For every data loss emergency, BLR Tools Data Recovery has the ideal solutions for retrieving lost files from portable media. With in-depth knowledge of the intricate details of removable media data recovery, our team of data care specialists is ready to take on any challenge. To ensure that your lost data is recovered, we execute our data recovery software in our cutting-edge lab under the toughest accuracy, privacy, and speed criteria.

Often Seen Fault Causes That Need Removable Media Data Recovery

Careless Removal: Physical damage caused by careless handling, such as accidentally ejecting media from its drive, may lead to media failure.

Physical and Electrical Drive Problems: data corruption or media failure might occur if the drive is old or malfunctioning and cannot communicate with the media.

Disruptive Temperature: Disruptive heat or cold may cause the components of removable media to break down, ultimately leading to failure.

Use Restrictions: Never use a removable medium over its storage capacity; doing so rapidly increases the risk of data corruption and possible failure.

Risky Infection: Contaminants such as viruses and malware may corrupt or harm the medium, resulting in its failure.

When is the Best Time to Use BLR Tools to Remove Media and Recover Data?

To retrieve data from damaged storage media

In the event that you have lost all of your media files (photos, videos, documents, etc.) owing to device corruption, physical damage, virus attack, deletion, formatting, etc., or if you are unable to access removable storage media (e.g., a USB drive, SD card, Memory card, HDD, etc.), then all you need is the BLR Tools removable media data recovery wizard.

Recovering files in a variety of common formats is essential

The BLR Tools removable media data recovery program should be your last resort if you are seeking a unified approach to retrieving various file types. There isn’t a common file type that this program can’t retrieve. Some examples include: ICO, DOC, PPT, XLS, PDF, RTF, TXT, ZIP, RAR, TAR, TAR. Gz, 7z, 3GP, MP4, AVI, SWF, MOV, and many more.

Retrieve lost files from a portable hard drive

In the event that your external hard disk corrupts. To get your data back from the drive, you have to follow this tutorial. Afterwards, all you have to do is plug in the external drive to your computer and launch the program that can retrieve data from it. To recover data using this program, choose the volume drive. You must ensure that your computer can identify the disk or media you want to restore before proceeding.

Read also: USB thumb drive recovery

Practical Advice on Data Security

You should already be familiar with the fundamentals of data recovery from a detachable disk after reading the introduction. Data loss may cause problems in your life, job, and studies; so, you should look into ways to safeguard your vital data, even if MiniTool Power Data Recovery can assist to recover deleted or lost information.

#1: Make Regular Backups of Your Data

Internal or portable hard drives are the usual places to save large, crucial data. Nevertheless, data loss is common and may result in significant financial losses.

Hence, it is essential that you create a copy of the crucial data. Then, you may recover data from backups in a jiffy, no matter what causes them to be lost.

#2: Give It Another Thought Before Erasing Data or Removing Anything from the Recycle Bin

To make room on your hard drive, you may sometimes use the Delete button or the Shift + Delete key combo to remove unnecessary files. But it’s possible to accidentally remove certain crucial files. Therefore, you should be careful not to remove any files that aren’t really required.

#3: You should never add new data to the same location where data loss has occurred.

You should immediately cease using this drive if any of your files—whether saved on an internal hard drive or a detachable disk—are erased or lost as a result of accidental operations, computer virus invasion, etc. Not doing so risks having fresh data overwrite the old, rendering the old data unrecoverable.

Get Back Lost Data on a USB Drive using the Command Prompt

You may be able to recover lost data from a flash drive with a few keystrokes if you’re familiar with Windows’ command line. You shouldn’t expect this approach to recover permanently erased files the way data recovery programs like Disk Drill can, but it does a good job dealing with faulty USB devices and buried files.

• Your computer has to be plugged into the USB drive.
• When you type “cmd” into the search box, Windows’ command prompt will open.
• To check and repair the USB drive’s integrity, type in the following command:
  do a chkdsk on X: /f

To access hidden files, use ATTRIB -H -R -S /S /D X:*.* at the command prompt.

• Get out of Command Prompt and use File Explorer to access your USB disk.

The Windows File History tool

Using the File History tool, you may also retrieve backups produced by Windows. File History is only useful if the data was backed up. File History will not be able to restore deleted or lost files that were not backed up beforehand. If you have ever briefly transferred data from a flash drive to the Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Music, Pictures, or Videos folders—which File History automatically backs up—there is a potential that this data may be recovered.

Recovering lost data from a flash drive is as easy as following these steps in File History:

• Link the flash drive to your computer via USB.
• To access File History for file restoration, use the search box on the taskbar.
• You need to activate the File History feature.
• Find the data that you want to retrieve.

If you want to return the files to their initial position, choose Restore. If you wish to save them to a new folder, choose Restore to.

Frequently Asked Question

Will my data be recoverable if my removable media dies?

You can get data back from a dead removable media, yes. A reputable data recovery service, such as BLR Tools, should be contacted for assistance. No matter how bad your USB, removable media or detachable drive is, the data recovery specialists at BLR Tools can get it back.

Problem: my USB drive won’t detect. How can I get its contents?

Any physical damage to a USB drive will prevent it from being detected on a system. If this happens to you, the best course of action is to get in touch with a data recovery service provider.

When it comes to removable media, how much does data recovery cost?

The following factors are used to determine the cost of removable media data recovery:

• Capacity of a portable or detachable data storage device
• Situational complexity and underlying causes of data loss
• Details about the portable device’s kind, manufacturer, and model
• Can data corrupted by malware on a USB device be restored?

A USB disk infected with malware may nevertheless have its data recovered. Drives may suffer logical harm from malicious software, but this is fixable with the help of experts.