3 Ways to Recover Deleted Files from a USB Drive ✅

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In this video tutorial, we will discover the 3 simple yet effective ways to recover data from your USB flash drive. Download USB drive recovery software here: www.cleverfiles.com/download....
Disk Drill for Windows: bit.ly/3TTKMgX
Disk Drill for macOS: bit.ly/3vUbqhG
Timestamps:
CMD Method 02:08
Restore Previous Versions Feature 03:46
Recover deleted files with a Data Recovery Software 05:51
Before we start, let's take a moment to talk about the actions you should take to increase your chances of successful data recovery:
1. Stop using the flash drive immediately after discovering that your data has been lost.
2. Disconnect the flash drive from your computer and store it somewhere safe until you have time to start the data recovery process.
3. Don’t attempt to copy data from the flash drive to a different location because you would most likely only make everything worse.
Solution #1: Restore Deleted Files from USB Drive Using CMD
1. Connect the USB flash drive to your computer.
2. Open the Start menu, type "cmd", and hit Enter on your keyboard.
3. Type "chkdsk X: /f" in the Command Prompt window and hit Enter. Just make sure to replace “X” with the letter assigned to your USB flash drive.recover deleted files from flash drive without software
4. Finally, type "ATTRIB -H -R -S /S /D X:*.*" and hit the Enter key (Again, replace “X” with the drive letter of the USB drive).recover deleted files from flash drive
5. Wait for the process to be completed.
Solution #2: Use the Restore Previous Versions Feature
1. Connect the USB flash drive to your computer.
2. Open the Start menu, type "This pc", and hit Enter on your keyboard.
3. Right-click on your USB flash drive and select "Properties".
4. Go to the "Previous Versions" tab and look at the list of available recovery options.
5. Select a previous version and click "Restore".
Solution #3: Use a Data Recovery Software
Today we will be using the latest version of Disk Drill to recover data. It’s is one of the most popular and well-established data recovery software on the market.
Steps to recover deleted files from a USB flash drive:
1. Go to the following address and download Disk Drill: www.cleverfiles.com/
2. With your pen drive connected, launch Disk Drill
3. Click the "Search for lost data" button next to it.
4. Select which files you want Disk Drill to recover and click the "Recover" button.
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@cleverfiles 4 жыл бұрын

Timestamps: 02:08 CMD Method 03:46 Restore Previous Versions Feature 05:51 Data Recovery Software ✅

@zijaygal2243 4 жыл бұрын

it says "cannot open volume for direct access" what should i do ? is there anything i can recover my important files in my curropted flashdrive :(

@raheemkhan5665 3 жыл бұрын

What if you've lost more than 500mb of data? I've lost over 20GB

@cleverfiles 3 жыл бұрын

Hi there! We apologize for any confusion around that. Disk Drill Basic gives you all the functions of data protection and scanning so that you can see which files can be recovered by the premium version. Disk Drill Basic for Windows allows free recovery of 500MB of your file(s) (total size). If you're experiencing any issues with this, please email us at help@cleverfiles.com for further assistance.

@FireFoxCombos 3 жыл бұрын

i CANT INSTALL THE SOFTWARE SIR

@FireFoxCombos 3 жыл бұрын

IT HAS A FATAL ERROR

@mickpacheco3054 3 жыл бұрын

Dude, you are a life saver. I was trying to clean out a different hard drive from another computer and went in over my head. I wound up cleaning out my external HD with all my personal files and I FREAKED OUT. I'm still in the middle of getting my files back but I wanted to say you save my family history of my grand kids growing up. I'm a life time subscriber. You have no idea what you helped me recover. Mick

@cleverfiles 3 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thank you for the shout-out!

@getrazed4652 2 жыл бұрын

@@cleverfiles Can you recover from a harddrive that has been formatted?

@LuisPBE 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this, i had some very precious files on a disk drive which i thought i'd lost forever, you're first method worked. People like you who share their knowledge so freely restore my faith in the world. Thanks again.

@cleverfiles 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that

@bearada3127 3 жыл бұрын

You're such a life saver. I almost give up to restore my files, because the first and second way didn't fix my problem but on the 3rd one. It was successful.

@cleverfiles 3 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thank you for the shout-out!

