How to Recover Formatted USB Flash Drive

Formatting is magic option that may make a corrupted or malfunctioning USB flash drive work again, but sometimes it means that you need to recover files from formatted USB drive without being able to make a backup. After formatting, it is indeed possible to retrieve formatted files. All you should do is to stop using the memory stick and find a trustful recovery tool for USB flash drive.

Best File Recovery Software for Formatted USB Flash Drive

Jihosoft File Recovery can recover office documents, archive files, photos, videos, audio and more other files from USB flash drive after formatting. 

Features of Jihosoft File Recovery

* Support almost 100 types of files recovery.
* Freely scan the file types that you need to recover.
* Recover files from disk drive, USB flash stick, camera memory card and external storage card.
* Preview files before recovery.
* Recover media files to PC with good quality.

How to Recover Formatted USB Flash Drive

Step 1. Download and install Jihosoft File Recovery.

Step 2. Run the program, and then choose Recover File.

Step 3. Select the partition with hidden files, and then click Advance Scan.

Step 4. Tick the file types you need, and then click Scan Now.

Step 5. When the scanning process finishes, preview the files and find the hidden files you need.

Step 6. Select the files and click Recover button to retrieve.

Step 7. Select a location to save the files to be restored.
Step 8. Check your recovered files with Open Folder option.

Now you should know how to recover formatted USB flash drive. In case your USB flash drive not showing up on Windows due to cancelled formatting, check how to fix: USB flash drive not showing up after cancelled formatting.