If after connecting a pen drive to the computer but it is not detected, it may mean that the default drive letter is simply occupied and the system has not allocated a new USB memory, making it invisible to the user, but the system itself recognizes the medium. In a moment you will find out what can be the two reasons why Windows cannot see the drive. I will show you how to deal with such problems.

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Pen Drive Data Recovery
Have you ever lost all the data on pen drive but don’t know how to recover files from pen drive? The best 100% clean and free pen drive data recovery software – MiniTool Power Data Recovery – is capable of restoring data and files from pen drive and other storage devices in 3 simple steps. Extremely easy-to-use, and beginners can get lost or deleted data back from pen drive with ease. Recovering permanently deleted data from pen drive or retrieving files from corrupted/formatted/inaccessible pen drive is perfectly supported.

Best Pen Drive Data Recovery Software Free Download Full Version
No matter the data loss of pen drive is caused by accidental deleting, formatting or other errors, you can try this free method to recover data and files from your pen drive and other storage drives.

At first, you can check what this free pen drive recovery tool MiniTool Power Data Recovery Free can do, and get this best pen drive data recovery software free download full version on your Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP computer. 100% clean and free. For Mac users, please turn to the Mac version – MiniTool Mac Data Recovery.

How to Recover Data from Pen Drive for Free in 3 Simple Steps
Precondition: Once you accidentally delete a file in pen drive or find some data disappear unexpectedly from the pen drive, please stop using the pen drive immediately and do not store new data into the drive to prevent data overwriting. Because, once the data is overwritten, you can’t recover the deleted or lost data anymore.

Step 1 – Connect the Pen Drive to PC
Insert the USB pen drive into one of the USB port on your PC. After the USB pen drive is connected and recognized by PC successfully, you can then launch MiniTool Power Data Recovery Free, and this smart free pen drive data recovery software will list all the drives and partitions it recognizes in the main interface.

Step 2 – Scan the Target Pen Drive
Find the target pen drive and choose it. Normally you can click Removable Disk Drive to find the connected pen drive, or you can click This PC to find the pen drive partition.

Right click Scan button, and this software will automatically scan the pen drive and restore data back. It will list all recoverable files in the scan result window.

Step 3 – Find, Preview and Save Pen Drive Files
After the scan is finished, you can browse from the list to find the needed or lost files, and click Save button to specify a new destination folder (not the original pen drive) to store the lost/deleted pen drive files.

To quickly find your lost or deleted files, you can use the advanced settings of this best pen drive recovery recovery tool: Show Lost Files, Find, Filter, Preview functions.

How to Recover Data from Corrupted/Formatted Pen Drive
You can follow the guide above to easily recover lost or deleted files from a normal pen drive. As for how to recover data from corrupted pen drive, how to recover data from formatted pen drive, how to restore data from other storage devices, the operation is the same as above: Connect the target device with computer -> choose the target drive or partition to scan -> find desired files and save them to a new path. This powerful free pen drive data recovery software for Windows 10/8/7 can almost help you recover any data, from any storage device, under any data loss situation, in a fast and simple way.

Fix Pen Drive Data Not Showing Issue
Fix 1: Pen Drive Data Not Showing
If your pen drive is detected and shows the occupying space but not showing data and files, it is probably due to virus infection and makes all data on the pen drive hidden. If you can’t access the data in the pen drive, you may try these methods to solve USB pen drive data now showing issue.

Try the first move, connect the pen drive with PC, and clickStart -> Control Panel -> Appearance and Personalization -> File Explorer Options -> Show hidden files and folders.
The second action you can try is to unhide data on the pen drive by using CMD. You can connect the pen drive to PC, then click Windows + R keys on the keyboard at the same time to open RUN windows. Next type cmd in the box to open Windows Command Prompt window. After that, type diskpart and hit Enter. Finally input this command line: attrib -h -r -s /s /d E:\*.*, and hit Enter. Replace “E” with the exact drive letter of your pen drive.
Fix 2: Pen Drive Detected but not Opening
If the pen drive data not showing issue is caused by pen drive detected but not accessible, you may try these measures.

Change a drive letter for the pen drive.Connect the pen drive to PC -> Click Windows + R keys -> Type diskmgmt.msc -> Right click the target pen drive -> Change Drive Letter and Paths -> Assign a new drive letter to the pen drive.
Run Windows CHKDSK utility to check and repair disk errors. Press Windows + R keys -> Input cmd -> type the command line: chkdsk e: /f /r (“e” refers to drive letter of the pen drive) -> Hit Enter.
Fix 3: Pen Drive Detected but not Visible
The pen drive data cannot be accessed. And the pen drive is detected but doesn’t appear. It may be due to an outdated or incompatible device driver. You can update or reinstall the driver for the pen drive to have a try.

Right click This PC and choose
Click Device Manager from the left column.
Click Disk Drives. Find your pen drive and check if there is a yellow exclamation mark on it.
If yes, you can right-click the pen drive and choose “Update Driver Software”, then click “automatically search for driver software online”.
After the USB driver is updated or reinstalled, you can reboot your computer and reconnect the pen drive to the PC to check if the pen drive can be accessed now.
Fix 4: Pen Drive not Detected or Recognized by PC
If your pen drive is not detected/recognized by Windows PC, you can read this post for solutions: How to Fix USB Flash Drive Not Recognized.

Free Pen Drive Data Recovery CMD, Is It Possible?
If you are thinking of recovering data from pen drive using Windows Command Prompt, then you are out of luck. Unlike deleting a file from your PC drive which would be dumped into the Recycle Bin at first, the deleted files from pen drive don’t go through the computer Recycle Bin. They disappear directly and you can’t find them in the Recycle Bin. You can’t use cmd to recover lost or deleted files from pen drive.

Is It Possible for Free Pen Drive Data Recovery Online?
Bet for a luck to recover data from pen drive online? Still, no chance. You should know that restoring data from pen drive must access and scan the pen drive. But for security and privacy, the computer won’t allow any online pen drive data recovery program to access your pen drive.

List of Top 5 Free Pen Drive Data Recovery Software for PC/Mac
In today’s data recovery software market, based on ease of use, multi-functionality, speed, popularity, etc. MiniTool Power Data Recovery, Recuva, Disk Drill, EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard, Stellar Data Recovery are the recommended 5 best data recovery software for Windows or Mac.

Conclusion
Assuming everything went OK and the problem is fixed, the pen drive should now be visible now.

In case of problems, regardless of whether you have a Kingston, Sandisk, Samsung, Toshiba, Transcend, AData, GoodRam, Patriot pendrive, or it is some kind of advertising, we invite you to a free evaluation of the possibility of data recovery.

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