Hard Disk Recovery

Symptoms

When try to transfer data on from USB hard drive to computer, I receive the following error:
“USB Device not recognized: One of the devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned and windows does not recognize it…..” (as shown below)

Cause

Here, to successfully fix this problem and access data stored on the USB drive, I Google “USB drive not recognized” to find more useful information.

Now, we can see the USB drive not recognized problem is a hot topic of concern to everyone. And, before fixing this problem, you should know why this happens.

In general, this issue can be caused by many reasons, including:
the USB drive is physically damaged
USB drive is not installed correctly
Virus attacked the USB drive
Your PC motherboard may need updated drivers
…..

How to Solve –USB Drive Is Not Recognized

USB hard drive data recovery
Here, before fixing the USB drive not recognized error, you had better transfer its data out at first. Otherwise, the original data stored on the USB drive might be lost or overwritten, and there is no way to recover them.

MiniTool Power Data Recovery, a piece of professional, green and free data recovery software developed by MiniTool Solution Ltd., is recommended here. With it, you can safely, quickly recover data that have been lost in a variety of ways.

The above window is the main interface of this professional freeware. 5 different data recovery modules are listed here, and you can select a suitable one according to actual needs to recover lost data. For instance:
Lost Partition Recovery: recover data after partition loss or deletion.
Damaged Partition Recovery: recover data from formatted, RAW, damaged partition.
Now, you can try the 2 methods to recover data from USB drive not recognized. No matter which one you choses, you will be given detailed operating prompts. Just do as told.

Note: Watch following video to know more information about damaged partiiton recovery.

Fix the USB drive not recognized issue

After transferring data from not recognized USB drive, you should fix this error.
Click “Error: ‘USB Device not recognized’ when you try to access a USB external hard drive.” to know more solutions to resolve this issue.