Fixing a Corrupted and Unreadable Flash Drive If you have experienced with an issue of your flash drive corrupt or become unread by Windows, there are several ways that can we use to solve it. In this article we analyze step by step, to repair any logical fault of your USB device.
Way 1: Fix Logical Mistakes with Windows Tools
Plug in Flash Drive: Connect the not working flash drive with your computer.
Access Properties:
Now right-click on the Removable Disk icon of your Pen Drive.
Right-click and choose Properties from the menu.
Error Checking:
Navigate to the Tools tab.
Under the Error checking, section click on Check
Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors with the windows chckdsk tool
This involves relying on built-in Windows tools to detect and solve logical errors — the most common type of problem in USB drives. It is a simple process, and it can solve many of the common problems without needing proprietary software135.
Step 2: Get to Command Prompt for Advanced Repair
Open Command Prompt:
1] Press Win + R, type cmd and hit the Enter key.
Be sure to run as administrator
Run CHKDSK Command:
Begin by typing chkdsk X: /f /r/x and replace the letter “X” with your drive.
Hit Enter to run the command.
This utility checks the file system for errors and repairs any that it finds. The parameters used state that FIX would be fixing errors, BADSECTORS to recover readable data from bad sectors and FORCE unmounts the drive if necessary126.
Step 3: FORMAT THE USB DRIVE (Methods of Last Resort)
Formatting (as a last resort if none of above methods work):
BackUp Data: If any crucial files this will help us to recover the while formatting as it removes all data from drive.
Format Process:
In File Explorer, right-click on the flash drive and choose Format.
Select the file system of your choice (i.e.flash drive repair (ad) FAT32, NTFS), hit OK
Formatting Resolve issues that persist after data recovery efforts have been exhausted234
In short, repairing a corrupted USB can be done step by step from most basic error checking to more complex recovery. So what is dump repair and why does one need to perform it before data recovery process.
