This, by chance, came into my mind after a friend of mine lost all his files because his memory card had been infected by nasty viruses (something like trojan or worm or Win32 sality... brrr... which can duplicate the files and hide the real files). So, he asked me how to get those files back. Of course i had successfully retrieved his "missing" files back because i know how to do that. Ngehehehe...
As far as i know, ~ok, am not an expert or what-so-ever, but, i know just a little bit about this problem ~
those files aren't missing, it's still stored in the memory card or
flash drive, ~if you're that lucky~ it's just that, the viruses changed
it into hidden files... and you can't view the file if you open the
memory card or flash drive using normal method. I don't know how the
viruses change the attribute of the files and i don't have the feeling
to discover more. All i care is, the viruses hide the files and all i
want is to recover it back.
So, here's a simple step which i used to recover the files.I used my own thumb drive as a sample.
1) Of course, scan the flash drive with antivirus first. For most cases, the files/folders are changed into .exe extension files. You can't open the files because... er.. i don't know, it's just that you can't open the file.
* some of the files turned into shortcut...
2) then use your imagination to imagine you files are back. Keh~ just kidding.
3) Of course la no such thing could happen. Ignore step 2. Open cmd. If you don't know what is that, go to run and type cmd. Or, point to start --> programs --> accessories --> command prompt.
FYI, you have the advantages if you
know lot about command prompt. For all i know, you can retrieve a
password, copy and delete files and modify your system. Ahaks... i have said
too much!!!
4) Find the drive letter in which your flash drive connected to. Eg. F:, G:, so on and so forth.
5) In the command prompt, type G: (or whatever the drive letter is, it depends on your USB drive, in this case, i choose G:)
6) Then, type in attrib -s -h /s /d *.*
For a clear picture, see below..
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7) Hit ENTER wait for a moment and lattarada~~ check your flash drive to see the said missing files.
I just hope it works as it worked for me...
