How to recover hidden files from usb drive/memory card
Unhide files from usb flash drive and SD card
USB drive and memory card are often used to transfer data between different desktop computers and laptop notebooks, also for backup stroage of personal photos, videos, music files, documents such as Microsoft Word docx files, Powerpoint Presentation ppt files, Microsoft Excel files, pdf, folders, assignment or data for work, etc.
However, there are many reasons which cause files and folders on usb drive and memory card to be hidden. If the storage device doesn’t have these setting enabled or it could be due to undetected malware. Users may need to remove auto run files first and then proceed with removing the infected files using a recommended anti-malware. So your USB drive or memory card are containing data but when opening the USB/memory card, it is empty. The cause may be due to a virus that hides files. So how to restore hidden files in USB?
Method 1: The virus may hide the files and folders, so you got to unhide them.
Step 1. Run command
If you use Windows XP, yu can go to "Start" --> Run -->type 'cmd' and click OK button.
If you use Windows Vista, 7, Windows 10 or Win 8, press and hold keyboard key "Win" and the R, you will see run dialog pops, then type "cmd" and click OK button.
Step 2. In command window, enter attrib -h -r -s /s /d H:\*.* Take note that we assume the removeable drive is H:, if it's other drive letter, please change accordingly. e.g. if it's G:, then the commend will be attrib -h -r -s /s /d G:\*.* Press "Return" keyboard key to run the commend.
If virus hides the files and folder, now you should be able to see them. If not, do not worry. You can kill the virus with some good antivirus tools.
Method 2: Kill virus with anti-virus program
Asoftech Data Recovery is one of the outstanding file recovery software which will recover all your hidden files and folders from pen drive and memory card. This software not only retrieves hidden files from Pen drives and memory card from HP, SanDisk, Transcend, Kingston, Lexar, iBall, Kingston, Panasonic usb flash drive and memory card, including SD card, SDHC, SDXC, SD mini, microSD, CF card, MMC, xD picture card, etc.
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The usb drive data recovery tool can recover lost files from all usb devices on windows 10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP computer. Both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 drives are supported. USB drive data recovery program can undelete pg jpeg png gif tif tiff bmp raw image data, videos RMVB AVI MOV WMV FLV 3GP ASF MKV MPEG mpeg4 mp4 HD videos files, music files wav mp3 ac3 wma, document data Microsoft office Word 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013 doc docx files, Excel files, pdf files, Powerpoint presentation PPT files, and other files and folders from 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, 128GB, 256GB, 512GB usb flash drive and external hard disk. USB data recovery pro can also recover deleted RAW Image Formats including Nikon NEF, Canon CRW and CR2, Kodak DCR, Konica Minolta MRW, Fuji RAF, Sigma X3F, Sony SRF, Samsung DNG, Pentax PEF, Olympus ORF, Leica DNG, Panasonic RAW and more. USB recovery software free can undelete files and unformat usb thumb drive and memory card, SD card, MicroSD card, xD card, compact flash CF card, sdhc, sdxc, sd mini card, including SanDisk Extreme, SanDisk Cruzer, SDCZ36-032G-AFFP, SDCZ36-016G-AFFP, SDCZ36-064G-AFFP, Cruzer Fit CZ33, SDCZ33-032G-B35, SanDisk Connect 32GB Wireless SDWS2-032G-E57, Kingston DataTraveler G2 DT101G2/16GBZET, DT101G2/8GBZET, SE9 DTSE9H/8GBZ, DT101G2/32GBZET, DTSE9H/16GBZET, G3, Micro, HyperX Predator, R500, Locker+, Ultimate 3.0, Kingston Digital Wi-Drive, Corsair Flash Survivor, Patriot Tab, Supersonic Magnum, Verbatim TUFF-'N'-TINY USB Drive, Corsair Flash Voyager, Verbatim Store 'n' Go Pro USB Flash Drive, Lexar Jumpdrive P10, S33, S23, Patriot Supersonic Rage XT, LaCie XtremKey, LaCie Rugged Key, Super Talent Express RC8, ADATA N005 Pro, ADATA Superior Series S102 Pro, Mushkin Ventura Pro, Transcend JetFlash 760, Winten USB 3.0 Flash Drive, HP 16GB HP v165w P-FD16GHP165-GE, ASICMiner Block Erupter Sapphire Miner, Transcend JetFlash, Edge DiskGO, Imation Swivel, Sony Micro Vault, PNY Attache, Sony/Sandisk Memory Stick PRO Duo, Memory Stick Micro M2, Memory Stick XC, Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo HX, Sony Micro Valut Tiny, Click, Metal Body, Sandisk Cruzer Blade, Fit, Edge, Switch, Force, Sandisk Ultra USB flash drive, Toshiba Hayabusa.
Steps to recover hidden files from USB Flash drive and memory card
Step 1. Connect usb drive to computer. Then in Computer, you should see flash card shown as a drive letter (for example, E: ).
If you recover hidden files from memory card, connect memory card to computer with a card reader, and note down the drive letter assigned to memory card.
Step 2. Run file recovery software asoftech data recovery and then in Asoftech Data Recovery, select usb drive or memory card, then press "Next" to start scanning for lost files.
Step 3. Recoverable files will be shown in result page. Select those you want to recover, and press "Recover" button to save the files.
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