Formatted Pen Drive Data Recovery - With Smartly Way

Steps to Recover Formatted Pen Drive Data

Step 1: Get and run BLRTools pen drive data recovery.

Step 2: Connect your pen drive to your machine.

Step 3: Select "Scan" or "Formatted Scan".

Step 4: Read Drive erased data.

Step 5: Restore data anywhere by clicking "Save".

Formatted USB Drive: What Happened?

When you format a USB drive, you reset its file system, creating room for fresh data. The format used affects your data:

Quick format:

Like eliminating a book's index. The file system's index or allocation tables, which inform your operating system where files are kept, are deleted. The system views the drive as “empty” after a Quick format since the indexes are gone, but the book pages are still there. Recover data from a Quick formatted USB flash drive.

The whole format:

However, Full format goes farther. It erases or overwrites data on each disk "page" and eliminates the index. This removes all book pages, leaving blank ones. Full formats sometimes check for faulty sections. Without a backup, Full format (and Secure format) techniques prevent data recovery.

Command Prompt

CMDWindows' Command Prompt (CMD) has various useful data recovery tools. Press the Win key, enter “cmd,” and start Command Prompt as administrator to launch CMD.

ATTRIB reveals hidden files

Would your USB flash drive seem formatted even if you don't recall formatting it? It may not be formatted at all. Malware may have concealed all files. The good news is that one CMD command reveals them:

CHKDSK repairs USB flash drives

Corrupted USB flash drives may seem formatted because they cannot access their data. Luckily, the CHKDSK utility can fix any USB flash drive with a single command:

The end

Data recovery from a formatted USB device is easier than you think. With data recovery software, even “How do I recover files from a formatted flash drive?” won't scare you. The next time pen drives are accidently formatted, damaged, or corrupted, you know the data can be restored.