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what are the reasons of USB software curruption and how to reflash its firmware

Recovering data or flash drive repair

It's not the same, although the concepts are quite related.
The main task of a repairing process is to fix the performance of a flash drive so it can:
  • be recognized as a storage drive in Disk Management,
  • be correctly recognized in Explorer,
  • be available for reading data writing.
As a result of repairing a pen drive you can easily lose all the data stored on it, even though you will still be able to read it and write data on it.
File recovery is possible only on a working flash stick.

The main reasons for a USB flash drive failure

How to understand that your pen drive needs to be repaired:
  • After connecting a USB flash drive the led on its body won't lit;
  • The device can't be recognized on another computer/laptop;
  • A flash stick is recognized as an unidentified USB device.
It's incredibly easy to damage a USB flash drive. Like any physical device, flash memory can be a subject to external influences (such as strikes, thermal effects, ingress of water and etc.). In addition to this, there is a number of software errors due to which your USB flash drive can be out of order.

Updating damaged USB flash drive firmware

USB flash drive contains a firmware which is a microcode with service data. If the firmware of a flash stick is damaged, it will inevitably stop working.
However, you can reflash your flash stick only after figuring out the name of its controller. The difficulty lies in the fact that manufacturers usually use different types and models of controllers and can implement not only their own, but also others practices. Therefore, it's not always possible to immediately determine the type of your flash memory controller.
Fortunately, there are special usb repair tools allowing you to determine the type of VID&PID* for the storage drives from Transcend, Silicon Power and etc.; we're going to list them and provide the links to the installers.
(* VID is the vendor's ID, PID is the device ID.)
ChipEasy is a user friendly program that will help to retrieve a USB flash drive. It allows you to find out the manufacturer and model of your USB flash drive which will help you to reflash it. Mostly ChipEasy is applicable to Kingston and Transcend devices.


Flash Drive information Extractor - best usb repair tool for Windows

Flash Drive information Extractor is an utility for gathering all the information necessary for repairing: The VID&PID of your controller, the model and type of your flash memory (for Silicon Power and other models). It differs in the amount of detail of the information provided on the device.



CheckUDisk quickly scans the source and provides VID&PID for repairing a USB flash drive and its reanimation with the same amount of detail as CheckUDisk.

you can flash you usb by typing model and vid\vid on google and download the firmware  related you usb flash drive and simply
connect the usb flash drive with computer and run the software that you downloaded and run it as administrator and click on flash according to software 
and it will began flashing your usb Thats it. 

Software faults can be solved on the cheap

There is a number of flash stick problems that don't require repairing and can be solved via programs. In such cases, usually the system information on the stored data is corrupted: the size and title of a file, its directory structure, cluster size, file system and etc.
How to fix it. We're going to share the links to the guides which will help you to get rid of errors on your pen stick and make it readable again:
  1. A USB flash drive can't be formatted (due to the damage of its file structure or the existence of reading errors): http://softdroid.net/wordpress-category
  2. When you connect a USB flash drive, a message pops up: "the USB flash drive is copy protected”: https://howtorecover.me/remove-write-protection-microsd-memory-card
  3. Your USB flash drive can't be recognized by Windows or other OS and its contents isn't shown in Explorer
Tips:
  1. Your flash stick should be as "clean" as possible when you open it in operating system. Restart your computer in safe mode.
  2. You can find useful software for fixing flash sticks (Apacer, HP, Kingston, Panasonic and etc.). We suggesting going through the website of your flash stick manufacturer, perhaps, there might be other software available.

Summary

In case of a problem occurring, it's important to determine its symptoms and causes. This will help you to make the right decision and also it will save your time and nerves. Some people don't mind trying all the possible methods of repairing a pen stick and for some it might be easier to buy a new one and forget about it. In any case, we've given you all possible ways to repair a USB flash drive.

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