Uncover the efficient ways to fix a corrupted flash drive and safely recover data from a corrupted USB drive. ✅ For a reliable flash drive recovery tool, visit: https://bit.ly/42mBGMD

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:32 Signs of the USB drive corruption
01:41 Recover data from a corrupted USB drive
06:00 Assign a new drive letter
06:31 Reinstall drivers
07:17 Use CMD commands
08:25 Conclusion

It's important to understand that as long as the USB drive is being recognized in Disk Management and shows the correct USB stick size it's completely possible to recover data from it.

📌To recover files from a corrupted USB drive:
1. Download and install Disk Drill.
2. Select the USB drive from the list of devices.
3. Click the Search for lost data button to initiate scanning.
4. Once the scan is finished, select the files (photos, music files, videos, documents, etc.) you wish to restore and click Recover.
5. Choose a recovery location. Make sure that your recovery location is not your USB drive.
6. Click next to recover data from a corrupted USB drive.

In some cases, you may not be able to access your USB drive or specific files on your flash drive. Here are a few additional methods that might help you to fix a corrupted flash drive.

Method 1: Assign a drive letter
You can try assigning a drive letter yourself or changing the existing drive letter.

1. Right-click the Start icon and click on Disk Management.
2. Right-click on the disk number for your USB and click Change Drive Letter and Paths.
3. Click on the drive letter that’s already assigned, then Change.
4. Choose a new drive letter from the dropdown list.

Method 2: Update the drivers
If the USB drivers are corrupted or out-of-date, reinstalling them or updating them can fix the issue.

1. Right-click the Start icon and click on Device Manager.
2. Expand the dropdown for Disk drives, right-click your USB, and click Uninstall device.
3. Unplug your USB then plug it back in. This will trigger the latest drivers to be downloaded and installed automatically.

Method 3: Fix the corrupted USB flash drive using CMD commands
Windows allows you to fix your corrupted flash drive using specific commands in CMD.

1. Click on the Start menu and search for CMD. Right-click and click Run as administrator. If you’re prompted by a window to allow CMD to make changes, click Yes.
2. To repair a corrupted flash drive with bad sectors, enter chkdsk D: /f into the command line and press Enter (replace D: with the drive letter of your USB). Windows will begin to verify the files and folders on the USB.
3. To unhide files, enter attrib -h -r -s /s /d D:*.* and press Enter.

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