“I use 16GB pen drive to carry all important data. Today as I connected this pen drive to my friend’s laptop installed with Windows XP to transfer few files, instead of copying selected files from pen drive I accidentally deleted them. I checked in Recycle Bin and found nothing. Is it possible to restore deleted files from pen drive in Windows XP? If any, then kindly suggest me proper solution.”
This might be a situation with anyone using pen drive in Windows XP. Pen drive is basically built to carryout data transfer between computers physically. Pen drive is also referred as flash drive or thumb drive and its storage capacity vary from one pen drive to another. Flash drive is compatible on various platforms like Windows, Mac, Linux, etc.
Users accidentally erase files from flash drive while using it on Windows XP and suffer data loss because deleted files from pen drive won’t get saved in Recycle Bin folder on any Windows computer. This factor is not known to many Windows XP users who face complete deletion of files that were accidentally erased from pen drive. Apart from accidental deletion, other reasons behind deletion of files from pen drive when connected to Windows XP are:
- Malware intrusion to pen drive by connecting it to infected Windows XP system or by downloading malicious files on to it can sometimes cause deletion of files from pen drive
- After connecting thumb drive to Windows XP mistakenly formatting it instead of carrying out any other task will erase all files from pen drive
- Scanning your infected pen drive on Windows XP system using irrelevant antivirus tool can sometimes delete healthy files from flash drive without any intimacy
As said before, when files from pen drive are erased on Windows XP, these files won’t enter Recycle Bin folder it bypasses Recycle Bin and gets completely erased from pen drive. Nevertheless deletion can never remove files permanently it just makes the file inaccessible by operating system. In other cases, you may encounter missing DOC file on XP computer, data turned invisible from a folder on pen drive,files disappeared after certain operation etc. where an user assumes that data is gone forever. Now, question may arise like how to recover deleted files from pen drive in Windows XP? It is very simple just employ good file restoration software to extract each and every deleted file from flash drive.
Most trusted deleted file recovery software:
According to data recovery experts, Yodot File Recovery is the appropriate tool to bring back erased files easily from pen drive on Windows XP. This program involves user friendly interface with read-only recovery modules to safely retrieve erased as well as lost files from flash drive. It can restore files like Word documents, PDFs, Excel reports, text, presentation files, archives, folders, Sticky Notes, etc. with utmost ease. It even supports to extract files from flash drive after formatting, reformatting, corruption or that shows various error messages. Apart from thumb drive, one can rescue files from external hard drive, system hard disk, SSD, memory stick and other storage devices having FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, ExFAT, ReFS and NTFS5 file systems. This advanced program can be employed not only on Windows XP but also on Windows 11, Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 and 2003 OS based computers.
Simple steps to regain erased files from pen drive in Windows XP:
- Download Yodot File Recovery software on your Windows XP computer and connect your pen drive to this system
- Install the program and run it from desktop menu
- When main screen arrives click on “Deleted File Recovery” option to restore erased files from pen drive
- Upcoming screen shows list of all drives present on system
- Choose the drive that represents victim pen drive from which files are erased
- Next proceed with scanning process that recovers all deleted files from flash drive
- Once scanning process completes view rescued files in ‘Data View’ or ‘File Type View’
- At last save all selected files to target location on Windows XP computer hard drive, but not on same pen drive from which files were rescued
Keep note of these points:
- Wisely backup necessary files from flash drive to overcome unforeseen file loss scenarios
- Before erasing any file from pen drive on Windows XP confirm whether you have selected right file
