Unable to view folder on my USB Drive

[sushantvirdi]

I am facing a wierd problem. I had one old usb drive with data which I need to use now. So i connected the pendrive and it show that 1GB space has been used out of 4GB. Upon opening the pendrive it shows empty. I even tried all the DOS commands to view the directories but DOS shows shows 2 directories with Names as [.] and [..] I am unable to browse them also. NOD 32 also does not show anything upon scanning. I have tried all the commands available over the net to view hidden files and folders but nothing has worked. Please someone help me. The data is very imp to me. I am attaching the screenshots.

*i.imgur.com/egG5BnV.png
*i.imgur.com/mucPJG4.png

Please help me...

 

[velociraptor]

u should try opening it up by linux ..means if u can ..it may work btw how old was that usb and was kept unused???

 

[sushantvirdi]

I dont have access to linux. the usb was kept for just a week. There are no problems in it as far as I think,

 

[harshilsharma63]

Scan it with Norton Power Eraser in safe mode. The name of the folder in which your files are is probably NULL.

 

[Zangetsu]

u can try FileSee to check the contents

 

[meetdilip]

Opening with Linux Live CD is a good idea.

 

[topgear]

^ +1 to that idea .. also OP should scan his PD for any kind of file system/bad sector related errors and make sure his pc his free from any kind of malware/virus infection.

 

[abhinav_sinha]

Since you are using windows. go to organize>>folder and search option>>view>>uncheck hide extension of known file types>>uncheck hide protected system files>>ok. this will show all sort of folders and files. I don't know if this will work but i have seen certain viruses change files and folders change into system file as system files are generally hidden in windows and seeing that you don't have access to linux you can give this a try.
you may also try to recover using recovery software since files are present on the device.

 

[topgear]

@OP - use this command from an elevated command prompt window :

attrib -h -r -s /s /d J:\*.*

 

[Devenderthakur]

it is definetely being infected by a virus get your pendrive scanned by a good antivirus you can download a 30 day trial version of quick heal total security it is the best one.

this process can not bring your folders backup but after scan you can be sure that you don't have any infection of virus .

after the above steps scan your usb by some data recovery tools like active file recovery, icare data recovery and many more lots of are available ................... it will definetly search for all the hidden files and folders save them at some other place at your hdd

do reply you you find it heplful

enjoy

 

[Zangetsu]

@Devenderthakur: Don't post links to cracked software & p2p downloads..edit your post

 

[topgear]

@ Devenderthakur - welcome to TDF! and if you are suggesting OP to use some paid app better mention it's developer's website instead of suggesting him to get it from some questionable 3rd party source .