How to Recover Data from Removable Media

• Can I Recover Deleted Files from Removable Media
• Perform Removable Media Data Recovery in 3 Steps

Part 1 Can I Recover Deleted Files from Removable Media?

I have a removable usb flash drive which stores some of my photography works. Unfortunately my kid mistakenly deleted all of them. I was too busy to transfer them to my computer. Are there some solutions to recover my deleted pictures from it? Thanks.

Removable media is more and more widely used for data storage nowadays. However, data on removable media might be lost due to deletion, formatting, virus infection or even system error. When files are lost from removable media, they are not actually gone. They are marked as inaccessible data and will be waiting for new data to overwrite them. This means that you can possibly recover data from removable media as long as the data is not overwritten.

To recover data from removable media, you’d better stop using it and look for a removable media data recovery program to help you. Wondershare Data Recovery, or Wondershare Data Recovery for Mac are tools that enable you to recover data from all kinds of removable media, including external hard drive, usb drive, memory card, etc. With it, you can effortlessly retrieve files like images, videos, document files, audio files and more from your removable storage device.

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Part 2 Perform Removable Media Data Recovery in 3 Steps

We’ll perform the recovery with the Windows version of Wondershare Data Recovery. And before we get it started, please ensure that your removable media can be well-connected with your computer.

Setp 1. Select file type to start removable media data recovery

To recover deleted files from removable media, you can go to select the option "All File Types" to start perform deleted files recovery.

Setp 2. Scan your removable media to look for lost files

In this step, you just need to select your removable media and click the "Start" button to let the program scan it.

If files on your removable media were lost because of formatting, please go to deep scan if quick scan can't find your lost files.

Setp 3. Recover Files from Removable Media

After scanning, all scanned contents on your removable media will be displayed in "File View" or "Tree View" categories. You can view file names to check whether your lost data can be recovered or not. You will also be able to preview found images too.

Then you just need to select files you need and click "Recover" to save them on your computer.

Note: To prevent the recoverable files from being overwritten, please do not save them back to your removable media during the recovery.