How To Recover Files From Corrupted USB Drive

There are numerous reasons that lead to data corruption, due to viruses or if the drive is unmounted improperly from the port. Therefore, we are going to share three easiest methods that will help you to recover files from corrupted USB drive. Go through the post to know about it.

The best way to recover data from corrupted storage device has been stated below. Today we mostly share our files through USB and some storage drives, but due to some viruses or if the drive is unmounted improperly from the port then it can lead to data corruption, and they stop working properly. And data in them can be inaccessible. So for this, we have a method to recover files from this corrupted drive. You just have to follow simple guide to recover all your data from any corrupted disk.

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• 1 How To Recover Files From Corrupted USB Drive
• 1.1 #1 Assigning New Drive Letter
• 1.2 #2 Recover All Files From Corrupted Storage Device Using CMD
• 1.3 #3 Using EaseUS Data Recovery:
• 1.4 COMMENTS

How To Recover Files From Corrupted USB Drive

#1 Assigning New Drive Letter

If your computer fails to recognize your hard drive, then you can try assigning a new drive letter to your storage media. This method will work wonder, and you will not need any third party tool to recover the files. Here’s how you can assign a new drive letter.

Step 1. You need to insert your USB stick on your computer and then right click on My Computer and then select the option “Manage.”Step 1. You need to insert your USB stick on your computer and then right click on My Computer and then select the option “Manage.”

Step 2. Now you will see computer management panel from there you need to choose the option “Disk Management.”

Step 3. Then right click on “Disk Management” and then choose the option ‘Change Drive Letters and Paths’

Step 4. Now you will get to see the options to assign the new drive letter just select your desired letter from the drop down and then hit the “Ok” button.

That’s it! You are done. Now, just reinsert your USB drive and see whether your computer recognizes it! If it failed to do so, then continue with the next methods.

#2 Recover All Files From Corrupted Storage Device Using CMD

The method is very straightforward and easy and depends on a neat recovery CMD trick and on a recovery software that will let you recover all files easily from your corrupted USB drive where you are unable to access data. Just follow some simple steps below to proceed.

Step 1. First of all, insert your drive in a computer and press Windows button and type cmd. Now right click on Command Prompt and select Run as admin.

Step 2. Now there type Chkdsk H: /f where “H” is the drive letter and which can be different on your computer which you can check in Computer.

Step 3. Now files and folders verifying process will start, and you can see the process in percents there. If you receive the error that your drive is not Windows XP drive then just enter Y there. When it is done, you should see this in your command window

Step 4. In the screenshot mentioned above, my USB drive is working fine, and it has no corruption, in case if your USB  drive was corrupted then you will get the recovered data stored in the directory Lost.dir in your USB drives.

If you see no items on your USB drive then just type “.” (dot without quotes)in a search box top right corner and hit enter.