Saturday, 30 August 2014

How to recover Hidden item from PD

How to Recover Hidden item from Pen Drive

Some time it happens  that your pen drive showing space full but there is no item showing in it.
It happens just because of virus problem .They convert your file attribute and make them hidden.

  • You can see your hidden file by Folder and search option window

  • But in some cases files still not visible because virus convert them as SYSTEM FILE.
  • To access these file you can use these commands:
  1. Open Command prompt
  2. Go to that drive using Drive Letter : i.e if your pen drive is showing J drive then command is Z:
  3. Execute following command:

                                                    ATTRIB -H -S FILENAME



Note: If you don't know file name then you can search them by using TAB.


Explanation:


ATTRIB : This command is used to change attribute of a file/folder
+ or - H: add or remove hidden attribute.
+ or - S : add or remove in system file




You can use this method to hide your file so that No one can view your personal files and folders.





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