Category: Geeks r Us
So... I think I may have corrupted my Memorex. I was simply trying to rename one of the files in my zipped folder. I didn't know it was gonna be such a process, or I'd've never bothered. It started spouting the same prattle as it does when it's opening up one of the zipped files, but once the progress bar hit 100%, it just kinda stalled there and didn't finish. Well, I got tired of it and tried to cancel, but it literally wouldn't let me. The window with the progress bar wouldn't even close! I fought with it for a few minutes, and somewhere in the nonsense, I heard an error message saying that 7Zip had stopped working. So, I took the thumb drive out, put it back in, and tried to open the archive. But I got an error message saying that 7zip couldn't open the file as archive.
This thumb drive has about 40 or so files that it would really, reeeally suck to lose. Is there any way, any way at all, that I haven't lost them?
Thanks in advance!
Becky
CMD is your first choice for damaged USB flash drive recovery. Requiring no format, it allows you to fix a corrupted USB drive without data loss. And it can be also used to fix damaged SD card. Now let’s look how it works. (I'm using Windows 7 for this demonstration)
1. Plug in your USB flash drive to your computer.
2. Go to the start menu, type in "cmd" in a search bar, hit enter and then you can see something named "cmd. exe" under a list of programs.
3. Right click "cmd. exe" and type in "chkdsk /X /f USB drive letter:" or "chkdsk USB drive letter: /f ", for example, "chkdsk /X /f G:" or "chkdsk h: /f" in the following command windows to start to repair damaged USB flash drive without formatting.
Finishing all the steps, Windows will check and fix the file system of the flash drive. It usually takes several minutes. After that, if you see "Windows has made corrections to the file system" in the command window, then congratulations! The damaged USB drive is successfully fixed and you can access your data with ease.
Method 2:
How to repair damaged USB flash drive without formatting
If the above method is not workable, just carry out the following steps to repair the damaged USB Flash Drive without formatting and rescue your data. (I'm also using Windows 7 for this demonstration)
1. Insert the USB drive into the USB port of your system.
2. Go to My Computer>Removable Disk Icon.
3. Right click the Removable Disk Icon and open its Properties.
4. Click on the Tools tab.
5. Click “Rebuild” button.
6. Let the scan process get completed. Close the scan window once it’s completed.
7. Right-click the icon of the USB flash drive and “Eject”. Then remove the drive from USB port.
Hi,
I tried using CMD, but I couldn't get any of the commands to work. And my flash drive doesn't have a "Rebuild" button--just ones to check for errors, defrag, and backup.
Becky