Mobile Drive Data Recovery

Restoring data from USB drives and memory sticks.

To prevent further accidental destruction of data, mobile storage devices should be mounted as read-only whenever possible before you attempt any recovery operations. SD cards typically have a write-protect switch, which makes it easier to protect them before attempting a recovery operation.

Windows does not have a way to manually mount their file systems as read-only. There is a Registry setting that works with Windows XP SP2 and higher; it forces all USB mass-storage devices into read-only mode.

If you're using a program that supports deep scanning at the cost of a slower recovery process, use it. The speed of this type of scan depends on your system's CPU rather than its I/O, as most of the work involves matching file signatures and checking for false positives. If you're in a hurry, run a deep scan using the fastest machine you have access to.

Free Tools

These are both good tools that can recover All file types from mobile storage devices.

• PhotoRec
• Recuva

Pay Tools

A program called "Recover My Files" comes highly recommended, but is expensive.

 

 

Related Topics: Disk Data Recovery, Data Recovery From a Failing Hard Drive, CD/DVD Scratch Repair, Mobile Drive Data Recovery