Since I have always found CCleaner a valuable utility to remove unwanted components from my computers, including ‘windows registry entries’ left behind after Windows has removed a program, I thought I would give their data recovery software a thorough workout with this corrupted flash drive. I have used various data recovery programs in the past, but this time I decided to attempt to recover the 128 GB flash drive using a program called Recuva (which is pronounced 'recover') from a company called Piriform which also makes CCleaner.

Then I plugged it into a different computer but still got the same message obviously I had a major problem since I knew the drive contained a number of files I had intended to access. I plugged it into another USB hub, but I got the same message. I immediately answered no, and then ejected the drive.

So what do you do when you have a hard-drive fail, or you find one of your flash drives is corrupted?Ībout a week ago I plugged a flash drive into a client’s computer, and in a minute or so, instead of Windows popping up the typical window in which it recognized the drive and prompted you to open it, Windows displayed a message saying that it couldn’t recognize the drive and asking if I wanted to format it.

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