In detail: do-it-yourself verbatim flash drive repair from a real master for the site my.housecope.com.
We have not yet discussed the specifics of data recovery for various operating systems. The main task before repair is to read information through usb, and then repair the USB flash drive or restore it so that it is correctly detected and reads data, it is defined on the computer as a device. What to do if the flash drive is not formatted and why this situation happens - read on.
One of the most frequent questions to me, as an expert in the field of flash drive recovery, sounds like this:
Tell me how to repair a USB flash drive if it is not detected by the system? How can you quickly reanimate a flash drive if the flash drive is not formatted at all?
To be honest, I'm already tired of answering all requests for data recovery orally, so I decided to write an article about repairing flash drives.
I will try to give real advice, as well as indicate how to act and what to start from in a situation where repairs are required. I have described the sequence of actions and a list of the most common mistakes during flash drive repair.
However, I must make a very important digression. Recovering and how to repair a USB flash drive is not the same thing. When you repair a USB flash drive, be prepared for the fact that you may lose important data, but at the same time you will get a workable device that will serve faithfully for some time after repairing a USB flash drive. The recovery process is purely in the return of information.
Damaging your usb media is as easy as shelling pears. First, let's figure out what can lead to the failure of the flash drive:
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- not detected in Windows or another OS, not readable by the operating system
- USB does not work (LED on the case is off)
- the flash drive is not recognized on one or all work computers
- content is not displayed in explorer
- the flash drive is not detected on any computer
- not recognized or defined as an unrecognized usb device
- is not detected by the file system, and attempts to restore the drive fail
- a message is displayed that "the flash drive is copy-protected"
- USB flash drive is not formatted (file structure is damaged)
As you can see, the list of problems and reasons why the flash drive is not formatted when the flash drive needs to be resuscitated or repaired is very wide. However, the approach to the problem is quite universal, and it is possible to reduce them generally to two directions of further actions.
If you can read other devices of the same type on your computer, then the problem is in the storage medium itself. Otherwise, everything rests on the carrier. If you cannot read the data from the flash drive, the problem may be in the UBB connector, the connection of the port to the computer. Or the obvious option is to repair the flash drive (silicon power, etc.).
You can try to read the same device on another computer. Some USB sticks require a dedicated USB connector to work properly, so it might be the USB interface (which might need to be repaired).
If none of the approaches work, then try to read the device on the operating system in its as “clean” state as possible, before proceeding with the recovery of the flash drive. Restart your computer in Safe Mode. However, some types of protection can be disabled, allowing CD or DVD drives to operate in their basic state. In this case, information on the hard disk will be read even if the disk does not go through a normal boot cycle. This method may solve the problem and may not need to repair the drive.
Finally, if none of the methods work, you need to understand.that you definitely have a breakdown in the software part of the drive. We will discuss examples of hardware problems, as well as software, specific to USB devices (mainly Kingston or Transcend models, less often silicon power).
It is not very pleasant when the problem is found on the flash keyfob, because in this case there are factory defects or the medium is very old and the data blocks have been overwritten many times (the so-called rewrite cycles). Sometimes the simplest option is a quality flash drive repair (Transcend, Kingston or Ssilicon Power). The newest devices have a reserve of 100 thousand write / rewrite cycles. If there is a problem and nothing is read from the usb media, there is nothing left but to test the flash media on another machine. If this does not work, contact the manufacturer or supplier of the equipment.
How to properly resuscitate a flash drive? There is no software for fixing hardware problems, so the intervention of specialists is necessary here. By the way: we have already considered the question of how to restore a USB flash drive.
So why can't the computer see the USB stick? The point is, all solid-state storage devices are created in a single image and likeness. If a flash drive breaks down, a complete "trepanation" may be required - that is, you need to not only format, but also flash the drive again. Firmware is a factory format that requires a proprietary utility from the manufacturer of the storage device. You can download it on the corresponding website.
The controller is tricky and difficult to understand. This is the key to solving a USB flash drive (for example, Transcend, Kingston or Ssilicon Power), a key part when repairing it. However, the catch is that manufacturers, as a rule, use various types and models of controllers and can use not only their own, but also others' developments. Therefore, it is not always possible to immediately determine the type of this very memory controller.
Basically, you can gut the flash keychain if you don’t feel sorry for it. However, it is better to use special programs for these purposes, which allow you to determine this very type of VID & PID of the memory of the Transcend drive or silicon power.
ChipEasy - an intuitive program that will help to revive a USB flash drive, and very easy to use. Allows you to find out the manufacturer and model of the usb flash drive, which will help restore the flash drive in the optimal way described above. For example, the most common device models are Kingston or Transcend.
