How to recover data from a Meco Flash Drive

Are you looking for a way to recover data from Flash Drive Meco? Have you lost data because your Flash Drive Meco does not work properly or because of hard disk errors? Is the data lost forever, or is there some way to recover it?

Meco Flash Drive Data Recovery

Meco Flash Drive Data Recovery in 2024

Repair your media, fix errors that cause failures and restore the lost data on your own.

Meco Flash Drive Data Recovery

If you need to recover an internal or external hard disk (HDD, SSD or SSHD), a memory card or a USB pen drive, the first step is to connect it to a computer. If you want to recover data from a dashboard camera, phone, camera, or a music player, you should remove their memory card and connect it to a desktop computer. Also, you can try this tutorial for internal phone storage, if you connect your phone to a computer and it displays your device in This PC folder as a USB drive.

The Program For Recovering Meco Flash Drive Data

Are you looking for a way to recover data?

If files have been deleted from a Meco Flash Drive, and it is impossible to recover them by using standard tools of your operating system, the most effective way will be to use Hetman Partition Recovery.

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For this purpose, do the following:

  • Download the program install and launch it.

  • By default, users are suggested to start with File Recovery Wizard. Click «Next» and the program will ask you to select the disk you want to recover your files from.

  • Double-click on the disk and select analysis type. Choose «Full analysis» and wait for the disk scanning procedure to finish.

  • When the scanning is over, you will be show files for recovery. Select the ones you need and click «Recover».

  • Select one of the options to save files. Do not save the recovered files to the disk from where they have been deleted previously because they can be erased.

The Program For Recovering Meco Flash Drive Data
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How to Recover Deleted Files With Hetman Partition Recovery Software

How to Recover Deleted Files With Hetman Partition Recovery Software

Recover Data From Meco Flash Drive After Formatting or Deleting Partition

Recover Files After Formatting

Are you looking for a way to recover files from a Meco Flash Drive after formatting? Follow this guide:

  • Download Hetman Partition Recovery, install and launch it. After launch, the program will find and display all physical disks as well as available and unavailable partitions and areas on your disks, showing this information in the left part of the main window.

  • Double-click on the disk or the area from which you need to recover files and select analysis type.

  • Choose «Full analysis» and wait for the disk scanning procedure to finish.

  • When the scanning is over, you will be show files for recovery. Select the ones you need and click «Recover».

  • Select one of the options to save files. Do not save the recovered files to the disk from where they have been deleted previously because they can be erased.

Recover Files After Formatting

Recover Data From Deleted Partition

Are you looking for a way to recover files from a deleted partition in a Meco Flash Drive? Follow this guide:

  • Download Hetman Partition Recovery, install and launch it. After launch, the program will find and display all physical disks, flash drives or memory cards in the left part of the main window. The list of physical devices is shown after logical drives

  • Double-click on the device from where a partition was deleted.

  • Choose «Full analysis» and wait for the disk scanning procedure to finish.

  • When the scanning is over, you will be shown files for recovery. Select the ones you need and click «Recover».

  • Select one of the options to save files. Do not save the recovered files to the disk from where they have been deleted previously because they can be erased.

Recover System Partition With LiveCD

If there is no possibility to connect a hard disk with a lost or damaged system partition to another computer, you can recover such partition by starting your computer with LiveCD, an alternative portable version of an operating system. For this purpose, do the following:

  • Find a LiveCD which is good enough for your needs, download it and copy it to a CD\DVD or a flash drive.

  • Connect the LiveCD to your computer and turn it on. The computer will reboot automatically with the LiveCD.

  • Copy files from the system partition to another media (often it can be an external hard disk).

Recover System Partition Data on Another Computer

If the system partition is lost, a computer will not boot. That is why:

  • Take out of the computer or disconnect the hard disk where the system partition was lost.

  • Connect this HDD to another computer.

  • Make sure that your hard disk is recognized by the other computer correctly.

  • Now, follow the steps as shown in the previous section.

