Flash drive recovery – USB memory stick data recovery
If you have ever had a computer virus attach itself to a USB flash drive then you may be aware that this type of virus is easy to locate and pretty much impossible to remove. Flash drive viruses are designed so that when you click to delete them they are re created by an auto-run file on your computer’s registry. There is only one way to get rid of them and that is by reformatting the drive.
But if you reformat a USB flash drive you will also erase all of your files from that drive. And copying out the files may allow the virus to infect the rest of your PC. The solution for flash drive recovery is to use special type of file recovery program. You need a program that loads and runs from your computers CD/DVD drive and RAM. This means there is no direct path for files to travel into your computers hard drive and wreak havoc. Normal flash drive data recovery programs will allow infected files to move with the ones you want to save. For protected flash drive file recovery use software that isolates the problem.
