data on only one drive (this applies not only to flash drives). Try to create additional backup on a computer or cloud storage. This will greatly facilitate the procedure for their recovery in case the main drive fails.

Drive recovery with JetFlash OnLine Recovery

If you are a happy owner of drives manufactured by the well-known company Transcend, then you are incredibly lucky! You can safely skip all the steps described above - your attention is provided with a convenient and simple tool for restoring the performance of your flash drive. All you need for this purpose is a stable and fairly fast Internet connection throughout your work with the program.

The utility is called JetFlash Online Recovery. You can try to apply it not only to Transcend products. But whether she wants to work is another question. Again, it doesn't hurt to try. The whole beauty of Online Recovery is that the user does not need to find out the VID, PID, brand of the controller and memory chip, install optimal settings etc. All this is done automatically. Drive data and handling methods are verified and installed over the Internet. That's why having a stable connection is so important.

The algorithm of actions does not cause any difficulties. First of all, you need download and install OnlineRecovery on your computer. After that, connect the USB flash drive to the computer and run the utility. In the main window of the application, set the amount of memory that your drive has. The next step should be to set the recovery options for the flash drive - with saving data ("Repair drive & keep existing data" option - another advantage lies precisely in this possibility) or without it ("Repair drive & Erase all data"). It is worth paying attention to the fact that even if you select the first item, there is no guarantee that absolutely all data will be saved.

After setting the necessary settings, click the Start button and wait for the flash drive to finish formatting. When finished, press the Exit button, remove the drive from the USB port and reinsert it. If the flash drive is still being restored, its work will be resumed.

In the event that JetFlash Online Recovery was unable to return your flash drive to working capacity, you can try to do it manually using a specially designed for specific model drive. This process is more laborious and can even cause a state of some stupor in a beginner. But there are few options, so knowledge of how this is done also does not hurt.

Defining a flash drive recovery utility

The problem of data recovery is that USB flash drives are issued by different manufacturers. Accordingly, each of them can use several great technology and adapt certain software to serve flash drives. single application, which would allow to restore the damaged removable media no (some unification exists for Transcend products, but we will consider this issue later as a separate item) - it will have to be selected individually.

The Flashboot.ru resource, popular on the Web, allows you to determine the program suitable for a specific flash drive. In order for the site's search engine to find the right utility for you, you need to know the basic parameters of the drive - the manufacturer's name, flash drive model name, VID and PID. With this information in hand, you can easily choose an effective means of media recovery.

The name of the manufacturer can be easily determined by reading the logo on the body of the flash drive. To determine the remaining parameters, you can use additional software.

Convenient means of obtaining the necessary technical information about drives are programs such as ChipGenius and ChekUDisk. In principle, you do not need any supernatural abilities from such programs, so you can use any of them.

To determine the VID and PID using the first utility, run the ChipGenius program (no installation required) and plug in your flash drive. Listed USB devices find the item "+USB HID-compatible device" and click on it with the left mouse button. The bottom of the window will display detailed information about the drive, where in the PnP Device HD line there will be information regarding VID and PID.

ChekUDisk works on the same principle. In this case, the information will be displayed in the VID&PID line in the format "Vid_0000&Pid_0000". You should be interested in what comes after the underscore character.

After that, go to the Flashboot.ru website and open the iFlash tab. In the VID and PID fields, enter the relevant data determined by you using the programs described above, and click the "Find" button. A list of drives will open, among which you will need to find the model of your flash drive. The last column of the table will display the name of the utility for working with your USB drive.

Now you need to download and install the program recommended for use. Everything is very simple here. On the home page all the same Flashboot.ru service has a "Files" tab. Go to it and copy in the field search query the name of the utility you are looking for. Click on the found link, download and install the utility for working with a flash drive.

The further procedure depends on the specific program. In general, they all have a very intuitive interface (which usually comes down to pressing a single button), so understanding how to work with them will not be any particular problem.

Utilities for working with a flash drive, as a rule, carry out low-level formatting, or flashing, of the drive. This step allows you to bring the built-in firmware to life and bring the flash drive back to life. In the event that it does not have serious damage in its structure. In addition, formatting is fraught with the fact that all the data that was stored on the drive will be lost. And even the means of data recovery after formatting, for the most part, will be powerless here.

Before you start working with a particular utility, also pay attention to not all the recommendations that are usually included on the download page on Flashboot.ru and in the search results on iFlash. This will greatly facilitate your further communication with the utility.

This method is mostly universal and is suitable for restoring almost any available USB drive models. There is only one drawback here - a motley patchwork of models, names of controllers and memory chips can confuse an inexperienced user. There can be only one recommendation here - carefully read all the attached information.

After recovery...

The procedure of low-level formatting, designed to return a “healthy look” to the flash drive, as a rule, leads to the loss of all files and data stored on it. We have already mentioned this, but it will not be superfluous to draw your attention to this fact again.

Upon completion of the recovery procedure, you can try to extract the data, as after a normal format. We described this in a separate article on our website. It also does not give any guarantees about whether it will be possible to recover the memory of the flash drive (more precisely, what occupies this memory). Usually, low-level formatting results in complete erasure of data. But there are still good chances.