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How to Recover Data After Formatting, Deleting or Creating Partitions

How to Recover Data After Formatting, Deleting or Creating Partitions

SMART Parameters Of Meco Flash Drive

Large hard disk manufacturers include S.M.A.R.T. technology into their products. S.M.A.R.T. analyzes a great number of mechanical attributes. This analysis allows detecting hard disk errors before it breaks down completely, and it can also help to find out why it happened.

In spite of S.M.A.R.T. ability to predict future problems, most of them cannot be prevented. Therefore, S.M.A.R.T. is a technology which often warns users of the hard disk nearing its end. S.M.A.R.T. values cannot be corrected and there is no need to waste time on that.

Every hard disk manufacturer sets a threshold value for every operation. Under normal circumstances, threshold values are never exceeded. Otherwise, we encounter errors.

There are 256 values, each having its own ID. Some errors and extreme values are critical. There is no solution for such errors. The only way out for them is to replace the hard disk as soon as such error is detected.

There are no methods to correct critical SMART errors. If the hard disk is not replaced, the error will be displayed again and again. The only justified reason for still keeping the disk will be the need to save data from the sectors which are still available. If the error warning comes true, the disk will become unavailable for any program known. That is why there are steps to be taken to save your data.

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Restore File System On Meco Flash Drive

If it is impossible to recognize the file system on Meco Flash Drive, hard disk, format the device.

File System In Meco Flash Drive Is Recognized as RAW

Sometimes the operating system cannot recognize the file system structure (for example, FAT or NTFS). If you check properties of such device, its file system will be identified as RAW. In this case, Windows suggests formatting the disk.

There are utilities specialized in restoring RAW disks, but we recommend using a versatile solution, Hetman Partition Recovery. This function is an additional component, so you only have to launch the program and analyze such disk.

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How to Fix Flash Drive Errors: The Drive Can’t Be Recognized, Wrong Size, RAW File System

How to Fix Flash Drive Errors: The Drive Can’t Be Recognized, Wrong Size, RAW File System

Run CHKDSK Command

In some cases, the file system on a Meco Flash Drive can be repaired with the command CHKDSK.

  1. Launch the Command prompt as Administrator.

  2. Type in the command “chkdsk D: /f” (instead of D: type in the letter of the corresponding disk) and press ENTER.

  3. As you launch the command, the process of error checking and correcting will start; it can help to restore your file system back to normal.

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How to Check Your Hard Disk for Errors and Fix Them in Windows 10

How to Check Your Hard Disk for Errors and Fix Them in Windows 10

Restore Partitions On Meco Flash Drive With “Diskpart” Command

If a USB drive, a memory card or another media work incorrectly, cleaning the disk and its partitions with the command “Clean” and Diskpart tool can become one of the ways to solve the problem. This tool can correct errors if the device cannot be formatted or when its size is identified incorrectly.

  1. Launch the Command prompt as Administrator.

  2. Run the command DISKPART.

  3. Show the list of disks with the command LIST DISK and find the number of the disk which you need to recover.

  4. Select the disk you need: SELECT DISK # (instead of # enter the disk number).

  5. Run the command CLEAN.

  6. Create a partition in the cleaned disk and format it into the file system you like.

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How to Fix Flash Drive Errors: The Drive Can’t Be Recognized, Wrong Size, RAW File System

How to Fix Flash Drive Errors: The Drive Can’t Be Recognized, Wrong Size, RAW File System

Find Bad Sectors And Errors, Run The Defragmentation

Scan The Disk For Errors And Bad Sectors Snd Correct Them

Check all partitions of the hard disk and try to correct the mistakes which have been found. For this purpose, do the following:

  • Open the folder «This PC».

  • Right-click on the disk containing an error.

  • Select Properties / Tools / Check now (in the tab Error-checking).

As a result of scanning, the errors found on the disk can be corrected.

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How to Check Your Hard Disk for Errors and Fix Them in Windows 10

How to Check Your Hard Disk for Errors and Fix Them in Windows 10

Run Disk Defragmentation

  • Open the folder «This PC» and right-click on the disk.

  • Select Properties / Tools / Optimize (in the tab Optimization and defragmentation).

