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nashty -  
Hello everyone
I transferred a folder containing thousands of files to my USB stick from an infected computer, and when I opened my USB stick, I was sad to see that no files were displayed, yet the disk space on my USB stick is being used. When I use WinRAR to open my USB stick, I can normally read all the files contained in it, but I can't extract them to recover them. I'm forced to save them manually one by one. And I have about 35,000 files.

I beg you, I absolutely need your help; otherwise, my work will be lost forever.

Thank you very much
Configuration: Windows XP Internet Explorer 6.0

8 answers

  1. kdim001
    You need to access the USB drive using the command prompt. Enter the following command and press Enter: attrib -s -h -r /d /s
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    1. kari
      Thank you kdim001 for this simple yet very effective response.
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    2. wen
      I don't really understand what to do. Could you please outline all the steps in detail?
      How to get up to speed with the command prompt?
      Thank you
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    3. nico638
      Great solution! All my invisible images on my USB drive reappeared as FOUND_001. Then I copied and pasted them to the Windows photo gallery, and I found everything! Now I'm going to format my USB drive and put everything back on it. Thanks kdim001, no one shares this solution on the internet!
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    4. Hélo76
      Good evening,

      After going through an infected computer, my USB drive got infected as well and all my folders became invisible. I managed to make them reappear by going into the explorer: tools - folder options and unchecking "hide protected operating system files." The problem is that I can't maintain the visibility of the folders because they become invisible again as soon as I check "hide protected operating system files" again.

      My drive = I

      I did try (not without fear, I'm far from being an expert) to do what seems to me to be "leveling with the USB drive" in the command prompt by first entering

      I:

      then typing

      attrib -s -h -r /d /s

      but I get the following message: "'attrib -s -h -r' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file."

      Could someone tell me what I'm doing wrong and the steps to follow to make my USB drive operational again?

      Thanks in advance

      Hélo
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    5. marimba76
      Hello!
      If your problem is not resolved, here’s how to proceed with the kdim001 method.

      Start - Run; you type "cmd"
      Then when the command prompt opens: you type "E:" (or F: or I:, depending on the "name" of the drive)
      Then you enter: "attrib -s -h -r /d /s" (you need to respect the spaces between attrib and -s, between -s and -h, ...)
      Then you wait one to two minutes for the operation to complete and that's it!
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