This next section will discuss what you need to do to recover data from a flash drive that needs to be formatted. Therefore, before you format it, you should first get your data from the USB. The problem is that formatting your flash drive will delete everything on it. If you don’t eject your device safely when you remove it, important write processes can become interrupted, causing corruption to the files on the USB or the file system itself.
Once infected, it can cause logical damage that prompts Windows to format it in order to repair it. Viruses can be designed to attack your USB and its file system. Therefore, it will suggest formatting it to repair it. If the file system on your USB becomes corrupted, Windows will not know how to navigate it and access your data. The below issues can trigger the flash drive asking to format. As a result, Windows automatically says the USB needs to be formatted in order to repair it. This message appears when the file system on your flash drive has been corrupted or damaged to the point where it’s no longer readable by your system.
Why Your Computer Suggests Formatting Your USB
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