How to Restore Files Lost or Hidden By Virus

A computer virus is a software that is usually small in size which can cause interference system of computer. Computer viruses have some basic capabilities, one of them can make data/files become lost or damaged, so the performance of the computer will be damaged and harm for the users.

In this post, I will share about How to Restore Lost Files or Hidden By Virus on a Flash Drive, micro SD, and Hard Drive. To display the original hidden file by the virus using Command Prompt on Windows 7.

How to Restore Lost Files With Hidden Folder

• Press the Windows + E on your keyboard.
• Click the Organize tab which is on the top left corner, then choose Folder and Search Options.

• Click the View tab and click Hidden files and folders, and then select Show Hidden Files, Folders and Drives.

• Click Apply and then OK.
• Check the contents of the flash drive, micro SD. Are the data/file is stored already appeared or not. If not we will use the Command Prompt to restore hidden files.

How to Restore Lost/Hidden Files By Using Command Prompt

• Click Start. In the search box type "cmd" and press Enter.

• Once the app is open, type the address of the drive (a thumb drive is stored) are going to find. For example drive H, then typing "H:" as in the picture.

• After that, typing the command "attrib *. * -s -h /s /d". Then press Enter.

If you are successful, the Command Prompt will not appear on the display any message like the picture above.
Congratulations your data/files that hidden by the virus had reappeared.

Remarks on the attrib command "attrib *. * -s -h /s /d" :
attrib => dos command language to provide attributes on a file or a folder.
-s       => The minus sign (-) that means serves to remove and the letter S that means the file system, so the purpose of the sign is to remove the attribute -s protected operating system.
-h     => Almost the same as the above functions, -h sign serves to remove the hidden attributes or change a file that was originally hidden becomes visible.
*.*     => The asterisk (*) that means all, so the question of this command is all file or folder and applies to all such extensions (.jpg, .png, .mp3).
/s      => That process all the files in the same folder as the location file.bat and all sub folders.
/d     => Order to process the folder as well, that if we did not write this command then only will process all files without processing the folder.

Well, this post about How to Restore Lost Files or Hidden By Virus. I hope the information above is useful for you and thank you for visiting my website.
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See Also ==> How to Partition a Hard Drive On Windows Without Using Software

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