Need help with a pendrive D:

[Naruke Alpha]

Hey guys! so i have a pendrive that lost all the docs that where on it, but the files are still there, i have tried 2 utilities to recover the files but you have to pay is there any free method of recovering the lost data or do i just have to pay? D: answers are very well welcomed! 

[d3sl91]

Hey guys! so i have a pendrive that lost all the docs that where on it, but the files are still there, i have tried 2 utilities to recover the files but you have to pay is there any free method of recovering the lost data or do i just have to pay? D: answers are very well welcomed! 

 

 

https://www.piriform.com/recuva free version works decently. 

[Naruke Alpha]

https://www.piriform.com/recuva free version works decently. 

can i actually recover it without having to pay?  

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

Yes you can, I've been using it for ages and it has never let me down. It can take a while if you need to go for a deep scan though.

 

Be sure to recover the data to a different drive, or you may end up overwriting files that you still need to recover.

[Naruke Alpha]

Ok so now im left with 1_1.h2w type of files, how do i open this??? D: 

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

Quick search :

 

"The file extension .h2w is used by the program H2test, this program checks USB flash drives to see if they are fake"

 

-> basically you can just ignore that file.