Windows 10: How to restore files from CD after formatting as USB

At my office, we received a CD with files already burned on, but when we tried to view them on the computer, it immediately popped up "How do you want to use this CD?" and you could either choose "as a CD" or "as a USB." My coworker chose "USB," which then immediately formatted the CD, and now it appears the files on the CD have been deleted. Is there anyway we can still view or access the files that were on there before?

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How to restore formatted files?

Hi!

I friend of mine is going to give me a harddisk he accidently formated and i will restore the files is possible..

Which programs could do the job.. i prefere freeware or similar..

Lauri

 

How To Format A Write Protected Flash Memory ?

¿You already tried this one?...

Run CMD


1. diskpart
2. list disk

Then in the 3º step, put the correct number of disk in the list for the usb flash (if it's listed in disk 3, then you'll have to write select disk 3).

2. select disk #
3. clean
4. create partition primary
5. select partition 1
6. active
7. format fs=fat32
8. assign
9. exit

with that commands you will format the flash drive in fat32, if you have a large drive you can select also "format fs=ntfs" in step 7.

good luck!

 

clean possibly infected flash drives and CD-RWs

Your steps in post #1 should work for 99% of viruses that may be on a usb flash drive. However, there are a very few viruses that can infect the MBR of a drive. I would use Diskpart from a command prompt (Admin) to clean them. In the command prompt type DISKPART then, at the Diskpart prompt use the commands:

LIST DISKnote the disk number of the usb and use it in place of # in the command:SELECT DISK #
CLEAN
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

After this you will have cleaned the partition table from the usb and created a partition using the whole of the the available space. You can then format this partition in File Explorer.


For a CD-RW, if you right-click on it in File Explorer there is an Erase option.