Flash Drive Information Extractor - this utility allows you to get all the information you need to repair VID & PID about the controller, model and type of flash memory (for silicon power and other models). Differs in the detail of the provided information about the device.
CheckUDisk - this program quickly scans the source and provides VID & PID for usb flash drive repair and resuscitation with the same detail as CheckUDisk. At the same time, the program is as easy as Recovery UsbIDCheck.
After you determine the VID & PID, it makes sense to find a recovery program on the Internet for flashing and, therefore, formatting the flash drive. However, not everything is so simple here, since many devices simply do not have firmware available. In such a situation, you can pick up a hammer, strike ... or hang the drive on the wall - that is, repairing a USB flash drive is useless.
As for the situation when it is necessary to restore one or more flash drives (that is, to return the data of a usb drive), refer to the article that I wrote long before that.
Hard drives are more problematic in terms of recovery. There are such problems on the hardware side, when sectors on the disk are damaged. In such situations, you can take the hdd drive out of the computer and connect it as a secondary drive via a USB connector using a special recovery adapter. In this way, data can sometimes be read.
Alternatively, you can take the entire system unit and contact a data recovery company, and you will clearly be offered a repair.Before giving away the disk, ask the specialists to take a full snapshot of the current disk before resurrecting it, since sometimes it becomes necessary to restore other data on the hard disk, and not just the one you specified. If the company does not agree to make a mold, then it is better to contact another service.
In general, we tried to answer the question of what to do if the flash drive is not formatted and related tasks. As you can see, high-quality and free repair of a usb flash drive is a fairly transparent and systemic procedure in its approach. If the described methods do not help and the flash drive is not detected anyway, take a look at other sections on our website on the topic of recovering Kingston flash drives, and also Transcend, I wrote many other articles related to recovery.
The USB connector of the flash drive broke, but 4 contacts did not break, the board broke. According to her lack of knowledge, my sister used it 2 days after. The system displays the flash as a removable disk. At the bottom there is no division strip, nothing. I didn’t think to copy - help.
Answer... It is not clear from the question which board is broken. If it is a board with chips - alas, repair is impossible. If the USB connector itself is broken, then you can restore it, using any other one from another device to replace it. The only thing you need for repairs is a soldering iron and the ability to use it. You can find out the pinout here.
After the warranty repair, all photos on the smartphone and on the SD card are gone.
Answer ... A very vague question. What was the warranty repair of what - a mobile device or a memory card? All your claims against performers are governed by your contract. As for data recovery on an sd-card, use specialized applications, which, in fact, this site is dedicated to.
A 2GB flash card from an old Nikia phone, the phone perfectly sees a flash drive, a tablet and other phones cannot. My equipment sees someone else's flash cards.
Answer ... If other flash cards do not open on your, as you say yourself, old Nokia, it is most likely because the phone simply does not support new technologies. Review the documentation and specifications for your device. Perhaps it's time to upgrade your hardware?
My 32GB micro flash drive broke down. How can I restore information on this USB flash drive, tell me, please, where and who can help me, how to fix the USB flash drive?
Answer ... Alas, this flash drive cannot be repaired or somehow reanimated. If the firmware on your flash drive “flew”, then you could give some chance for recovery. As for physical damage, no one will undertake such repairs, since it is a) impossible b) would be very expensive.
So all you have to do is purchase a new microsd card.
The flash drive does not open, does not appear as a removable disk, does not appear in the device manager. Physical impact is excluded, because there are three such flash drives, different people worked with them.
Answer ... You have not specified the type of memory you are working with. In any case, if the flash drive or sd card does not open, I would advise you to check the operation of the flash card on other devices. Test it on other phones or devices to which you can pair it. If it is an sd card, try connecting it to your PC via a card reader.
Check if the attached device is detected in the device manager. If so, use any disk partitioning program or standard Windows tools, or proprietary software available on the USB flash drive developer's website to format the USB flash drive to NTFS or FAT.
During the formatting of the flash drive (transcend), they pulled out the USB flash drive from the PC. It was clear that she would no longer work, the check confirmed this. The computer does not detect it, the indicator blinks all the time, it is not in “my computer”, it is in the device manager, it says that it is working normally, it is defined as a reminiscent device. Help restore the transcend flash drive!
Answer ... The file table on your flash drive is likely damaged.You can still restore the operation of a flash drive if you create a partition on it and format it. You can reanimate a flash drive, as already mentioned, using specialized utilities like Acronis Disc Director, etc., but it is best to use the TestDisk application to break up and restore the transcend flash drive.
The flash drive was encrypted into a trucript, reinstalled the OS, mount the flash drive, the files are displayed, but when you try to open them, it gives an error - access is denied. Can you tell me if the information can be saved if the flash drive is not detected after encryption in truecrypt?
