USB Stick Error: You Need to Format Disk in Drive before You Can Use It

Users That Encounter with USB Stick Error

User1: I can’t access the files on my 16GB HP USB stick since when I insert the stick into a USB port of my computer, windows says you need to format the disk in drive before you can use it. If I select "yes", will I lose all my files on my USB stick? If I click no", how can I access the stick to see all the files? I have more than 3 years of valuable files on the USB stick. Can somebody show me how to restore the files?

Error Message on USB Stick: The File or Directory Is Corrupted and Unreadable

Error Message: The File or Directory Is Corrupted and Unreadable

The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable is a common error message that you may encounter on a USB stick, external hard drive, pen drive, and more other storage media. The causes for this error are various, but the most common reason may be that you remove the storage media unsafely from your computer during the data transferring process. Below are some real cases on the data loss due to such kind of error message.