Recovery Kingston

Due to its compactness and reliability, the flash drive is today the most common device for storing and carrying information. Especially popular are flash drives from America's famous brand Kingston. It happens that the storage device is out of order - and then you need to restore the flash drive Kingston.

Possible malfunctions

There are two types of failures of flash drives: physical and logical. Physical refers to electrical damage associated with unstable power, overheating, moisture ingress, impacts, falls, loosening of connectors. All these problems are often due to careless handling of the USB flash drive. Possible malfunctions: wear or memory malfunction, damage to the controller and crystal resonator.

Logical problems occur when the physical elements of the flash drive are in good repair, but the file system is broken. In this case, the operating system finds the device, but the information on it may be absent. In addition, there are difficulties with formatting, deleting or copying files.

Recovery Kingston flash drive is required for accidental deletion of data and system errors. Often the incorrect operation of the flash drive is due to a malfunction of the microcontroller, whose drivers are damaged by malware.

Recovery flash drive

In many cases, the restoration of information is very real. It is not possible to recover data only if the memory chip fails.

So, how to restore the flash drive?

Mechanical and electrical damage is eliminated by repairing or replacing parts of the device.

If the Kingston flash drive is physically damaged, in many cases it will not be possible to restore the device itself, and it makes no sense, since it is easier to buy a new one. However, if the memory chip is not damaged, then the information can be restored. To do this, the memory chips are transferred to a special device, called a programmer, which allows you to create an image of a damaged USB flash drive on the hard drive, from which information is read.

If the files were mistakenly deleted from the external media, then the recovery of the Kingston flash drive is possible with the help of special programs. Flash Recovery Free is designed to recover text files, videos, music, photos. The program is easy to find on the Internet, and then download and install on your computer. After installation, you need to insert the flash device into the USB connector and launch Flash Recovery. In the window that opens, find the USB flash drive you want to restore. The program will scan the drive of information and give out a list of files that can be saved. After selecting the desired files, you must specify the place where they should be saved, and start the recovery process.

If the drive is not detected by the system, changed the amount of memory or does not allow recording, then the recovery of the Kingston flash drive can be performed using Repair_v2.9.1.1, which is freely available on the network. The utility should be downloaded from the Internet and installed on a computer. You should remove all flash devices from the computer's connectors to avoid losing data on them. Insert the faulty drive into the connector, having previously overwritten all the information on it, which otherwise will be lost during the formatting process. Run the utility and wait for the data recovery process to finish.

Prevention of loss of information

In order not to resort to such an action as the recovery of Kingston flash drive, it is necessary to choose devices that are resistant to shocks, or waterproof.

When working with a USB flash drive, it is not recommended to touch it when it is inserted into the USB port. In order to avoid breakdowns, it is essential to provide the computer with uninterrupted power and grounding. Do not ignore the well-known rule for the safe extraction of a USB flash drive from a computer.