Wednesday, August 28, 2013

How to see Hidden Files in Pen Drive which is infected by computer virus?

Sometimes USB flash disk(Pen Drives) are infected by computer viruses. When you scan such drives with an antivirus program the folders and files located in your Flash disk(Pen Drive) may get hidden and you cannot see those files by any simples ways whether u change your folder option to Show all Hidden Files and Folders. If Such problem exist here is the Perfect solution for you.To See the hidden Files just follow the steps below.

1. Go to Run
Find Run in all program list from start menu.
Or, Press Start+R from Keyboard.

2. Type cmd and press ok

3. Now Type the drive letter of your USB flash drive.
If it is G: ....Then type G:

To see that whether your files still exist in your Flash Drive or not type the following command line
dir/ah

You can see all your hidden files and folder directories in command prompt

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4. Now Type the command Given below
attrib -h -r -s /s /d G:\*.*

wait some time now till the led in your flash drive blinks.

5. Now open USB flash drive(Pen Drive) now you can see all your hidden files and folders visible.

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