Files Keep disappearing after moving them on new USB Pen drives

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  • ClintBX
    PCHF Member
    • Mar 2017
    • 20

    #1

    Files Keep disappearing after moving them on new USB Pen drives

    Hi PCHFMs,

    I’m in the process of transferring a lot of files from my old laptop to my new one and to do so, I’m using some pretty large capacity USB pen drives. Their 64GBs each.

    The problem is that after multiple attempts, they keep doing vanishing acts.

    I’ve tried moving many files and pasted others and it all seemed okay. I even played some of the videos I put in there. But after removing the USB, (that’s after clicking the “Eject UDisk”) and plugging it back in, those very files are gone.

    At least, they’re not visible. I think that I’m still losing space on the USB drive. I’ve tried several cmd codes to solve this. None of them work.

    Please help me guys. I want to set up my new laptop and be able to function again. And I would love to recover the files I lost. I have some important stuff I need for an upcoming project.

    Clinton
  • ClintBX
    PCHF Member
    • Mar 2017
    • 20

    #2
    I’ve also scanned them using both, the windows scanner and my panda anti-virus scanner. It says “No threats detected”

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    • ClintBX
      PCHF Member
      • Mar 2017
      • 20

      #3
      I just tried to use windows repair drive function and says something went wrong and couldn’t do it.

      Please help!

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      • veeg
        PCHF Director
        • Jul 2016
        • 8978

        #4
        Hello

        Hopefully some of our members will chime in soon.

        @phillpower2 @georgeks

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        • ClintBX
          PCHF Member
          • Mar 2017
          • 20

          #5
          I think I just made things worse. I just tried some commands that involved the a word “clean” and now both my usb drives won’t open.
          I click them and they say, “insert usb drive D” our something like that.
          Is this bad? Did I just kill my pen drives?

          I think I saw an option to format them but it says it has to delete everything on it. I want to retrieve the data badly. Please help guys.

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          • Malnutrition
            PCHF Moderator
            • Jul 2016
            • 7041

            #6
            Lets clean up all the old drivers related to your USB devices.

            [ul]
            [li]Remove All usb connected items from the computer, only leave the mouse and keyboard installed. [/li][li]Download drivecleanup.zip to your desktop.[/li][li]CLICK HERE to determine whether you’re running 32-bit or 64-bit for Windows.[/li][li]Once the determination has been made, open either the 32-bit or 64-bit folder.[/li][li]Right Click the .exe on the inside of the folder, and Run as Administrator. [/li][li]A command prompt window will open, telling you what has been removed upon completion.[/li][li]Reboot your machine.[/li][li]Check the issue.[/li][/ul]

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            • ClintBX
              PCHF Member
              • Mar 2017
              • 20

              #7
              Ok, here’s what its telling me.
              Removed 8 usb devices
              Removed 0 USB hubs
              Removed 5 disk devices
              Removed 1 CDROM devices (??that’s weird. I don’t even have a CD drive nor have I ever plugged one in)
              Removed 0 floppy devices
              Removed 8 storage volumes
              Removed 0 WPD devices (for a second there, thought I read WMDs…)
              Removed 124 items from registry

              I’m about to reboot. Hope this works.

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              • ClintBX
                PCHF Member
                • Mar 2017
                • 20

                #8
                Ok. I’ve rebooted and allowed Windows to reinstall usb devices.
                But I still get, “phase insert a disk into removable disk (D/E.”

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                • ClintBX
                  PCHF Member
                  • Mar 2017
                  • 20

                  #9
                  That’s (D/E: )… not smiley face.

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                  • ClintBX
                    PCHF Member
                    • Mar 2017
                    • 20

                    #10
                    I just tried changing the drive names to X: and Y:
                    No change to the problem.

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                    • ClintBX
                      PCHF Member
                      • Mar 2017
                      • 20

                      #11
                      Okay, I manage to format my usb drives by going to disk management and right clicking something and selecting the first option. I had to choose from either exFAT or NTFS. I went with exFAT.
                      Lost all the data but I can use them again.
                      For some reason, there’s only 58.59GB of total space. They’re supposed to be 64 GB. I can’t remember if they came like that or not.
                      The good news is that it turns out I only copied the videos. I found them in my video folder during petty and another important folder was thankfully moved into my onedrive.
                      But, I would like to know how to recover that data for future reference. Or is it too far gone in this case?

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                      • Malnutrition
                        PCHF Moderator
                        • Jul 2016
                        • 7041

                        #12
                        Originally posted by ClintBX
                        But, I would like to know how to recover that data for future reference. Or is it too far gone in this case?
                        Since you did format, then there is no way to recover…

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                        • system
                          PCHF Owner
                          • Jan 2015
                          • 7634

                          #13
                          If you have done quick format and haven’t use the drive then you may recover some of your personal files with Recuva program.

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                          • veeg
                            PCHF Director
                            • Jul 2016
                            • 8978

                            #14
                            Any updates for us?

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                            • veeg
                              PCHF Director
                              • Jul 2016
                              • 8978

                              #15
                              Any updates for us? After 48 hrs this thread will be closed.

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