Well Crap... Recovering Data Help

[DarkBlade2117]

Is there ANYWAY to recover data on a USB Drive? I accidently deleted some stuff...

@Captain_WD

[Deagon]

grab a program like undelete360 or Recuva, and try them, don't do anything else with the drive at all until you try to recover the data. and don't try to recover the data back to the drive recover it to your computer's HDD or SSD and note that it may not work because of how USB drives work but there is always a chance it will. 

[DarkBlade2117]

grab a program like undelete360 or Recuva, and try them, don't do anything else with the drive at all until you try to recover the data. and don't try to recover the data back to the drive recover it to your computer's HDD or SSD

I tried Recuva but all it said was "invalid drive size"

[BigDay]

search for a linux distro that is designed for data recovery. i used to use one back in the day, but i've forgotten which one it was. kali linux may have some sort of data recovery tool though

[Deagon]

I tried Recuva but all it said was "invalid drive size"

i've used undelete360 with decent success, i think you can use it as a trial now instead of a free version but it should work

[DarkBlade2117]

i've used undelete360 with decent success, i think you can use it as a trial now instead of a free version but it should work

I can't even open it. Like when you hit start > computer > and it shows the drivers, the PC says it is there but Application not found

[Deagon]

I can't even open it. Like when you hit start > computer > and it shows the drivers, the PC says it is there but Application not found

hm idk what it could be, maybe some virus or corrupt drivers or install or something. kind of at a loss. might just be gone

[Captain_WD]

Is there ANYWAY to recover data on a USB Drive? I accidently deleted some stuff...

@Captain_WD

 

Hey there DarkBlade2117,

 

Apologies for the late response, I was off for a few days. 

As the guys pointed out, you can use a third-party recovery tool (they listed some of them) and see if any of them is able to recover the data. Your best shot would be to contact a data recovery company but their services can be costly. 

Do check it for malware and see if it's properly recognized in BIOS, Device Manager and Disk Management. You can try these things on other computers as well just to make sure the problem is within the the drive and not the computer itself (but make sure there isn't any unwanted malware on it!).

 

Captain_WD.