Hard Disk Recovery

Q: I connect my USB drive to my PC (Windows 7). I can see this drive in My Computer. But, when I open this drive folder, content is not Accessible. Why my USB drive is visible but content is not? What should I do? Is it possible to get USB data back?

In general, if your USB drive doesn’t show files in PC, its content might be deleted or hidden or various invasion. Sometimes, this is because your USB drive is damaged. Now, you can try the following methods.

Method 1: Show hidden files
 Connect USB drive to PC.
 Open Control Panel, select Appearance and Personalization, and then click Show hidden files and folders in Folder Options.
 Check Show hidden files, folders, and drives, and uncheck Hide protected operating system files.

Method 2: Run CMD to show USB drive files
Open CMD.
Type attrib -h -r -s /s /d USB Drive Letter:\*.* and press Enter.
Type Exit and press Enter.

Method 3: MiniTool Power Data Recovery recover missing files from USB drive
If you cannot find your USB drive files after trying the above 2 solutions, you can try MiniTool Power Data Recovery to recover lost data.
Step 1. Launch MiniTool Power Data Recovery, and select Damaged Partition Recovery. In general, as long as the USB partition exists, and data has not been overwritten, you can recover them by using this module.

Step 2. Select the USB drive and then click Full Scan button to scan the whole device, collect and analyze every bite on the device.
Step 3. Preview files, check all need files and then click Save button to store them on a safe place.
Top recommendation: you can read our previous post “How do I Recover Data from Formatted USB Drive” to know more information about this professional data recovery software.