@hareemraheel7445 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a million! I tried so many ways before I saw ur video. I recovered videos which were almost impossible to remake. U deserve more than just a 👍

@NEXTLEVEL-dk2eb 2 жыл бұрын

Which methode use plz tell me cmd or disk drill

@clairejones8719 3 жыл бұрын

You are a lifesaver! Thankyou so much for helping me recover my lost documents

@eyqazaque 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, this tutorial have save my life!

@ianmartin5389 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I didn't know about "History" on PC & have now enabled it (off by default). It may save me one day! Cheers.

@kerbal666 2 жыл бұрын

Does that mean if it was off my default then any lost files before it was turned on is gone forever?

@marjischmidgall6527 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, so glad I found your video. 2021 and you saved the day for me. My Thumb Drive just quit working had my accounting backup on it. Disk Dril was able to recover my data. Would have had to recreate an entire year. Thank you!!!!

@ebuengaraymarcbrianr.5414 4 жыл бұрын

u saved my life 😭 can't live without my old pics

@cleverfileshelp2132 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Marc, glad we were able to help you!

@davidgregory7345 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! I didn't know that there are free data recovery tools

@CertifiedStepper 4 жыл бұрын

it says i need a code

@sandraslife702 Жыл бұрын

I can not thank you enough for helping me. It was the first book I wrote that I lost. I was up all night trying everything to restore it. You saved my sanity, I didn't want to edit it all over again.

@cleverfiles Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@SharonCreamer671956 Жыл бұрын

So far, so good. You may have made my day much better. I'm still a little shell shocked from my deletion experience. I'll get back to you, again, in a couple of weeks.

@cleverfiles Жыл бұрын

Glad we could help!

@0s0sXD 3 жыл бұрын

This happened to my mother 10 years ago She called the IT guy and told Jim that she was copying and it all disappeared. He sat there and he said both USB drives are not working anymore, and he right click formatted them both without even asking her. Too late now. Those were all the photos of our family since marriege for the first 10 years of our lives. 4 children and parents. All gone just like that My poor mother is so traumatized she doesn't care about anything getting deleted anymore because of how valuable what was deleted was. She cried for 3 weeks then.

@smjjcollins4865 3 жыл бұрын

Just downloaded the disk drill and it's awesome watching my files come back. Thank you. I recently purchased a 2 tb USB HP from Lazada and noticed someone else had made the comment about having this issue. Looks like they were right and will try to let them know in a customer review to check out this video.

@cleverfiles 3 жыл бұрын

So sorry to hear about that. Deep Scan works by reconstructing files and can only work with certain types of files (this is a limitation of the files themselves). Unfortunately, games files are not supported at this time. You can see a full list of 350+ compatible file types here: www.cleverfiles.com/help/file-types/

@cornflakegirl1977LJ Жыл бұрын

I accidentally deleted a couple of photographs from my USB drive which I'd already wiped off my SD card in my DSLR camera. It wasn't the end of the world but I was so so disappointed. I got them back using the Windows File Recovery tool and I'm so grateful to you for the carefully written explanation with pictures. Just popping on your video to say thanks very much! My husband was well impressed and I've been able to show him how I did it too.

@cleverfiles Жыл бұрын

Happy to help! :-)

@seowlingooh5408 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the sharing, it really helps me a lot.

@chethanb20 2 жыл бұрын

Dude you saved my life!! God bless you....... yooo. I borrowed a drive from my neighbor full of images of their daughter which was the only copy they had. Somehow it got deleted. Your video not only saved my day but my friendship with them as well. Can't express how happy I am now.

@cleverfiles 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thank you for the shout-out!

@availynlybert944 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I was able to retrieve most of my documents for work. You're a life saver!

@abhijeetrawat 3 жыл бұрын

Which step is worthy to try

@jamesdelacruz7658 3 жыл бұрын

Can u help me pls.

@diegosantidrian2625 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, very useful!!

@user-qq5js7ho9i 5 ай бұрын

I can't thank you enough!! I downloaded Disk Drill, and using my SD card retrieved all the pictures I thought were gone forever. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Your the best!!

@cleverfiles 5 ай бұрын

Glad I could help! 🫰

@CA-cl2ik 3 жыл бұрын

OMG i CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. All my pictures from almost 5 years got deleted and I was able to recover everything again. Thank you.

@cleverfiles 3 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thank you for the shout-out!

@Amber-we4cc 3 жыл бұрын

You mean you deleted them 5 years ago but managed to retrieve now?

