Broken USB Stick repair - how to

The Windows built-in fail-over testing Tool could make your USB Stick with a bit of luck, fit.

• You plug in the faulty USB Stick into a free USB port.
• Open the "my computer" (Windows XP) or click on "Computer" (Windows Vista and 7).
• The connected USB Stick should be listed in the list of devices.
• Click with the right mouse button and select "properties".
• Under "properties" the tab "tools" (Windows XP) or "Tools" (Windows Vista and 7), you click (see image).
• There, the" error-checking should be listed". Click on the "check Now"button.
• You put in front of the listed options each with a check mark by clicking the check box.
• Last, click "Start" to begin the Review and the associated repair.
• The Review is completed, you could work your USB-Stick again. The Windows Tool removes all the file and sector errors it has found on the USB-Stick.

In the case of particularly serious defects or damage, you can grab then to a formatting. How to use a USB Stick to format, read this practical tip. They have, however, still important data on the Stick, you should refrain from formatting, as all files will be lost. Seek instead the specialist and to entrust him with the data recovery.

On the Internet you will find a number of providers to the rescue of her on the USB Stick stored data. Only when it is certain that the data are not lost and must be saved, costs arise for you.

• The provider dead hardrive , for example, you receive a free Review of your Sticks. So, you know, whether the data can still be saved.
• The costs are defined in a fixed price list and can be viewed on the website.
• The use of the Internet services in comparison to specialty shops is usually cheaper.