  • Select the disk you need to optimize and click Optimize.

Note. In Windows 10 defragmentation/optimization can be scheduled so that it is performed automatically.

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How to Defragment Your PC's Hard Drive on Windows 10

How to Defragment Your PC's Hard Drive on Windows 10

Repairing Meco Flash Drive

It is important to understand that any of the ways to eliminate errors in a Meco Flash Drive hard disk is only a virtual solution to the problem. Often it is impossible to remove the cause of the error completely, because the device needs repairing.

You can go to a service center to fix the breakage or replace parts/microchips of a Meco Flash Drive. Yet in this case the cost of works will be several times as expensive as buying a disk or memory card. So this step is only worth taking if you need to recover very important data.

Creating Backup Copy Of Meco Flash Drive

There are several solutions to create data backup copies:

  1. Applications built into the operating system. Microsoft Windows offers methods of data backup that suggest saving files and data to external or intrernal (built-in) media storages. All modern versions of Windows are already equipped the fuction of creating a backup copy of certain files or the entire hard disk if necessary. The functions offered by Windows are comprehensive and self-sufficient, and they are meant to be convenient enough so that you do not go looking for third-party services or software.

  2. Manual backup. You can always use the good old method of creating a backup copy by manually copying the data to an external medium. it is a long process but if you work with small amounts of data, such solution can be acceptable for you.

  3. Online services. Recently the most up-to-date way of data backup is becoming popular, represented by numerous online services. These are companies that provide backup for your files right on the Internet. A small background application installed on your computer creates copies of thnecessary data and saves them to a remote server. However, the space allowed for storing files in a free version is too small to use this method as a complex solution. Often this space is under 10 Gb so there is no way to create a backup copy of the entire hard disk. Such services are more practical when things come to backing up a series of files.

  4. Creating a disk image. This is the most comprehensive solution to create a backup copy which is preferred by advanced users. This method suggests using a third-party program to create a backup copy of the entire disk which can be used on another information-carrying medium if necessary. With this solution, you can get access to all data which was there on the disk at the time of copying - documents, software and media files - within a short period of time.

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Models Flash Drive Meco:

  • Matryoshka;
  • Pineapple;
  • Banana;

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Vladimir Artiukh

Author: Vladimir Artiukh, Technical Writer

Vladimir Artiukh is a technical writer for Hetman Software, as well as the voice and face of their English-speaking YouTube channel, Hetman Software: Data Recovery for Windows. He handles tutorials, how-tos, and detailed reviews on how the company’s tools work with all kinds of data storage devices.

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Editor: Oleg Afonin, Technical Writer

Oleg Afonin is an expert in mobile forensics, data recovery and computer systems. He often attends large data security conferences, and writes several blogs for such resources as xaker.ru, Elcomsoft and Habr. In addition to his online activities, Oleg’s articles are also published in professional magazines. Also, Oleg Afonin is the co-author of a well-known book, Mobile Forensics - Advanced Investigative Strategies.

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Questions and answers

  • What are some common USB connection issues that may prevent data retrieval from a drive, and what troubleshooting steps can be taken to address them?

    There are several common USB connection issues that can prevent data retrieval from a drive. Here are some of them along with troubleshooting steps to address them:

    Loose or faulty USB cable:

    • Try using a different USB cable to connect the drive.
    • Ensure the cable is securely connected to both the drive and the computer.
    • Test the cable with another device to check if it's working properly.

    USB port issues:

    • Try connecting the drive to a different USB port on your computer.
    • If using a desktop, try connecting to a USB port on the back of the computer instead of the front.
    • Test other USB devices on the same port to ensure it's functioning correctly.

    Driver issues:

    • Update the USB drivers on your computer to the latest version.
    • Uninstall and reinstall the USB drivers to refresh the connection.
    • Restart your computer to allow the drivers to be reloaded.

    Power-related issues:

    • Some USB drives require additional power and may not work properly with low-power USB ports. Try connecting the drive to a powered USB hub or directly to a powered USB port on the computer.
    • If using a laptop, connect it to a power source to ensure sufficient power supply.

