Data on my Pen Drive has become hidden and it is not showing anything?
By manncare2012
@manncare2012 (17)
India
January 1, 2013 12:08pm CST
I have lots of necessary data in my pen drive but due to some virus infection all the data and information has become hidden,actually when I check the properties it shows that 2.4 Gb is in use out of 4 Gb which means it has data's in it,but I could not find a way to retrieve those data's from my Pen drive,if anybody knows the procedure then please share,I would appreciate the help and comments on this...........
5 responses
@StLouisMetroTutoring (678)
• St. Peters, Missouri
1 Jan 13
Try the suggestions on this page: http://en.kioskea.net/forum/affich-28692-how-to-retrieve-lost-files-in-flash-drives
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@manncare2012 (17)
• India
2 Jan 13
The link you had posted did really work,I had tried several things before but all in vain,but thanks for the link,I just followed the steps and I were able to retrieve all the hidden data's from my pen drive,I also find the steps to be very simple and easy to follow,thanks for posting.........
@StLouisMetroTutoring (678)
• St. Peters, Missouri
3 Jan 13
I'm so happy you're able to get to your files! That really can be disastrous to lose an entire pen drive.
Thanks for the best response!!
@dharanil (319)
• India
2 Jan 13
It might be because of the changes in Attributes of files in your Pendrive. I suppose, virus changed attributes i.e.to Hidden(+H) and System file(+S) Attributes. You can give a try
Control Panel Folder Options View tab
1. Make mark at "show hidden files, folders and drives" and then
2. Un-tick or un-mark at "Hide protected Operating System Files".
After that, change attributes of files in your pendrive using Command Prompt.
@dollar3235 (2062)
• India
2 Jan 13
You can use this link for un-hiding the folders on your computer, once the hidden folders are visible on your computer, you can navigate to thumb drive to get the hidden data:
http://www.wikihow.com/Unhide-Folders-in-Windows-7
@manncare2012 (17)
• India
2 Jan 13
Thanks for posting,but I think not only the folders but also all the files is hidden,I already tried un-hiding it by following the steps given in the link but I just couldn't tick the hidden option,I don't know how but it has been disabled,anyway thanks for taking time to reply,actually I already found a solution which was posted by fellow mylotters.........
@sus1024 (24)
•
27 Jan 13
try to unhide the file using folder option..one suggestion Its better for you to use another pendrive to copy file from other computer (Maybe virus infected computer) because if you directly put you important pendrive on virus infected computer you may lose your file like i once did...
@alecadia (2)
• Philippines
6 Jan 13
Try this...
1. Go to command prompt
2. Go to the drive of your USB
3. Type the following : attrib -s -h /s /d *.* - this will hopefully unhide your folders and files
