Nowadays, USB flash drives have become primary portable storage device for storing data. Because, USB drives provide larger storage capacities and they are more convenient to carry. USB drives are also referred as jump drives, key chain drives, thumb drives, pen drives etc. Storage capacity of USB drive is ranging from 16MB to 256GB whereas data transfer speed of USB drive is up to 35MBps. A USB drive can be plugged directly to your computer using built-in connectors. When you connect your USB drive to compute, it automatically detects your USB drive and displays AutoPlay windows to quickly access the files. Now, a special type of USB drives are available, which are called as U3 smart drive. U3smart drive provides more convenience than USB drives because, they contain pre-installed software which is accessed through Windows type interface. USB drives are used for sharing or transferring the files from one system to other system. USB drives are also used for maintaining backup of your important files. You can store audio files, video files, image files and all other types of file. There are some possible risks associated with using USB drives, like malware, spyware or virus attack. Virus attack is the most common risk associated with USB flash drive, which may corrupt USB drives. Sometimes, your memorable photos that are stored on USB drives may get lost due to virus attack resulting in photo loss. To retrieve photos from corrupted USB drive, you need to use relevant recovery tool.
USB drives are more often connected to different computers to transfer photos, which may increase the chances of photo loss due to virus attack. Generally, virus is hidden in Autorun of a USB drive. Windows OS uses Autorun to open, explore or copy the data of a USB drive to your computer. If you have enabled Autorun option, then your OS read the USB drive automatically and may infect your computer with the virus. Sometimes, USB drive corruption also results in photo loss. If you remove your USB drive accidentally from the USB port while transferring photos then, you may end up losing important photos. In few cases, if you remove your USB drive abruptly from USB port then also it gets corrupted resulting in photo loss. Because, even when you have closed all the files on the USB drive, sometimes, it is possible that your USB drive is still accessed by your computer without any visible indication.
Therefore, always try to eject your USB drive by selecting “Safely Remove Hardware” from the system tray of your computer. Disable Autorun option to avoid virus attack problems. Try to take backup of important photos. If you have lost the photos and don’t have backup of those photos then don’t worry because, you can use efficient recovery tool to recover lost photos from USB drive.
Remo Recover (Windows) Media Edition is relevant recovery software that helps you to recover lost photos from corrupted USB drives. This software is able to recognize and recover different file formats based on their unique signature. This software also has an ability to recover deleted or lost digital RAW photo files. You can download free demo version to preview lost or deleted photos from your USB drive.