SanDisk Cruzer USB Flash Drive Format Recovery

Need to Recover Data after Formatting Your Flash Drive?

Situation1: My 2GB SanDisk Crzer USB flash drive has been full, so I decided to format the flash drive to save more data before. The first thing I did is to transfer all important data to my computer hard drive from this flash drive. Then I formatted the flash drive but the terrible problem happens. When I just selected the Format option to format the flash drive, I realized that I forget transferring an important folder which contains many important pictures. Now my flash drive is empty, do I still have chance to get back the pictures?

What Should You Do to Restore Data If Flash Drive Is Not Detected by Computer?

Cases about USB Flash Drive Not Detected Problem

Case1: My flash drive is not detected by computer laptop. When I plugged it into my laptop, the flash drive is not showing up on My Computer. There is no any sign of detections that I can find on my computer. I also tried it with other computer, but there is no help. Please tell me how can I solve this problem? The flash drive contains much important data.

USB Drive Data Recovery - How to Recover Data from USB Flash Drive

How Could You Retrieve Files from USB Flash Drive

USB flash drive is often used as a media which makes it easy to transfer and store different types of files. No matter you are using a SanDisk flash drive, Kingston flash drive, Toshiba flash drive, Samsung flash drive, Western Digital flash drive, Sony flash drive or any other types of USB flash drives; you should always face a problem – data loss from USB flash drive.
First thing you need to do when you face such a problem – stop using the USB flash drive.
If data has been overwritten by new data, they will go forever and you will never have a chance to get them back. As long as the data is not overwritten, you can retrieve them by using USB recovery software.

Convert Flash Drive from RAW to FAT32 – Recover Data from RAW Flash Drive

Can’t Format Flash Drive from RAW to FAT32

I have a 2GB flash drive. The file type of this flash has been changed to RAW and the capacity of this drive only shows 8MB. Meanwhile the USB flash drive shows not formatted error. I have tried to format it but I failed. It said there are bad sectors on my drive. Please help me! How can I repair the bad sector on my flash drive and format the RAW drive to FAT32? 

The simplest way to format the flash drive is to format it on My Computer. If you this method doesn’t help, you can follow this article and I will introduce other methods to help convert RAW to FAT32. Now I would like to share some information on data recovery before converting RAW drive because data inside RAW drive may get lost forever if you lose the best chance.

USB Flash Drive Not Recognized – Recover Files When USB Flash Drive Can’t Be Recognized

USB Flash Drive Can’t Be Recognized by Any Computer

 I have a SanDisk 2GB USB flash drive that contains all of my important files including my work documents, some self-made AVI videos, and many family photos. When I plug the flash drive to my computer, it says "Not Recognized". By the way, my computer is a Core i5 machine with 2GB of RAM running Windows XP. I have also tried with another computer which is running Windows7 but still can’t recognize it. I will appreciate it very much if anybody can help me fix the not recognized error with its data back.