When Recuva recovers your data it opens a window with a detailed display of the files it finds (Figure 3). (Figure 2) The type of loss will also determine if the basic scan procedure can do the job, or if you will require more specific advanced forms of ‘deep scanning’. Once you begin the actually recovery process the time involved will be directly related to the amount of data you are trying to recover.

Recuva sells for only $24.95, and so it was worth the relatively small fee and a few hours to see if it would salvage what otherwise appeared to be a flash drive full of lost data.Īfter download and installation, Recuva opens a simple wizard (Figure 1) that prompts you with questions about the specific drive or type of drive, or the specific file(s) or type of file(s) you are attempting to recover. Since I have always found CCleaner a valuable utility to remove unwanted components from my computers, including ‘windows registry entries’ left behind after Windows has removed a program, I thought I would give their data recovery software a thorough workout with this corrupted flash drive. I have used various data recovery programs in the past, but this time I decided to attempt to recover the 128 GB flash drive using a program called Recuva (which is pronounced 'recover') from a company called Piriform which also makes CCleaner. Then I plugged it into a different computer but still got the same message obviously I had a major problem since I knew the drive contained a number of files I had intended to access. I plugged it into another USB hub, but I got the same message. I immediately answered no, and then ejected the drive. So what do you do when you have a hard-drive fail, or you find one of your flash drives is corrupted?Ībout a week ago I plugged a flash drive into a client’s computer, and in a minute or so, instead of Windows popping up the typical window in which it recognized the drive and prompted you to open it, Windows displayed a message saying that it couldn’t recognize the drive and asking if I wanted to format it.

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