My flash disk is 2 Giga bytes in size.
I connected it to my laptop and when I tried accessing it a message popped up saying my disk needs to be formatted.
I felt as if I was in the verge of yelling.
That was then, now my flash disk shows it's empty but when I run properties I can clearly see its half way full with information.
Yes wonders never cease.
I consulted my friends on different forums only to realize my flash disk was infected with a virus and it had a physical failure.
I realized that when I changed my operating system, vital files were lost and I had to format my flash disk to get rid of the corrupted file structure.
I couldn't format the flash disk as it contained many files including photos that I wasn't ready to part with.
I consulted a data recovery company and this is where I discovered that from logical failures, the disk couldn't be identified by my computer.
A disk integrity check was carried out with advanced software which rectified the mistake.
My data was recovered and the flash disk was formatted.
The indication of the disk been empty was due to virus infection.
We physically identified the viruses and got rid of them all.
If you have a disk with such characteristics don't despair, data recovery companies handle even more technical damaged storage devices that at first seem unrecoverable.
The most important thing is to avoid tampering with the disk.
This prevents extending the damage or overwriting the disk.
The nature of the defect is easily identifiable making the recovery process more successful.
Get more information on signs of data loss from this hard drive recovery information site.