Answer ... You will need a client program to work with truecrypt. Alas, the site truecrypt.org is currently unavailable, and the project itself is closed. So try to find the app somewhere on the internet. After that, when opening files, you will need to enter a password to access your files.
The USB flash drive has been reset and the system requires formatting the USB flash drive, but I need to save very important and expensive files. Help!
Answer ... Under no circumstances agree to format your USB flash drive! Instead, use data recovery software and try to recover the missing partition on your storage device. You can safely copy all the saved information to your hard drive and then search among these rubble exactly what you need.
There is a JetFlash Transcend 8GB flash drive. Has ceased to be determined by the system. Formatted it with JetFlash Online Recovery and it deleted all data from the flash drive. Is it now possible to restore the Transcend flash drive, that is, the data on it?
Answer... To restore a Transcend flash drive, the Unformat program is suitable. The chances of recovery depend on the depth of formatting. Anyway, use the deep scan option. Alternatively, try Recuva with a similar scan option.
The manufacturing company has released only one utility for formatting and restoring its removable media. Despite this, there are just a huge number of programs that help in working with inoperative Verbatim flash drives. We will analyze only those that have been tested by at least a few dozen users and their effectiveness is not questioned.
As a result, we counted as many as 6 programs that really help restore the operation of Verbatim drives. It should be said that this is a very good indicator, because many other manufacturers do not make software for their equipment at all. It looks like their leadership assumes that flash drives will never break. An example of such a firm is SanDisk. For reference, you can compare the Verbatim recovery process with these media:
Now let's move on to working with Verbatim.
This is the uncomplicated name of the proprietary software from the manufacturer. To use one, follow these steps:
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Download software from the official website of the company and. There is only one button, so you won't be confused. Install the program and run it.
Choose one of the options:
- «NTFS Format"- formatting removable media with the NTFS file system;
- «FAT32 Format"- formatting a drive with the FAT32 system
- «convert from FAT32 to NTFS Format"- converting from FAT32 to NTFS and formatting.
A dialog box will appear with the standard inscription - "All data will be erased, do you agree ...?". Click "Yes"To start.
To find out what type of file system is currently being used on your USB drive, go to “My computer» («This computer" or simply "Computer"). There, right-click on it and open the item "Properties". The next window will indicate the information of interest to us.
This instruction is relevant for Windows, on other systems you need to use additional software to see the data on all connected drives.
A very simple utility with a minimum of buttons, but a maximum of really working functions. It works with those flash drives that use Phison controllers. Many Verbatim devices are just that. Regardless of whether this is your case or not, you can try using this program. To do this, follow these instructions:
- Download Phison Preformat, unzip the archive, insert your media and run the program on your computer.
- Then you have to choose one of four options:
- «Full Formtting"- full formatting;
- «Quick formatting"- quick formatting (only the table of contents is erased, most of the data remains in place);
- «Low Level Formatting (Quick)"- fast low-level formatting;
- «Low Level Formatting (Full)"- full low-level formatting.
You can try all of these options one at a time. After selecting each of them, try again using your USB flash drive. To do this, just check the box next to the desired item and click "OK»At the bottom of the program window.
If after starting a message appears with the text “Performat does not support this IC", It means that this utility is not suitable for your device and you need to use another one. Fortunately, there are quite a few of them.
A fairly well-known program that copes well with devices from various manufacturers. The problem is that at the moment there are about 50 versions of it, each of which is designed for different controllers. Therefore, before downloading AlcorMP, be sure to use the iFlash service of the flashboot site.
It is designed to find the necessary utilities for recovery by parameters such as VID and PID. How to use it is described in detail in the tutorial on working with removable media from Kingston (method 5).
By the way, there are other similar programs there. Surely, you can find there a few more utilities that are suitable for your instance.
Let's say there is AlcorMP in the list of programs and you found the required version on the service. Download it, insert your USB stick and follow these steps:
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The drive must be identified on one of the ports. If this does not happen, press the button "Resfesh (S)"Until it appears. You can also restart the program. If after about 5-6 attempts nothing happens, then this version does not suit your copy. Look for another - one should definitely fit.
Then just click the button "Start (A)" or "Start (A)"If you have an English version of the utility.
In some cases, the program requires you to enter a password. Do not be afraid, there is no password here. You just need to leave the field blank and click the "OK».
Also, in some cases, you will need to change some parameters. To do this, in the main window of the program, click on the button "Settings" or "Setup". In the window that opens, we may be interested in the following:
- Tab "Flash type", Block MP"Setup", line "Optimize". It offers a choice of one of three options:
- «Speed optimize»- speed optimization;
- «Capacity optimize»- optimization by volume;
- «LLF Set optimize"- optimization without checking for bad blocks.
