The USB drives have become an important part of our work and personal life thanks to its portability, ease of use and large capacity in file storage. While USB drives are pretty reliable, there is nevertheless still a small percentage failure rate, and USB drive corruption is one of the most frequently happened issues. A USB drive can get corrupted due to varied reasons, from sudden power failure, improper operation, unplugged directly without ejecting to USB failures like file catalog corruption, etc.
Usually, you will be told to re-format that USB drive in order to make it usable again. But the cost is you’ll lose all the files stored on that USB drive. Today, we will show you how to fix corrupted USB drives without any data loss.
Disclaimer: please always make backup copy of your files before using any of advices provided here. If not sure, seek a qualified assistance before proceeding on your own!
For Windows users:
Solution 1: Check if the corrupted USB drive has a correct drive letter, if not, assign one to it.
1. Right-click Start icon.
2. Select Disk Management and click on it.
3. Right-click the corrupted USB drive and choose “Change Drive Letter and Paths…”
4. Click on the drive letter and click Change button.
5. Choose a different letter from the drop-down list and click OK.
6. Done
Solution 2: Update device drivers
It’s possible that the driver of the USB drive is out of date or corrupted itself. So updating the driver may solve this problem.
1. Right-click Start icon and choose Device Manager.
2. Click Disk drives and find the driver name of the corrupted USB.
3. Right-click on the name and choose Uninstall device.
4. Unplug the USB drive.
5. Replug the USB drive into the computer, and it will reinstall the latest driver automatically.
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