Data storage and transfer was a big issue until Universal Serial Bus (USB) drives came into existence.
Today, USB drives are used as one of the most commonly used storage devices in our day to day life.
In addition, it caters the need for transferring data from one device to another.
It comes in a very portable size and has the capacity to store huge volumes of data.
Today, USBs in the form of pen drives, flash drives, thumb drives, etc.
can be found on every hand.
However, the capacity of all these devices ranges from few Megabytes to a few Gigabytes.
Advantages of using USB Hard Drive These are external storage device either connected directly to a computer's USB port or through a firewire cable.
Such drives can be easily connected and detached from a computer.
There are various situations where such drives prove to be a life savior option for many users.
Some of the common advantages of using a USB drive are mentioned below.
Portability They are portable enough to be carried in a purse or a pocket.
In addition, they are compatible with wide range of laptops and desktops irrespective of the manufacturers.
Easy to Use Such drives can be easily used by users of any age group.
They can work instantly without having the need to install any drivers.
Large Storage Space Being extremely small, they can store huge volumes of data.
Such drives can be used to temporarily store or transfer the data from one computer to another.
High Speed They work at a very high speed.
With such a speed, one can easily copy or transfer the data.
Data Loss Situations on USB Hard Drives In spite of so many advantages, such drives are prone to failure.
One of the most common reasons for failure of such devices is the ease with which they can be connected and detached from a computer.
In a hurry, most of the users fail to detach the USB safely from the computer.
As a result, it can make the device to malfunction.
In addition, there are times when users detach the device while the file transfer process is going on.
Moreover, there are situations that can happen to anyone like a sudden power failure, virus attack, hardware failure, etc.
All such situations can result in inaccessibility of the USB drives, resulting in severe data loss.
Some of the common scenarios of data loss from USB drives are mentioned below.
Accidental Deletion Any accidental or unintentional deletion of the data from the USB drives makes them completely disappear.
Formatting the USB Drive In case you are formatting your USB drive to get rid of issues like corruption, it would delete all your data present in the hard drive.
Ejecting the USB Drive Improperly A drive is said to be improperly ejected, if you eject the hard drive while the data is being transferred or you eject the hard drive without choosing the 'Safely remove the device' option.
Note: There are various techniques that can be used to recover such lost data from USB hard drives.
However, in order to have any chance of recovering data from such devices, you need not use it after any data loss.
This is done to avoid any overwriting of the deleted data making the recovery possible.