How do you fix repair corrupted USB drive and recover data?

For Windows users:

  1. Right-click Start icon.
  2. Select Disk Management and click on it.
  3. Right-click the corrupted USB drive and choose “Change Drive Letter and Paths…”
  4. Click on the drive letter and click Change button.
  5. Choose a different letter from the drop-down list and click OK.
  6. Done.

How can I fix my USB storage?

Using Windows Explorer to check and repair the disk

  1. Plug the USB stick into your computer and open Windows Explorer. Click This PC and right-click on the drive you want to fix, and then select Properties.
  2. Click the Tools tab.
  3. Click Repair drive to fix the problem and let the process continue until it’s completed.

How do I run chkdsk on a USB repair?

Steps are:

  1. Connect your Drive with System.
  2. Under search bar, type cmd.
  3. Hit Enter.
  4. Right-click cmd. Exe.
  5. Type in either “chkdsk /X /f USB drive letter:” or “chkdsk USB drive letter: /f ” to repair damaged the drive.
  6. At the end, a message: Windows has made corrections to the file system will pop-up.

What is difference between chkdsk and sfc?

SFC checks for missing important files of your Windows operating system and restores them from the cache. CHKDSK scans your drive to find bad sectors and tries to fix errors in the file system.

Should I use chkdsk F or R?

Use the /r parameter to find physical disk errors in the file system and attempt to recover data from any affected disk sectors. If you specify the /f parameter, chkdsk displays an error message if there are open files on the disk.

Should I run chkdsk or SFC first?

To check and fix hard disk errors or explore bad sectors on the disk, you should run CHKDSK. To detect, repair and restore corrupt system files, you should run SFC Scannow command.