In general,The reason for the sudden disappearance of the files in the USB flash drive may be that the USB flash drive has been infected by a virus or tampered with by malware, resulting in the file cannot be read normally, or it is due to human error, such as accidental deletion or formatting.
When this happens, you can first check whether the files on the USB flash drive are really gone, you can plug the USB flash drive into the computer to see if there are hidden files, such as there may be hidden virus files, these files may not be displayed.
If you confirm that the file is gone, you can try the following methods to recover it:
1.Repair or format using third-party software:This method can usually recover most of the files in the USB flash drive, but for some files of specific formats, there may be situations where they cannot be fully recovered.
2.Use antivirus software for antivirus:If the virus infects the USB flash drive, you can try to use antivirus software to restore the data in the USB flash drive.
3.Reformat and use a professional data recovery tool:If the files in the USB flash drive are deleted or formatted by mistake, you can try to reformat the USB flash drive and use a professional data recovery tool to recover them, which will ensure that no more data is lost and improve the success rate of data recovery.
When doing the above operations, you need to pay attention to the following points:
1.To make sure that the files in the USB flash drive are important and must be recovered, otherwise do not attempt to restore them at will.
2.Before doing anything, be sure to make a backup of the files on the USB flash drive, just in case. If the data has been lost, you can try to recover it using data recovery software.
3.If the file cannot be read normally due to virus infection or malware tampering, you need to use antivirus software to ensure the security of the USB flash drive.
4.If the file disappears due to human error, such as accidental deletion or formatting, make sure that no new data overwrites the original data when performing the recovery operation, which will affect the recovery effect.
5.If none of the above methods can recover the files in the USB flash drive, you can try to find a professional data recovery agency for the recovery operation, but it should be noted that this method may require a certain fee.
In short, the sudden disappearance of files from USB flash drive is a common problem, and the methods to deal with it include using third-party software to repair or format, using antivirus software to eliminate virus, reformatting and using professional data recovery tools, etc. When processing, you need to pay attention to backing up data, preventing virus infection, etc., to prevent new data from overwriting the original data, so as to restore the data in the USB flash drive to the greatest extent.