sanjoa Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 (edited) Hi, guys? How are ya? I've gotta an issue with some files in a flash drive (pendrive): it's from my mom's. She copied some files from the computer to it and went to the photocopier shop to print the documents. The thing is the computer were they plugged the pendrive gotta virus/malware in it, so the drive has been infected. I deleted viruses / malware and documents are there, but hidden and I can't make them visible again (properties are locked). Is there anyway to fix this? Some documents she does not have a backup in the computer. Thanks in advance :) Edited October 26, 2013 by sanjoa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rach Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 tool for show hidden files on USB_Drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOP-X4 Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 @ECHO OFFATTRIB -S -H -R X:\*.* /SATTRIB -S -H -R X:\** /S /DEXITCopy and save it as show_usb_contents.BAT (or with any name.BAT). This script will show all files and folder located in X:\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberboom Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Use this Batch program (made by me) : :)Fix_Hidden.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeteam Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 use a disk/data recovery software; scan the drive and you get all ur files back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geeteam Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Use a disk recovery software - scan the drive and you will get all your hidden files Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanjoa Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 Thanks you all. It tells me drive is write protected? WTF? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rach Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 http://www.nsaneforums.com/topic/191087-my-usb-flash-drive-got-corrupt-and-says-the-disk-is-write-protected/see that discussion, might be useful for you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Matt Posted October 26, 2013 Administrator Share Posted October 26, 2013 write protected, could be now the flash drive itself damaged. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanjoa Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 I don't wanna lose any file in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanjoa Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 This is what I can't change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whoopenstein Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 It looks like you need to "take ownership" of the file first. Then maybe you can change the file attributes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanjoa Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 Yes. But that didn't work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanjoa Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 I've solved it. Just did thisGo to Run then type CMD and press ENTERThen type ATTRIB -R -H -S *.* /S /D and press ENTER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whoopenstein Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I've solved it. Just did thisGo to Run then type CMD and press ENTERThen type ATTRIB -R -H -S *.* /S /D and press ENTERI'm glad to hear that.At command prompt to display help for the ATTRIB command:ATTRIB /?Displays or changes file attributes.ATTRIB [+R | -R] [+A | -A ] [+S | -S] [+H | -H] [+I | -I] [drive:][path][filename] [/s [/D] [/L]] + Sets an attribute. - Clears an attribute. R Read-only file attribute. A Archive file attribute. S System file attribute. H Hidden file attribute. I Not content indexed file attribute. [drive:][path][filename] Specifies a file or files for attrib to process. /S Processes matching files in the current folder and all subfolders. /D Processes folders as well. /L Work on the attributes of the Symbolic Link versus the target of the Symbolic Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanjoa Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 The thing is, I think the drive is broken. I can't reformat it. It says Windows cannot format it. Using HP USB Disk Storage Format tool did not work too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whoopenstein Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I've solved it. Just did thisGo to Run then type CMD and press ENTERThen type ATTRIB -R -H -S *.* /S /D and press ENTERI'm glad to hear that.At command prompt to display help for the ATTRIB command:ATTRIB /?Displays or changes file attributes.ATTRIB [+R | -R] [+A | -A ] [+S | -S] [+H | -H] [+I | -I] [drive:][path][filename] [/s [/D] [/L]] + Sets an attribute. - Clears an attribute. R Read-only file attribute. A Archive file attribute. S System file attribute. H Hidden file attribute. I Not content indexed file attribute. [drive:][path][filename] Specifies a file or files for attrib to process. /S Processes matching files in the current folder and all subfolders. /D Processes folders as well. /L Work on the attributes of the Symbolic Link versus the target of the Symbolic LinkSo basically the command you used cleared the attributes of Read Only, Hidden, and System but also processed all files in sub-folders. It would be safer to do it without the /S /D at the end. I believe the System attribute is what the problem was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Matt Posted October 26, 2013 Administrator Share Posted October 26, 2013 as I said it's damaged but did you get your files ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanjoa Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 I did recover the files using that attribute change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAslan Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 You can try Formatter created by Apacer, it fixed my broken usb stick in the past.http://eu.apacer.com/support/download/result/3,8,0, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whoopenstein Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 The thing is, I think the drive is broken. I can't reformat it. It says Windows cannot format it. Using HP USB Disk Storage Format tool did not work tooI think you might need to delete the partition of the flash drivehttp://nlb-creations.com/2013/01/17/removing-partitions-from-a-usb-thumb-drive/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanjoa Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 @TheAsian that didn't work. But thanks for the effort@Whoopenstein that didn't work. It seems drive is broken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAslan Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 You can also try Active@ KillDisk, I mean that DOS edition, where you don't actually restart your computer, although you need 2nd usb stick for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stylemessiah Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 (edited) You could also try deleting the partition and recreating it using a live linux cd :)Manys the time i have fixed a windows disk issue using linux...If that doesnt work, its hosed, time to move on. Edited October 27, 2013 by stylemessiah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rach Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 If you have to format the flash drive at the end, don't forget to try HDD Mechanic for recovering your document. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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