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Comment from johar on 2011-10-08

2011-10-09T03:37:45Z

Hello Mr., I can't open my usb flash drive properly and it's icon became a trashcan. Please help.

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Comment from Mark J on 2011-10-03

2011-10-03T08:58:36Z

@Alice
If you run a file recovery program such as Recuva (
www.piriform.com/recuva ) before writing anything else to the drive, you may be able to get back deleted files. If you write anything to the drive before running Recuva the chances of overwriting the deleted file increase.

http://ask-leo.com/recuva_a_free_easy_to_use_undelete_and_file_recover_tool.html

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Comment from alice sandra on 2011-10-02

2011-10-03T04:14:50Z

i also experience this problem in which I delete a file accidentally and not stored in recycle bin because I delete it from my USB, it makes me feel frustrated because the file which I deleted is VERY very important for my final project. Part of it I blame it on myself because i keep pressing the delete button because the computer was not responding and part of it I blame it on the computer because if it was responding, I could easily know if my unwanted file is already deleted and will not keep pressing the delete button.... I hope that someday SOMEDAY people who work on computers will invent a recycle bin type that can store deleted files from USB...

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Comment from Mandy Senior on 2009-11-17

2009-11-17T10:30:12Z

The best way to remove a virus from a USB Drive is to go to Run, type cmd, select open. In the Command Window type e: amd press enter on your keyboard. Then type the following command rd /s \recyler This will delete the recycler and the virus at the same time. It also work if the system is a FAT system by changing \recycler to \recycled

That's true only if the virus is in the recycle bin on the device. If it's not, it didn't help.

17-Nov-2009

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Comment from shay on 2008-10-14

2008-10-14T19:44:57Z

the best way before u delete a file is to move it into the computer ur using to see the files and than decide if u want to delete it or not...than u can delete it from the recycle bin if u really sure u want to delete the file

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Comment from Lucille on 2008-10-02

2008-10-02T16:41:53Z

I"ve had the same problem with having deleted without doing on purpose, the way I found easy to recover was to install a PROGRAM on my pc which is called CARD RECOVERY and best of all FREE to download

Enjoy

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Comment from Howard Rubin on 2008-09-23

2008-09-23T23:06:27Z

Very important to note:
If your USB pen drive HAS a recycle bin directory you are most likely infected with a virus or trojan. A quick confirmation of this would be to insert another pen drive and see if the directory is instantly created! The directory will be hiding a trojan (if you are lucky to be able to see this hidden file) and you most likely will have a autorun.inf in the root of the drive referencing the file. The only sure way I know of cleaning this trojan / virus is to boot from a boot DVD or CD with a good AV and trojan cleaner. Check all your drives carefully and don't put your USB drives in any other machine (Pen and hard drives) till they have been cleaned.

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Comment from Kingsley on 2008-09-23

2008-09-23T17:06:24Z

I think its good to make sure that you are doing the right thing before you decide to delete in order to avoid the hassle of recovery.

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Comment from DT on 2008-09-23

2008-09-23T15:25:22Z

> My 32gig USB thumbdrive has no Recycle Bin,
> but my 250gig external USB drive does.

I bet your 32gig USB thumbdrive is FAT32.
I'll also bet your 250gig external USB drive is NTFS.

Perhaps the FAT32 vs NTFS has something to do with whether a Recycle Bin is present or not?

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Comment from RJ on 2008-09-22

2008-09-22T16:38:50Z

I think the difference between a USB "flash drive" and an external hard drive connected via USB is simply just the drivers required, and Windows picks up on this when deciding to have a Recycle Bin or not.

So I think Windows' checker is basically looking to see if the drive's memory is solid state (IE flash memory) or magnetic (IE a hard disk). A way to test this would be to try and find an ancient 4 gig hard disk and put it in a USB enclosure, to see if Windows gives it a Recycle Bin.

Though correct me if I'm wrong, but you can also force Windows to give a flash drive a recycle bin even if it doesn't give it one automatically, right?

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Comment from Kenneth Crook on 2008-09-21

2008-09-22T03:55:44Z

Thanks Leo for your response.
As always, backup, backup, backup.
Also, THINK before deleting.

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Comment from Miche on 2008-09-21

2008-09-21T22:15:40Z

thank you so much for the info on the NTFS filesystem usb drives-I got my info back! now to back up often...thank you!!!

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