Retrieve deleted data from USB pen drive and memory cards

For Windows XP, Vista, 7

You have accidentally deleted files from a USB pen drive or photos from an SD card. Since there is no recycle bin there, there is simply no way to restore this data.

There is no guarantee for data restoration but it is also not impossible
that you can recover deleted files. What is of utmost importance is that after the
deletion, you should not write anything on the disk in question because that could cause the required content to be overwritten. In order to prevent this, install the free tool Recuva on your hard disk. It is available from Download from Here !.

It might be possible to recover deleted data from a
pen drive or memory card.

After a quick installation, a wizard comes up that helps you with the following steps. First select the file type such as ‘Images’ or ‘Documents’ or use the ‘Other’ option for a complete search.
Click ‘Next’ and then select the relevant memory location. Then search for a
drive or partition, select the option ‘At a specific location’ and then enter the
memory location or navigate there via ‘Browse’. You can also select ‘Recycle
Bin’ or can search the entire computer with ‘I am not sure’. Then click ‘Next’. In
the following dialog box, keep the option Activate deep scan’ deactivated since
this analysis can take very long. You quickly get a result after clicking ‘Start’.
The list shows all the deleted data and highlights files that can be restored By clicking the ‘Advanced Settings’ button, you can select every rediscovered file, see a preview of it to the right and view detailed status information in the ‘Info’ tab. In case of files marked in
red that cannot be restored, you can immediately see what they have been
overwritten with. When restoring, activate the checkbox for the required files and
then click ‘Restore’. Always select a folder on another drive as the storage location
and then click ‘OK’. 

Note: The restoration usually works for
defective or garbled files as well, but of course the result will also be garbled. In
case of a text file however, this can still be of a little help if certain parts of the
text become legible once again.

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Use any USB stick As RAM ! (Random Access Memory)

For those who aren't keen on opening up their PC to put in more memory, Windows Vista has a handy little feature called ReadyBoost that can use USB sticks for additional memory.

Unfortunately, Windows Vista doesn't take kindly to the slower sticks on the market and refuses to use them. Proving once again that we control the computer and not the other way around, here's four simple steps to get around this limitation and use any USB stick you have to increase your computers memory.


{1}Setup

First things first. Plug the device in.

Ignore AutoPlay if you have the enabled,

and go to Computer in the start menu.

When it pops up, right-click the USB stick

and select properties.

{2} Disable the stick

Click on the Readyboost tab on the properties menu and check Do not restest this device. Click okay and unplug the stick from your computer.


{3} Edit the registry!

Don't panic, it's not as frightening as it sounds.

Firstly, you need to open regedit,

by opening the start menu and typing regedit, then enter.

The registry window should load up.

Using the left-hand pane, work your way through the following folders: HKLM (Local Machine) -> SOFTWARE -> Microsoft -> Windows NT -> CurrentVersion -> EMDgmt.

You'll have a list of USB devices the computer has encountered, one of which should be your USB stick.

Click on it.

Here there's a few details you need to edit.

Double click on Device Status and change the value to 2, then select ok.

Do the same for ReadSpeedKBs and WriteSpeedKBs, changing their values to both 1000.

Exit the regedit and breathe a sigh of relief.

{4} And back in again

Now all that's left to do is put the stick back in

and once again go to the device properties

(Computer > Right-click on drive).

If you look under the Readyboost Tab,

you'll be able to now select Use this device.

Success! Now enjoy your faster PC.
ANY QUERIES ARE WELCOMED! :)

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