HDD Recovery: Flash Drives
Flash drives are small portable USB drives that are used daily to save and transfer files to other computers. Flash drives are solid-state drives and do not have any moving parts, therefore, they are less prone to physical damage. Flash drives have many different names which include: memory sticks, key-drives, pen-drives, thumb-drives and jump-drives. No matter the name, all flash drives have one thing in common, they can unexpectedly fail.
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Reasons That Flash Drives Fail
Flash drives have a limited life span. Data can only be written / read to a flash drive a thousand times and then the drive becomes more prone to corruption. Some brands of flash drives can quickly develop problems and are more prone to data corruption, or even memory failure. You can also damage the drive by improperly removing the flash drive from a computer without properly ejecting the flash drive. A unexpected power failure could also damage the drive.
If you get the flash drive wet or drop the drive, it can become damaged. If a host computer is attacked by a virus, then the data stored on the flash drive may also be damaged. The USB interface can also become compromised.
A damaged flash drive can be a serious problem, especially if you have saved an important file to a flash drive that has failed. |
Fortunately, HDD Recovery has the hardware and software to recover your files from a flash drive. If your flash drive has failed, make sure to stop using the drive. Do not plug it back into a computer, because this could further damage the drive. If you need help recovering data from your flash drive call HDD Recovery at 626-898-7111 or click here: HDD Recovery Quote.
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