Flash Drive File Recovery

It is possible to recover deleted files from a flash drive.

Most people have accidentally deleted a file from their computer. If you mistakenly delete a file from a universal serial bus (USB) flash drive, however, you're in luck. Several utilities are available for recovering deleted files from flash drives.

Piriform Recuva

Recuva is a free file recovery application for PCs from Piriform, makers of CCleaner and Defraggler. Recuva can recover deleted files from hard drives, USB flash drives or any other rewriteable media. Simply insert your flash drive into your computer and scan the assigned drive with Recuva.

Data Recovery Wizard

Data Recovery Wizard for PCs is manufactured by EASEUS. The program can recover deleted files from hard drives, USB flash drives, memory cards and secure digital (SD) cards. The demo version of the program can recover one deleted item for free; the fully functional version costs $69.95 as of November 2010.

Boomerang Data Recovery

Boomerang is a shareware data recovery tool for Macintosh computers. Boomerang can recover deleted files from any USB flash drive connected to a Mac. The program is available to try for free; a full license of the home version can be purchased for $99 as of November 2010.

References

• Piriform: Recuva - Features
• EASUS: Data Recovery Software - Data Recovery Wizard V5.0.1
• Boomerang DRS: Home