How to recover a flash drive: 3 useful life hacks

SSPDaily has prepared life hacks for recovering a flash drive. Learn about some unconventional ways to get data out of a flash drive.

An extraordinary way to clean it

You can take a pencil eraser and gently rub the metal contacts of the flash drive connector with it. This will help remove any dust or dirt that may interfere with the connection. After cleaning, you can reconnect the flash drive to your computer and check to see if the data is accessible.

Freezing method

The flash drive should be placed in a resealable plastic bag and then placed in the freezer for several hours. When exposed to the low temperature, microscopic cracks in the memory chips can shrink, allowing data to be read again.

This method is not always effective and can lead to further damage to the flash drive. Therefore, it should be considered as a last resort.

Replace the printed circuit board

If the user has two identical flash drives, but one of them is not working, then to recover data, you can try to replace the circuit board. To do this, you need to remove the board from the faulty flash drive and replace it with the board from a working drive.

Be careful when disassembling flash drives to avoid damaging any of the components. After replacing the boards, you can reconnect the flash drive to your computer and check if the data is accessible.