Many people have encountered U disk poisoning. There are many strange viruses in the U disk. For example, a virus can hide the folders in your U disk so that you can't find it. You think these files are somehow lost. In fact These files still exist on the U disk, but they need some special methods to recover them.
First of all, we can use a third-party anti-virus software to kill the U disk. After that, you can try to recover hidden files. Here are some recovery methods.
Method 1: Open the Explorer, select View -> Options -> Change Folder and Search Options in the menu bar, find the "View" tab in the pop-up "Folder Options" card, and set the "Hide Receiver" tab in the advanced settings. Remove the check mark in front of "Protected operating system files (recommended)", a warning prompt will pop up, click "Yes", and then click "Show hidden files, folders and drives" under the "Hidden files and folders" option in the advanced settings "Select and click OK.
After we re-visit the U disk, we can see that all the folders have been displayed, including some system files, so be careful when doing this operation, and don't damage the system files by mistake, otherwise it will appear unpredictable After retrieving the files, we will quickly change the settings back!
Method 2: Recover the files in the U disk with the help of professional data recovery software-Easeus Data Recovery. ( Click to download >> )
Step 1. Scan.
Select the partition to scan for lost data.
Step 2. Preview.
After finding the file, double-click to open the file, or right-click the file and select "Preview" to view the specific content of the file. This step is very important for judging whether the file can be recovered.
Step 3. Recovery.
Check the files that need to be restored and click the restore button.
This method we don’t have to worry about accidentally destroying system files or data in the U disk, and it is simple and easy to operate, even a computer beginner can easily complete the recovery.
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