This is a problem which very commonly happens in public PCs or any PC that got a busy "flash disk traffic" : Files and folders inside the flash disk suddenly disappear out of nowhere BUT you know that actually they are still there (check the space usage by right click-properties-ing the disk drive).
There are several options you could try :
Option 1 Scan your disk using antivirus.
In several cases it might work.
Option 2 Activating "show hidden files" option.
In Windows 8 and above:
a. Open your disk
b. Go to tab "View", it is on "Show/Hide" sub-tab.
(Check the pics below)
In my personal experiences, option 1 and option 2 rarely success.
Our important files and folders remain hidden by the autorun worm (yes, this all problems caused by a worm).
Then so please welcome my mainstay, favorite, simple troubleshooter:
Option 3 Using Command Prompt
1.
Open Command Prompt (CMD)
Simple steps : Click "Windows" - type "CMD" - hit enter
or "Run" - "CMD" - enter
Make sure you run the CMD as administrator.
2.
Navigate to your flash disk's drive by typing <drive location>:
and enter
example
e:
3.
Type :
attrib -s -h -r /s /d *.*
enter
And.... voila!
Enjoy your recovered disk
(~‾ ▽‾)~ ♡
That's all. Hope it's useful for you.
Thanks for reading and please kindly notify me if this tutorial needs to be updated or you have another alternative solution.
Btw it's been two years since my last update.
Two years, man.
See you on the next post!
Extra :
attrib : attribute
- : remove
/ : permits
s : system
h : hidden
r : read-only
/s : subdirectory
/d : directory
*.* : the wild card for all files
There are several options you could try :
Option 1 Scan your disk using antivirus.
In several cases it might work.
Option 2 Activating "show hidden files" option.
In Windows 8 and above:
a. Open your disk
b. Go to tab "View", it is on "Show/Hide" sub-tab.
(Check the pics below)
In my personal experiences, option 1 and option 2 rarely success.
Our important files and folders remain hidden by the autorun worm (yes, this all problems caused by a worm).
Then so please welcome my mainstay, favorite, simple troubleshooter:
Option 3 Using Command Prompt
1.
Open Command Prompt (CMD)
Simple steps : Click "Windows" - type "CMD" - hit enter
or "Run" - "CMD" - enter
Make sure you run the CMD as administrator.
2.
Navigate to your flash disk's drive by typing <drive location>:
and enter
example
e:
3.
Type :
attrib -s -h -r /s /d *.*
enter
And.... voila!
Enjoy your recovered disk
(~‾ ▽‾)~ ♡
That's all. Hope it's useful for you.
Thanks for reading and please kindly notify me if this tutorial needs to be updated or you have another alternative solution.
Btw it's been two years since my last update.
Two years, man.
See you on the next post!
Extra :
attrib : attribute
- : remove
/ : permits
s : system
h : hidden
r : read-only
/s : subdirectory
/d : directory
*.* : the wild card for all files
