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There is a strange malware/virus at the PCs at my university library, which cause the data on a USB drive to vanish apparently. Whenever I plug a USB in those PCs and then open it at my home, even after scanning and removing viruses with updated NOD32 in my PC, all pre-existing data in the USB is invisible.

When I check the space occupied by data, it is still as much as it was before, which means the data is still there. Note that I know the option to show hidden files and folders, but this data is still invisible and I am very frustrated because this happens every time.

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irfan ali
2012-05-10 09:24:51
thanx a lot bro & many many duwayen . sir g..............
johnsmith
2012-05-08 13:19:24
cool software..thnx alot
abhishek
2012-04-16 11:18:00
download"USB show" from internetit just recovered all my files within a minute
jedcross
2012-01-24 09:24:00
wow! the software usb show is really good, i can see and open all my files that were hidden because of some file corruption virus, well thanks @ha14 for the post.
aaa
2011-10-29 19:47:00
no guys not working for me non of the tips above :-(
Elton
2011-09-27 20:48:00
software works very good.thank you
muthuvelu
2011-09-01 08:33:00
good tips niceThank you ...
Murugarajr
2011-08-18 15:41:00
USBSHOW is a exalant tool to use recover virus affected USB
lovebird
2011-04-01 11:29:00
FRIENDS ITS 1000000000000000% great software do use itHiUSB Show ;It is a free little portable tool that shows all hidden files inside the USB Drive. Insert your USB Drive, launch USB Show executable file and hit Recovery The Hide File button to recover all hidden files. The developer’s language is Espanol, therefore the app starts in Espanol language by default. Change language to English,http://ldc.mx/usbshow.php
baba123
2011-03-30 22:54:00
EASY WAY, NO SOFTWARE NEEDED!!! IM SERIOUS PEOPLE!Just press Tools button on window links, press folder options, then a new window will pop up, click view tab... and in the list, there should be a sub folder option, which lets you choose to show hidden files, press apply then ok.all files will show, hidden also but faded, right click select them all and click properties, then make sure there is nothing in the hidden check box! duuuude sweeet! job done and bob is still your uncle!!! xx
Power4tim
2011-12-14 04:03:00
lol it actually worked# sweet!
Abdullahjani2007
2010-12-08 16:55:00
Thanks a lot brother, the software worked.
Hossein Tootoonchy
2010-11-11 12:14:00
thanks great software worked for me too perfectly , tanks guys
Nitshame
2010-10-25 08:45:00
Excellent tips . finally i got relieved from boring hidden files.you should try the above . it is working 110%.
Osama
2010-10-16 15:06:00
nope...none of the above are working and the software mentioned downloads as unreadable archive
2010-10-12 17:55:00
HiUSB Show ;It is a free little portable tool that shows all hidden files inside the USB Drive. Insert your USB Drive, launch USB Show executable file and hit Recovery The Hide File button to recover all hidden files. The developer’s language is Espanol, therefore the app starts in Espanol language by default. Change language to English, http://ldc.mx/usbshow.php or1) go to Run -> type regedit2) now navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMICROSOFTWINDOWSCURRENTVERSIONExplorerAdvancedFolderHidden2) now you can see 2 keys NOHIDDEN and SHOWALL here3) Set the CheckedValue of NOHIDDEN to 0 and CheckedValue of SHOWALL to 14) now try to select show hidden files and folders. This should show your hidden files and folders. orgp to run then type cmd then the followingX:>attrib -a -h -s * /s /dX is your usb drive letter so choose it as is on your pc
Aibek
2010-10-14 10:20:00
Hey Osama,There are some good tips above, did you try any of them? Are you able to see the files now? Please let us know.Aibek