@Primordilian 2 жыл бұрын

@@Amber-we4cc soooo funny and btw after 5 years of using the same PC the files are overwritten ages ago

@aron6909 3 жыл бұрын

YOU'RE A LEGENDDDD

@minimoni8607 Күн бұрын

You are a life saver, I did not even had to do the step 2, the first method recovered all of my files. Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!

@JackTheGamer3 2 жыл бұрын

First method worked!! Thanks man!! Earned a sub!

@cleverfiles 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

@shrayansagrawal7441 3 жыл бұрын

Really helped! Option 1 worked - we were quite terrified when the data got lost. I could tell it was still on the USB because the space on the drive was occupied but had no way of accessing the files. Thanks for the tip 👍🏾

@cleverfiles 3 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thank you for the shout-out!

@nadiaochikh3304 Жыл бұрын

@@cleverfiles I got this error Access denied - F:\found.000 Access denied - F:\System Volume Information, please help me, what I should do?

@josevelazquez8880 4 жыл бұрын

You are a life saver. I was so mad at myself and almost threw away the flash drive. Your tutorial save my family pictures from 2006 all the way to now 2020. I want to thank you so much !!!!!!!!

@cleverfileshelp2132 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Jose, glad we were able to help you! Thank you for letting us know.

@bookwormbon482 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@adeeperlook5866 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your direction about how to recover files. I was entirely successful with Disk Drill and I can breathe again. Much appreciation. Wishing you the best!

@cleverfiles 10 ай бұрын

Glad I could help! Same to you :-)

@Querencias7 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Saw a few of your YT vids, nice job Andy, really. Much appreciated. Have W7 & SanDisk Cruzer. 'Tried the CMD solution: 1st command worked fine ... but don't know where the results went after the 2nd command. Then tried Solution #2, unsure if my Explorer has the 'Home' tab for 'History'. Downloaded DD Basic: I mistakenly chose a Full / Deep / ARMethods scan which produced 7.5 GB. Too much, most of which is safe and sound in the USB stick as originally stored. Q: Would DD Pro allow me to "retrieve" the file names I had for folders & files? I accidentally lost only a few folders (w/their corresponding files [hundreds]). Many in the scan are now renamed. Would sure like to avoid reorganizing everything. // Thank you SO MUCH for your time, expertise & dedication! God bless. EDIT: Yikes, DD Pro is $89! Thought it was $29.

@azdica 2 жыл бұрын

You have no idea how much this helped me! Thank you

@cleverfiles 2 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

@jamjamg4898 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so so much for this video. My friend had lost all her files from the flash drive for school and using the last step was able to retrieve everything. So thank you again for this video because she would have had a panic attack if she couldn't retrieve them.

@cleverfiles 3 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thank you for the shout-out!

@22jackiejackie 3 жыл бұрын

I had finished my After Effects Portfolio and I somehow deleted the whole thing after just finishing it. I'm so grateful for this video. You have no idea. The whole project was due two hours ago but I'm glad I have it. Thank you!

@Lion-xe3jc 2 жыл бұрын

How, I couldn’t get mine back😭

@zaranimates2416 Жыл бұрын

So this method works with Adobe Files? Because I have corrupted adobe animate files that I've been trying to restore.

@midhlajali6762 3 жыл бұрын

Me After seeing this. Legends never Dies.... Thanku bro❤

@cleverfiles 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the feedback!

@tiredofthenonsense123 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, saved me, weeks and weeks of law school outlines accidentally deleted. I was able to recover all my missing files. Thank you again, saved me from a complete meltdown.

@cleverfiles Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@JeiMeraki 5 ай бұрын

I accidently deleted all my work files from my USB. My heart literally fell out of my a**. I was completely devasted after option 1 and 2 didn't work. I installed the software from the link and I got everything back!! I'm crying. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

@cleverfiles 5 ай бұрын

Happy to help! 🙌😊

@joyceparayo2254 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, does this also work for formatted usbs?

@noveliggas8390 Жыл бұрын

I wanna know too

@amoswintis3836 3 жыл бұрын

God will bless you for the good work youre doing here

@issayrullan7443 3 жыл бұрын

A big thank you!

