Steps to Recover Deleted, Formatted and Corrupted Data from Pen Drive

STEP 1

Go to Start menu » Programs » SysTools Pen Drive Recovery » SysTools Pen Drive Recovery. The software will display a screen for "Check for Prerequisites".

If you are using Windows 10/8.1/7, then please launch tool as "Run as Administrator".

STEP 2

After installing software the home will appear with list of all attached pen drive and memory cards.

STEP 3

Software contains a Refresh View option, which enable you to view newly attached Pen Drive/ Memory Card without closing the application.

STEP 4

Select the device from the list and view the basic details into right panel of software.

STEP 5

Now the software will provide you two options to scan your drive i.e. Scan and Formatted Scan.

Scan: - Select Scan for Deleted and corrupted data recovery.
Formatted Scan: - Select Formatted Scan for formatted data recovery.

STEP 6

Here the software will start scanning and show you the reading percentage. Simply wait till it turns to 100%. Best thing about this software it supports multiple language. you can change your language after clicking the drop down link

STEP 7

Now the software will list all recovered folder into the left panel of software and highlight the folders which contains data. Simply Explore the folder and view complete data into right panel of software.

Note: - The software will highlight the permanently deleted data by red colour. So, it becomes quite easy to identify the permanently deleted files and folders.

Double hit on particular file after that tool will provide Save and Preview option.

Then, you can preview the file properties in the tool panel.

Now preview the image in the application panel.

Also preview the hex value in the pen drive recovery software panel.

STEP 8

Here you have two option to save the recovered data i.e. Either Save Selected Data or Complete Recovered data.

For Selected Data: - If you want to save some selected file then simply check the files from right side panel and righit click on selected file and hit on the Save option.
For Complete Data: - Select the root folder from left panel and hit on Save button from menu bar.

STEP 9

Provide the location to save the resultant file. You can also create new folder by hitting on Create New Folder button and click on OK.

Please DO NOT select destination drive/folder as the source Pen Drive (from which you are recovering data).

STEP 10

View Export progress report and wait till it completes to 100%. If you want to stop the export process then hit on Stop.

STEP 11

After completion of export process the software will notify you by pop-up messages Export Completed Successfully. Simply hit on OK and proceed to view recovered data.