How to recover a deleted file from virus infected flash drive?

Computer virus hard to prevent. It will delete our files, modify data, destroy the software system and even cause hardware failure or corruption. Once the computer got a virus, we are easy to lost data.

There are two ways to recover your files deleted by virus

1.    Use CMD command

If the flash drive is not formatted, the shortcut files must have been stored in the hardware in hidden mode. You can recover them using CMD by following these steps:

1. Click “start”, type ”cmd” in the search box.

2. click and open cmd.exe

3. Type attrib -h -r -s /s /d j:\*.* and press enter.(note: j is the flash drive)Or else, type j: and press ‘Enter’. (You will enter in to your flash drive. Now type the following attrib -h -r -s /s /d *.*

4. Then open your flash drive. You may find the shortcuts separated from the original data. Copy your data and save it to another location in your hard drive or desktop.

If you still cannot find the data you want, you can try to use data recovery software

2.    Recover deleted files by Hdata recovery software

1.    Open Hdata recovery software, you will see six modules on the interface. Choose the “universal recovery.

2.    Then it enters into scanning. If you find the files you need in scanning process, you can interrupt the scanning.

3.    As scanning ends, you can preview the scanning result so that to choose the data you need to save your recovery time.

4.    Choose a save path. Do not save it on the location you have lost data.

5.    Click next and then the data recovery end. You can find your data in your choosing path.

Although you may recover data from these methods, backup is still important. Once data loss happen, the easiest way is to recover them from backup and you will never lost any data. As the complexity of data loss causes, any data recover software cannot make sure you can get all your data back.

How to Avoid Computer Virus Infection Issues in the Future?

Even though data recovery tools really helps a lot in recovering data after virus attack, the final data recovery results are also able to be really questionable. Therefore, in addition to backup regularly, you still need to notice:

1). Use Strong Antivirus Software

As one of the most effective antivirus solutions, the strong antivirus software can not only help remove all possible viruses.

2). Use Strong Internet Firewall

　　The commonly-used antivirus software always helps find and remove the dangerous threats coming from your removable storage devices, unsafe files, folders and downloads, etc. And the internet firewall will help you block some virus attacks coming from the internet.

3). Use Safe or Familiar Files, Applications, Storage Devices

　　You are also supposed to avoid using some unsafe or unfamiliar files, applications, storage devices and computers in daily use. For example, when trying to download some files or software, remember to choose a safe or authorized site or location.