@Versilius Жыл бұрын

Bro after I ran the CMD one it didnt do anything except it's now forcing me to format my drive saying that if I dont I cant open my drive

@jplslo8213 3 жыл бұрын

the problem is i have more than 500mb file that needs to be recoverd, is there any way to bring bigger files without paying premium

@cleverfiles 3 жыл бұрын

@saffordwhiter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you SO much for the video. You just saved three years of writing my dissertation. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

@cleverfiles 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thank you for the shout-out!

@zandrevantonder5435 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, this really really helped me recover all my files. Method 3 was the homerun for me and it felt totally safe and felt secure, and it DEFS worked. Thank you so so much

@cleverfiles 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@yeu8065 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the video! the first method really recovered my data files from my usb in no time!!!

@cleverfiles 8 ай бұрын

Great to hear!

@sleiwky4044 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I've been probing the internet for files recovery from my pendrive that suddenly turned RAW format. Nothing worked until I've seen your video! Literally the first command is all it took. Not some shady recovery websites/softwares. Kudos a thousand times to you!

@cleverfiles 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thank you for the shout-out!

@Madame686 4 жыл бұрын

step 1 chkdsk command shows windows cannot run disk checking on this volume cause it is write protected

@crazyFun129 13 күн бұрын

Yes , what did you do

@evaz1383 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much., you are the best! The fisrt method worked for me. I didn't even have to try the other ones.

@georgegray3822 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@racheldionela3340 3 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!! I ALMOST LOSE HOPE FOR RECOVERING MY FILES FOR MY STORIES. BUT ITS COMPLETELY RECOVERED NOW. THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!!

@aunimohamad8198 3 жыл бұрын

How you do it? I lost my all important doc due to virus. I dont know to do it.😭😭

@cleverfiles 3 жыл бұрын

Hi there! Every recovery case is unique and depends on thousands of parameters. Please refer to these guidelines for more information: www.cleverfiles.com/help/how-to-recover-lost-files-with-disk-drill-basic/ If you require any further assistance, please feel free to reach out to us at help@cleverfiles.com

@holy365 2 жыл бұрын

Sir, you have no idea how much this helped me. I THANK GOD FOR YOU!!!! I successfully recovered some very important documents. THANK YOU A MILLION TIMES!!!! 🤗❤🤗

@cleverfiles 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thank you for the shout-out!

@midnightrunthegrandtrip9729 3 жыл бұрын

Recovered all the lost items from step one.. Thanks

@katrinakahler667 2 жыл бұрын

OMG! you are an absolute LEGEND!!! Recovery method 3 worked for me. You're seriously a lifesaver. I wish I could hug you right now!! thank you so much!!!

@cleverfiles 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@HaynRain 4 жыл бұрын

How do we clean out the drive we just recovered from so we can use it again? Nothing was wrong with my USB drive. It was me. I was the problem. In an attempt to organize my files, I deleted all of them. 🤣😂

@cleverfileshelp2132 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, you can format the drive to use it again. Is that what you meant? Or do you want to make sure that data is properly removed for no one else to find it?

@dawgpound23 2 жыл бұрын

Andy, you're my hero today! Thanks man.

@cleverfiles 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thank you for the shout-out!

@gweniorchard2337 2 жыл бұрын

You are a life saver my friend. Disk Drill Worked perfectly for me! Also meant I actually went through my files that I didn't really need anymore. Thank you!

@cleverfiles 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thank you for the shout-out!

@gweniorchard2337 2 жыл бұрын

@@cleverfiles No worries! I’ll be keeping Disk Drill on my PC just in case! It’s a great bit of software!

@salimtayaadine4643 2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU A LOT BRO IT HELPED ME GET BACK MANY FILES I STORED IN MY USBDRIVE

@smitakamatagi90 Жыл бұрын

really option 1 worked.very big gratitude

@rainbowcloudss_ Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! This worked. I wanted to have a old certificate I had on my old USB but I couldn't get to it. Thanks to this i found it! Saved me a lot of time in the future, great work.

@cleverfiles Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@HeatherWva 2 жыл бұрын

Disk Drill worked for me. Thanks for helping!

@cleverfiles 2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@RyumonieBlackshot 3 жыл бұрын

Last step works for me :) can't thank you enough for this!

@cleverfiles 3 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thank you for the shout-out!

@mirhanan5592 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome Mqn. Thank you!

@cleverfiles 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@antonellyreyes8790 Жыл бұрын

Great help brother!

@cleverfiles Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it!

