1. Pen Drive Showing Empty Iphone
2. Empty Pen Box

Not sure if I should post my question in superuser, but it looks like the most appropriate place among all StackExchange sites.

I have a 16GB Kingston DataTraveler USB drive. When I tried to use it this morning, it showed up nothing in there but yet its details showed that half of the capacity was in used. I tried it with OS X, Ubuntu, and Windows 7 and the results were the same. I tried to create a new folder and it worked. Apparently, the drive is working but somehow not showing my previously stored data. Note that I was still using the drive last night and there wasn't any problems.

Following @rob's suggestion,du -h gave me:

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Pen drive detected but not showing data, how to fix? 'When I insert my 64GB SanDisk USB pen drive in any computer, it is detected and shows the occupying space. But when I trying to access my data, it not showing files and folders. I have no idea about why the pen drive show empty even when data exists. I have very important data in that. I hace a flash drive that works but when i wanted to use it it said removable disk and that the folder was empty. I tried the command prompt thing but two folders named found showed up and i tried renaming the flash drive and nothing. I really need my files back!! Mu flash drive as an ADATA.

And, df -h gave me:

Confirming what I reported.

Anyone got a clue/answer to this issue? Thanks.

8 Answers

Did the files/folders get marked as hidden, or are they simply unreadable to the user accounts you're using?

On Linux, open the terminal and login as root or run sudo bash. Then cd to the USB drive (usually a subdirectory in /media/), and run the command ls -a. From that directory, also try du -h to see the sizes of the files/directories on the drive. You can also compare this to the output of df -h, which reports filesystem usage.

If you still can't see the files as root (i.e., if the number returned by du -hs isn't about the same as that from df -h), the filesystem on your USB drive is probably corrupted somehow. You can try a file recovery tool like PhotoRec or Recuva (both free programs).

In the past, I've also used RecoverMyFiles ($70) with good results. Most commercial data recovery software will let you scan a drive for free to see if any data is recoverable, then you buy a license key to activate the recovery feature.

Just be sure to restore the files onto a different drive or filesystem (like a folder on your desktop), otherwise you risk overwriting some of the data that you're trying to recover.

robrob

A few things to check

Pen Drive Showing Empty Iphone

1. Check if there are any hidden fileson the usb drive.
2. You could alsouse Disk Management to see ifthere's any issues with thepartitions.
3. You might also tryusing a program to recover lost datalike get data back.
4. The last thing I could see causing somethinglike this is flash drives are knownfor stuff like this. A little bit ofstatic, ie your pocket, could wipe adrive. Doesn't happen very often,but I've seen it.

the following should work:

1. Go to 'Tools' and click 'Folder Option'
2. Choose the View tab
3. Uncheck the 'hide protected operating system files (Recomended)'
4. Then click Ok, and then your through.

I think the virus did something weird on your folders. It converted them into system files, so the computer will recognize them as system files. Due to your default setting of hiding all protected operating system files they are hidden.

udo

First, plug in your USB memory and then follow the steps below

1. Select Start > Run
2. Enter cmd and press Return to open Terminal

3. Paste and run the following command (replace the a: with your actual USB drive letter!)

Then wait for a minute and open your USB memory in Explorer. It should show all your files and folders.

Jawa

Empty Pen Box

Are you sure it's not partitioned? Try opening examining the drive with a partition editor.Note; Windows will ingore all but the very first partition on a flash drive.

Chris NavaChris Nava

A few minutes ago I had the same problem, but I'm using Windows. 4 GB flash drive, I had about 1 GB of data, then while opening it seemed to be empty, but in properties it had 1 GB of occupied space.

What I did:

• I use ESET NOD32 Antivirus 5 and I went to Custom Scan

• It showed me a full structure of the drive. Somehow I had another drive on it:

• When I opened it it had all of my files. The access to it was by copying the path (on my screenshot it's H:/ /) but the space between // was not a space you write on spacebar, I tried many times, 1,2,3,4 spaces.

• I copied the path from Eset. Then my data appierd and I just copied it back to H:/

slhck

Go to 'Tools' and click 'Folder Option'Choose the View tabUncheck the 'hide protected operating system files (Recomended)'Then click Ok

Now You can see those files, Just delete and redo the unchecking process.

Simply 'search' for one of the files you know the name for. Then open 'file location'You should be able to find the files wherever they are

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My system has been fitted with a new hard disk. All things were fine until I inserted my pen drive. It is being recognized, but it shows as if the pend rive was empty, even the memory used and free, but I have not formatted it. Please help. I have important files on it.

1. Did you set the visibility of files in the pendrive in hidden mode?If yes then unhide it.

   Insert your pendrive and go to Tools-->Folder Options-->View under advanced settings Hidden files and folders select Show Hidden files and folders.Then click on Apply and OK.

   If the above method doesn't works then install EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard -

   and follow the steps mentioned in the link below -

   • If the files are hidden then they should occupy some space. But the pen drive empty.

     • Have you tried recovery software solution provided above?

2. well if there is nothing on it then perhaps you can use recovery software like.
   Recuva
   http://www.piriform.com/recuva

   TestDisk & PhotoRec 6.14-WIP, Data Recovery
   http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download

   • I always use recuva and it works if your files not damaged. Try deep scan for better result.

   • I am unable to copy to the drive, use recuva (An error message shows up saying the path does not exist)

     • perhaps your files are hidden to show them again
       on 'Start' -->Run-->type cmd and click on OK.
       if your USB Key as G:
       Enter this command: attrib -h -r -s /s /d g:*.*

       or
       http://www.tangosoft.co.uk/
       -- insert card into memory slot
       -- navigate to folder where software was downloaded
       -- double click on Re-enable.exe file
       -- enter password if needed
       -- once program opens, click on tools
       -- select scan and delete Auturun.inf
       -- once that is completed, click on tools again
       -- click on reset files/ folder attributes

       perhaps usb key becamed read only so
       Start > Run 'cmd'
       type--> diskpart
       type--> list volume
       type--> select volume #
       type--> attributes disk clear readonly
       type--> x:>attrib -r /s /d (X= usb key)