How to Recover Files from Formatted Pen Drive

You might come across this situation that when you unplug pen drive into computer, it pops out a windows showing: “You need to format the drive before you can use it. Do you want to format it?” Or you may accidentally format pen drive and lose all files. This is really a disaster if important files are saved there. Don’t be afraid. Here are methods on how to recover files from formatted pen drive, whether it is forcible or accidental. You may try some easy and basic solutions first:
1.Reboot your computer.
2.Safely unplug pen drive and insert it to other USB port.
3.Plug pen drive to other computer.
4.Check pen drive with anti-virus software.
If these solutions don’t work, you may attempt next two methods to recover files from formatted pen drive.

Method One: Recover Formatted Files Using CMD Command
Don’t format pen drive if it asks, and check the disk using CMD command
1.Click Start menu in the left bottom of your computer.
2.Choose “Operation”. Enter “chkdsk G:/f”. (G is the name of your pen drive)
3.Press Enter and wait for the scanning results.
If it still doesn’t work out the problem, then you can only format pen drive and try method two.
Note: chkdsk G:/f is not available for RAW files. You need to check file system of pen drive in disk management first.

Method Two: Recover Files from Formatted Pen Drive with Software
RePicvid free photo recovery is one of the best file recovery software to recover formatted pen drive, including mandatory and unexpected formatting. The biggest advantage of this program is friendly user-interface, and easy to use for those without any technical knowledge. And it could restore formatted/deleted/lost pictures, videos and audio files from various storage devices, such as computer, USB flash drive, hard drive, SD card, etc. Follow next tutorial on detailed steps of pen drive recovery procedures.

Step 1. Download and Install RePicvid Free Photo Recovery
Downloading for Windows and Mac is approachable. After that, install RePicvid according to the hints.

Step 2. Start RePicvid and Select All File Types
Double click the icon of RePicvid. There are four options of recovery for choosing. Select "All File Types".

Step 3. Scan Pen Drive for Formatted Files
For fast scanning, you may choose specific format of files. Or just skip this function if you don’t know the exact format. Click “Scan” to start looking for all files in your pen drive, and keep patient cause the scanning may take some time depending on the size and condition of pen drive. Afterwards, you can select formatted files to preview.

Step 4. Recover and Save Files from Formatted Pen Drive
You could recover particular files after previewing. Then save them to desktop or a special folder. Remember not to save them to your pen drive again.