How to Restore Deleted Files on a Thumb Drive

A USB flash drive, also sometimes referred to as a thumb drive because of its size, contains several gigabytes of storage space. You store your backup files, programs and other projects on the drive. These files are accessed when you insert the USB drive into the port on your Windows laptop or desktop computer. If you accidentally delete files on your USB drive, these files are sent to the Recycle Bin. Windows does not actually delete files. Instead, it stores a copy in the Recycle Bin. You can recover your deleted USB files by restoring them from the Recycle Bin.

Instructions

    • 1

      Insert your USB drive into the port. Double-click the "Recycle Bin" icon on your desktop. This opens a list of files you have deleted on your computer.

    • 2

      Right-click a file you want to restore and select "Restore" from the pop-up window.

    • 3

      Click the "Restore all items" button at the top of the Recycle Bin if you want to restore all files in the directory. This is a good option if you have several deleted files you want to restore.

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