This means that after formatting the flash drive will be optimized for fast work or work with large amounts of information. The first is achieved by shrinking the cluster. This option implies an increase in the recording speed. The second point means that the flash drive will work slower, but it will be able to process more data. The latter option is used extremely rarely. It also implies that the media will run faster, but will not be checked for damaged parts.They, of course, will accumulate and someday will permanently disable the device.
Tab "Flash type", Block MP"Setup", line "Scan Level". These are the scan levels. Paragraph "Full Scan1"The longest, but the most reliable. Respectively, "Full Scan4»Usually takes a little time, but finds very little damage.
Everything else can be left as it is. If you encounter any problems with the program, write about them in the comments.
Another fairly simple program that allows you to quickly fix errors on some of Verbatim's removable media. To find your version, you must also use the functions of the iFlash service. After you have downloaded and installed the program on your computer, do this:
- Set the desired recovery mode. This is done using the appropriate marks in the block "Repair Option". There are two options:
- «Fast"- fast;
- «Complete"- complete.
It is best to choose the latter. You can also put a tick in front of the item "Update firmware". Thanks to this, during the repair process, the current software (drivers) will be supplied to the USB flash drive.
Click the "Update»At the bottom of an open window.
Conveniently, the program can visually display how many damaged blocks there are on the device being used. To do this, in the left part of the window there is a diagram and the line “Bad blocks", Next to which it is written how much of the total volume was damaged in percentage. Also on the progress bar you can see at what stage the process is.
Most users say that this program mainly works with Verbatim media. For some reason, it does not cope very well with other flash drives. Anyway, we can use this utility. To do this, follow these steps:
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Download the trial version of SmartDisk FAT32 Format Utility or buy the full one. The first involves pressing the button "Download", And the second -"Buy now»On the program page.
Select your carrier at the top. This is done under the inscription "Please select the drive ...».
Click on the "Format drive».
Also, quite a lot of Verbatim flash drives have an IT1167 controller or similar. If so, IT1167 MPTOOL can help you. Its use involves the following actions:
- Download the program, unzip the archive, insert your removable media and run it.
- If the device does not appear in the list of available ones, click the "F3»On the keyboard or on the corresponding inscription in the program window itself. To understand this, just look at the ports - one of them should turn blue, as shown in the photo below.
- When the device is detected and displayed in the program, click "Space", That is, a space. After that, the formatting process will begin.
If you still have any problems with it, format it with the standard Windows recovery tool. Often this tool itself cannot give the desired effect and bring the USB-drive into a working state. But if you use it in combination with MPTOOL, you can often achieve the desired effect.
- To do this, insert your drive, open "My computer"(Or its counterparts on other versions of Windows) and right-click on your disk (inserted USB flash drive).
- Among all the options, select the item "Format…».
- There are also two options available here - fast and complete. If you want to clear only the table of contents, leave a check mark next to the inscription “Fast ...”, Otherwise remove it.
- Click the "To begin».
The Windows Formatter can be used independently of all other programs in this list. Although, of course, all these utilities, in theory, should be much more efficient. But here it’s as lucky as anyone.
Interestingly, there is a program that is very similar in name to IT1167 MPTOOL. It is called SMI MPTool and also, in some cases, helps in working with failed Verbatim media. How to use it is described in the tutorial on recovering Silicon Power devices (method 4).
If the data on the flash drive is important to you, try using one of the file recovery programs. Then you can use one of the above utilities or the standard Windows formatter.
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Looking for how to recover data USB stick Verbatim? Verbatim flash drive performance problems or errors caused data loss? Is such data always lost forever, or are there ways that can still be restored? Repair the storage medium, correct errors leading to a malfunction, and recover the lost data yourself.
If you need to recover a hard or external drive (HDD, SSD or SSHD), memory card or USB flash drive, first of all you need to connect the device to your computer. If you want to recover data from a car recorder, phone, photo or video camera, audio player, you must remove the memory card and connect it to the stationary computer. You can try this instruction for the internal memory of devices, if after connecting you see your device in the My Computer folder as a USB flash drive.
In cases where files have been deleted from a Verbatim flash drive and it is not possible to return them using the standard means of the operating system, the most effective way would be to use Hetman Partition Recovery.
For this:
- Download the program, install and run it.
- By default, the user will be prompted to use File Recovery Wizard... Click the button "Further", the program will prompt you to select the drive from which you want to recover files.
- Double click on disk and select the type of analysis. Please indicate "Complete analysis" and wait for the disk scan process to complete.
- After the scanning process is finished, you will be presented with files for recovery. Highlight the ones you want and press the button "Restore".
- Choose one of the suggested ways to save files. Do not save the recovered files to the disk from which these files were deleted - they can be overwritten.