@davewettlaufer7885 Жыл бұрын

I'm trying it out now. Thank you for your time,

@hamzaabdouh4932 Жыл бұрын

thanks man, there were significant pictures of my father when he was still alive and I recovered them thanks to you.

@cleverfiles Жыл бұрын

Glad we could help!

@ItsChapaBreh Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!!! I had to go with Disk Drill!!

@felix1v4op54 Жыл бұрын

the 1st method worked like magic. thank you so much, you saved my ass

@yangwonie5389 3 жыл бұрын

thank you so much!! i was panicking because i accidentally deleted a lot of my projects and paperworks, i recovered them!

@cleverfiles 3 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thank you for the shout-out!

@manusaini13 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, I recovered all my lab data files I accidentally deleted.

@hardyboyz683 3 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for the disk drill method it worked like a charm! almost lost all my past college papers

@cleverfiles 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, Happy to hear that! Thank you for the shout-out!

@tanvirshawl Жыл бұрын

The third option solved my problem. Thanks and keep it up.

@cleverfiles Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@JoF_Havoc 2 жыл бұрын

3rd method worked for me and saved me from a lot of frustration, thank you very much!

@cleverfiles 2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@coldplay4ful 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks lot man for these solution

@cleverfiles 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to help

@mcchoyaccount 4 жыл бұрын

very nice of your video, helped a lot.

@hesterschaap7145 4 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH! I've literaly been searching on the internet since 2 days and trying different things. I was so afraid I'd lost it al! Thank you

@cleverfileshelp2132 4 жыл бұрын

Glad we were able to help you! Thank you for letting us know.

@cathenfontanilla 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! This really helped me, I lost my project and now I recovered it.

@cleverfiles 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thank you for the shout-out!

@whitewolf2767 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro for helping me

@canadapainter658 2 жыл бұрын

very helpful..thanks...to see actually what I will see on the screen...

@cleverfiles 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thank you for the shout-out!

@jaktrak98 3 жыл бұрын

Worked perfectly. Thanks!

@cleverfileshelp2132 3 жыл бұрын

Hello, thank you for letting us know and glad we could help you!

@paulthaddaeustumbaga2593 4 жыл бұрын

thank you so much man! cmd work really worked

@manushantinipillai4952 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much !!

@andic_4422 Жыл бұрын

Thank you soo much, first method helped me!!

@cleverfiles Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@Sofiane420 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, man, the first method worked.

@dainispochs7342 3 жыл бұрын

damn you saved my life right there didnt even knew people could do that thanks man that recovery tool rly helped thums up. Keep doing stuff like this

@cleverfiles 3 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thank you for the shout-out!

@juniorgonzalez4960 3 жыл бұрын

thank you so much!! got what i was looking for

@cleverfiles 3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@khardinejohnson2196 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!! I lost a batch of photos that were saved on my USB from my backpacking trip. I thought they were lost forever but I tried the first method in your video and I have them back again! I cant thank you enough!!!

@cleverfiles 2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@noormayal28 2 жыл бұрын

Sir please provide me ur activation code for once please

@jaysherif9594 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, very helpful

@wijerathne7 2 жыл бұрын

This was very helpful. Thank you mate. You are awesome.

@cleverfiles 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thank you for the shout-out!

@Nation.ZStudios 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😍😍😍I thought I had lost a whole short film ..... God bless you

@cleverfiles 2 жыл бұрын

Always welcome

@aminjan4685 Жыл бұрын

Thank you bro for the information

@cleverfiles Жыл бұрын

Always welcome!

@AndersLindroth 9 ай бұрын

Thanks! This happened to me a few days ago. When I was gonna work on some files, I noticed that my USB memory seemed to have cleansed itself of all the containing files. I panicked and started to look for solutions online and found this video. For me, it was Disk Drill that worked. Although some files were unrestorable, I managed to get some of the most important files back. Unfortunately, the second tip didn't help at all since the USB history had been inactivated all the time. From now on, I'm also gonna store files on Google Drive. That way, I have double guarantee just in case something like this would happen again.

@cleverfiles 9 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

@bramvdzanden1 3 жыл бұрын

Really helped me out! Big thanks man!!

@cleverfiles 3 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thank you for the shout-out!

@beingbr1 2 жыл бұрын

Accidently deleted footage off my camera. Tried the first and second method didn't really work out. Downloaded the data recovery software and it worked. Thank you

@cleverfiles 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that! Thank you for the shout-out!