Hello
So here's the thing:
Computer with Windows 10 installed.
I put all my files onto this USB key in order to reset computer and send it back to HP for a refund. The moment between ejecting this USB key and plugging it into another...you know just seconds...something happened with it.
I already tried a bunch of things I can't remember but they mostly involved : Disk management, update drive, rename drive (E to U for example), uninstall and reinstall drive?, Device manager...
Recover programs seem a no no for now as they can't access the USB, claiming there is no USB there.
Symptoms: I enter the key, it will flash, computer will sometimes tell me the key is discovered but then it cannot be found in my PC. You can see a USB drive icon in "hidden" mode. Well at first...now I also see it in normal mode but it still acts as if nothing is there. My worse guess is it's physically damaged as when I move it a bit it can disappear completely.
So ...how do I recover the files from this messed up USB key I spent months working on? Thank you!
I am also trying recover programs on the computer itself but most files are corrupt so far. ...yes I deleted the files as soon as they were on the key...yes I emptied the recycling bin...yes I hate myself.
So here's the thing:
Computer with Windows 10 installed.
I put all my files onto this USB key in order to reset computer and send it back to HP for a refund. The moment between ejecting this USB key and plugging it into another...you know just seconds...something happened with it.
I already tried a bunch of things I can't remember but they mostly involved : Disk management, update drive, rename drive (E to U for example), uninstall and reinstall drive?, Device manager...
Recover programs seem a no no for now as they can't access the USB, claiming there is no USB there.
Symptoms: I enter the key, it will flash, computer will sometimes tell me the key is discovered but then it cannot be found in my PC. You can see a USB drive icon in "hidden" mode. Well at first...now I also see it in normal mode but it still acts as if nothing is there. My worse guess is it's physically damaged as when I move it a bit it can disappear completely.
So ...how do I recover the files from this messed up USB key I spent months working on? Thank you!
I am also trying recover programs on the computer itself but most files are corrupt so far. ...yes I deleted the files as soon as they were on the key...yes I emptied the recycling bin...yes I hate myself.
