Problem with USB drives.
Problem with USB drives.
Hello everyone, I've been using a USB drive for several years and it contains important files. Typically, I maintain multiple backups on external storage or cloud platforms. But recently, I realized some files were left unbacked up. The problem started when Windows stopped recognizing the drive—after roughly ten seconds it would take a long time to load the folder, and the file explorer would lag. I managed to open a .txt file and see the data intact, but after about ten seconds the drive stopped responding, and Windows no longer detected the external USB. In Disk Management it showed up as unallocated space or zero data, but after plugging it back in, the issue persisted, slowing access until a restart was necessary. The drive also runs very fast, which makes me think it might be failing completely. In short, there seems to be some preserved data, though accessing it for extended periods is difficult. No recovery tools are helping because they can't detect the connected drive. Any advice or help would be appreciated.
The problem lies in copying the data efficiently. The explorer requires 10-15 seconds just to load the drive folder, and then only about 8 seconds remain for copying. Large files (like 500 MB) become unmanageable since Windows can't detect them for long. It seems this drive is beyond saving, which is disappointing as I can't preserve those important files.