Recovery of damaged files

Flash drive recovery is possible in almost all cases. The recovery methods listed below are designed to eliminate software failures, but if the flash drive is recessed, broken, melted, then software methods Data recovery won't help. Therefore, at the very beginning it is necessary to determine the type of breakdown. To do this, insert the drive into the USB connector, and look at the indicator or at the list of connected devices in the "My Computer" section:

1. If the device is displayed, but the files are not visible or inaccessible, then there is a problem, which is often resolved by using special programs and you can proceed to the selection;
2. The lamp is off and will not start (or the device not displayed) - there is a physical breakdown;
3. Flash drive displayed as a 0 MB drive. Not the most popular type of malfunction, but if you have it, then feel free to skip the main part - a quick solution to this problem is described at the end of the article.

Selection of a special program

There are a number free programs through which you can bring the flash drive back to life. For selection right program you must first determine the VIP and PID.

Definition of VID and PID

VID and PID are identifiers by which the type of controller that is installed in the flash drive is set. Based on these identifiers, the software for working with the device is selected. Programs are developed under different types controllers.

To determine the VID and PID you need to:

Program selection

The obtained information about the identifiers of the controller should be used to find the best program for compatibility. For this:

The service will automatically find compatible software to work with the flash drive. You need to select an entry with the same manufacturer from which your flash drive is from and click on the link. If the link does not work, you can enter the name of the program in the search bar of the browser and download through the developer's website.

In some cases, searching by VID and PID does not bring results. The site does not show compatible with the controller software. Then you need to select a program to work with a flash drive manually. Some of them are universal, suitable for restoring most cards. About such programs will go speech below.

Recovery using built-in Windows utilities

CHKDSK utility

The utility is suitable for most simple cases when there is a file system data failure without breaking the cluster layout. When you try to display existing files in the presence of bad sectors, the computer often just hangs, so you do not need to try to open the device. Instead, we will use the command line by doing the following:

1. Look under which letter the system defines the drive (in our case, G).
2. Run command line. To do this, by pressing the Win and R keys or using the "Start" button, open the "Run" window, write the line cmd in the input field, click Ok.
3. In the command prompt window, enter G: / f (under the letter G, the system in our case identifies a flash drive).

This will start the program CHKDSK checks for file system errors, the /f switch will instruct it to automatically fix problems it finds. Upon completion of the utility, you will most likely carry out a successful recovery of the flash drive without losing data.

Windows DiskPart Utility

The Diskpart utility is run through the command line. You can launch the command line through the search in the Start menu. To restore the flash drive, you will need the commands:

To work with the utility, you will need administrator rights on the computer. You should also run it as an administrator. Otherwise, some commands may not work.

Other recovery programs

Fortunately for owners, restoring data and the performance of flash drives is much easier than for hard drives or microSD storage. Below are a few effective programs that will make the “dead” flash drive work.

SDformatter

What can:

• Format devices if the system fails;
• Recovery due to software, virus damage or improper cleaning in the past;
• Flexible settings for working with a flash drive.

Suitable for Windows and MacOS. The disadvantage is that there is only an English interface. Not compatible with all types removable drives.

PC Inspector Smart Recovery

The program is suitable for working with any data carriers, including HDD and removable cards. PC Inspector Smart Recovery is distributed free of charge, you can download it. There is a Russian interface.

PC Inspector Smart Recovery can recover most existing file extensions, including rare ones. The program itself has a handy hint system, which is aimed at helping users with recovery. The software even restores data for which header lines have been deleted. The program can clean, format data on the media in various ways. The user is offered flexible parameter settings, extensive functionality.

RecoveRx

The program was developed by the manufacturer of removable Transcend drives. It is free, there is a Russian language. You can download. Designed specifically to work with removable devices, including players, phones, microcards, SD and flash drives.

RecoveRx can:

• Restores data. Helps to return deleted files most formats: text, audio, video, applications.
• Formats. Safely cleans the drive of all data without disturbing its performance.
• Protects. With RecoveRx, you can set a password for the device's memory. Deleting data will only work when you enter this combination. The function is only compatible with Windows OS.

The program is simple and easy to use. The main window offers a list of all connected devices. The user needs to select the flash drive and the function that he wants to use.

The system detects a USB drive as a 0-byte disk

If the system detects a flash drive with a size of 0 bytes, the file system crashes with a violation of the cluster layout. If you want to recover data, then it is better to use the instructions above, but if you need to return the flash drive to working capacity, that is, much simpler and fast way without use additional programs- formatting.

For this:

Why crashes occur

Problems with flash cards arise for various reasons:

• Wrong file system selected when formatting;
• The cleaning of the flash drive was carried out with violations, the operation was interrupted before the formatting was completed;
• The device was repeatedly forcibly disconnected from the computer at the moment when it was working, without software removal;
• The device memory is infected with a virus;
• The memory has been overwritten many times without formatting, the sectors are damaged.

Serious problems with the memory of flash drives are rare. Common problems are incorrect formatting and virus infection. When overwriting information in the card's memory, it is recommended that you format it.

Careless, careless handling can lead to breakage of even the most durable device. Cards do not have moving elements, as in HDD drives, but they are also prone to malfunction. You can avoid many problems with flash drives if you store them in dark, dry places, carefully remove them from your computer, do not stop formatting and processing files, so as not to cause a critical error.

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