Flash Drive Partition Recovery: How to Recover Lost Partition on USB Drive?

Want efficient solutions for flash drive partition recovery? This article shares the safest solution with you to recover flash drive lost partition.

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By Penny / Updated on October 10, 2023

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How do I recover a partition on my flash drive?

   
   
   
       

Hello! I have a USB flash drive of 72GB. One day, I accidentally deleted one of the partitions of this flash drive. However, I believe it is still on my USB. Is there any way of restoring the deleted partition?   

As you can see, the USB flash drive (thumb drive) plays an irreplaceable role in computing and our lives. This data storage device is compatible with different machines because of the unified USB interface.

And it is widely used for storage, supplemental backups, and computer file transfer due to its removable, rewriteable features. Besides, USB also can be used as a bootable device if your computer fails to boot.

Nevertheless, these advantages also make USB sticks more vulnerable to losing data in the case above. If you accidentally deleted the partition or your partition was missing, you’d better restore your flash drive lost partition quickly. Please continue reading to check the efficient solution.

How to recover flash drive lost partition in Windows?

Without a doubt, accidental deletion is the top 1 reason for partition loss. If you want to increase the likelihood of the successful partition recovery, consider the following tips as a going concern.

Please avoid using your USB flash drive and don’t write new data on it.

Do not reformat the partition.

Do not rebuild the partition table.

Do not try an unreliable solution until you find one.

Professional partition recovery software: AOMEI Partition Assistant

It is accessible to retrieve your deleted/lost partition on the USB drive before overwriting the data. Otherwise, the data is rendered unrecoverable and sanitized.

Without data coverage, AOMEI Partition Recovery Wizard could be your top option to recover the deleted/lost partition for flash drive partition recovery.

Built-in AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional, this partition recovery software can support NTFS and FAT partition recovery. Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 partition recovery is also allowed. Moreover, this good assistant eliminates the need to upgrade the OS system because it can work with Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, Vista, and XP (32/64-bit).

AOMEI Partition Assistant Professional earns its good reputation because of another two practical features.

 As a multifunction disk manager, it enables you to create, merge, split, resize, and move partitions without data loss to maximize disk space use. OS migration and SSD migration are also allowed.
 It is a helpful converter for everyone to perform conversions between MBR and GPT, the basic disk and dynamic disk, NTFS and FAT 32, etc.

Please download its demo version and attempt to recover the USB flash drive lost partition using it. And easy four steps could help you out.

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Step 1. Install and run it on your computer. Click “Partition Recovery Wizard” on the left panel and select the USB flash drive, then click the “Next” button.

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Step 2. Select “Fast Search” to find your deleted/lost partition from USB, then click the “Next” button.

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Step 3. After searching, all the deleted/lost partitions from the USB will be displayed on the window. Click the “proceed” button after selecting your needed partition.

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Step 4. After recovery, you’ll see the “Congratulations” message. At the moment, you can click the “Finish” button to exit. You can open your Windows File Explorer or go to Disk Management to confirm your desired partition is visible or not.

Bonus tips: How to avoid data loss from USB?

Utilizing reliable partition recovery software like AOMEI Partition Recovery Wizard could salvage the deleted/lost partition from the USB flash drive. But it cannot tackle this issue at the source. Because some of you might be in a bad cycle of data/partition loss, then performing data/partition recovery.

Making a regular backup is the best hedge against data/partition loss. As stated earlier, the USB flash drive is vulnerable to data loss. Thus, why not consider this pertinent suggestion?

Windows feature and AOMEI Backupper are OK if you only want to make a complete PC. However, the former solution cannot work for USB.

That is free backup software, AOEMI Backupper. In this case, if you’re worried about partition loss from USB, you can create a full backup with AOMEI Backupper. For example, cope USB partitions and data first, then you can restore your deleted/lost partition from this backup. If you’re willing to simplify its backup tasks, incremental and differential backups could be more suitable for you. This backup utility also comes with other highlights such as sync and clone.

Wrapping up

How to recover lost partition on USB drive for flash drive partition recovery? A reliable partition recovery software like AOEMI Partition Recovery Wizard can help you retrieve the flash drive lost partition with four steps. For USB, you could try to create regular backups using AOMEI Backupper. Does this post give you some inspiration?

Penny
Penny · Editor
Penny works as an editor at AOMEI Technology, while she's a tester and editor for AOMEI Data Recovery Tools. She enjoys helping users with data recovery issues on Windows and iPhones using simple and practical solutions. Outside of work, she has a strong affection for pets, particularly giant pandas.