USB recovery help!

owen_rowland

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Oct 3, 2016
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Hi,
I was wondering if there was a way to recover data from a USB flash drive that had been formatted to store a version of Windows 10 on.
Thanks
 
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Welcome to Tom's Hardware, @Owen!

Unfortunately, if you have already stored new data onto the formatted USB drive, you most probably won't be able to retrieve the files that have been previously stored on it. 🙁 You can still try some sort of third-party data recovery tool at your own risk, but it's highly unlikely to be successful.
Always remember to back up your files to several storage locations! This is how you will be able to avoid such unpleasant data-loss headaches in the future.

Good luck!
SuperSoph_WD
Welcome to Tom's Hardware, @Owen!

Unfortunately, if you have already stored new data onto the formatted USB drive, you most probably won't be able to retrieve the files that have been previously stored on it. 🙁 You can still try some sort of third-party data recovery tool at your own risk, but it's highly unlikely to be successful.
Always remember to back up your files to several storage locations! This is how you will be able to avoid such unpleasant data-loss headaches in the future.

Good luck!
SuperSoph_WD
 
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