    Drive recognition issues:

    • Open the Disk Management utility (Windows) or Disk Utility (Mac) to check if the drive is recognized but not assigned a drive letter or mounted.
    • Assign a drive letter or mount the drive manually if necessary.

    Drive formatting issues:

    • If the drive is not recognized or shows as unallocated, it might need to be formatted.
    • Note that formatting erases all data on the drive, so ensure you have a backup before proceeding.

    Drive malfunction:

    • If none of the above troubleshooting steps work, the drive might be physically damaged or malfunctioning.
    • Consider taking the drive to a professional data recovery service for further assistance.

    Remember to always backup your important data regularly to avoid data loss in case of any USB connection issues.

  • Are there any specific software or driver-related problems that can cause USB connection issues, and how can these be resolved to retrieve data from the drive?

    Yes, there are several software or driver-related problems that can cause USB connection issues. Here are a few common ones:

    1. Outdated or incompatible USB drivers: If the USB drivers on your computer are outdated or incompatible with the USB device, it can cause connection issues. To resolve this, you can try updating the USB drivers through Device Manager or by visiting the manufacturer's website.
    2. USB port issues: Sometimes, specific USB ports on your computer may have problems. Try connecting the USB device to different USB ports to see if it works. If a particular port is causing issues, you may need to repair or replace it.
    3. Corrupted USB drivers: If the USB drivers are corrupted, it can lead to connection problems. In such cases, you can uninstall the USB drivers from Device Manager and then restart your computer. Upon restarting, the drivers will be automatically reinstalled.
    4. USB power management settings: Power management settings can sometimes interfere with USB connections. To check and modify these settings, go to the Power Options in the Control Panel and ensure that USB selective suspend is disabled.
    5. USB device not recognized: In some cases, the USB device may not be recognized by the computer at all. This can happen due to various reasons, such as a faulty USB cable, incompatible file system on the USB drive, or a damaged USB drive. Try using a different USB cable, connecting to another computer, or using data recovery software to retrieve data from the drive.

    If none of these solutions work, it's recommended to consult a professional data recovery service for assistance in retrieving data from the USB drive.

  • Are there any hardware-related problems, such as faulty cables or USB ports, that can hinder USB connections? If so, what steps can be taken to troubleshoot and fix these issues in order to retrieve the data on the drive?

    Yes, there can be several hardware-related problems that can hinder USB connections and prevent proper data retrieval. Here are some steps to troubleshoot and fix these issues:

    1. Try a different USB port: Sometimes, the USB port you are using may be faulty. Try connecting the USB drive to a different port on your computer and see if it works. If it does, then the original port may be the problem.
    2. Use a different USB cable: The USB cable itself could be faulty. Try using a different USB cable to connect the drive and see if it resolves the issue.
    3. Test the USB drive on another computer: Connect the USB drive to a different computer and check if it is recognized. If it works on another computer, then the issue may be with your computer's hardware or drivers.
    4. Update USB drivers: Outdated or corrupt USB drivers can cause connection problems. Update the USB drivers on your computer to the latest version from the manufacturer's website.
    5. Check for physical damage: Inspect the USB drive, cable, and ports for any physical damage. Bent or broken pins, loose connections, or visible damage may be the cause. If you find any physical damage, consider repairing or replacing the affected component.
    6. Reset USB settings: Resetting the USB settings on your computer can sometimes resolve issues. Go to the Device Manager, find the USB controllers, right-click on them, and select "Uninstall". Restart your computer, and it will reinstall the USB drivers.
    7. Test with a different USB drive: If possible, try connecting a different USB drive to your computer. This will help determine if the problem lies with the USB drive itself or with the computer's hardware.
    8. Use a USB data recovery tool: If you are unable to resolve the hardware issue and retrieve the data, you can try using a USB data recovery tool. These software tools can help recover data from a faulty USB drive.

    If none of these steps work, it may be necessary to consult a professional technician or data recovery service to retrieve the data from the faulty USB drive.

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