File corruption problem

[Relish in Chaos]

OK, so, for some reason, I've recently been noticing that numerous files on my pen drive have become corrupted. Most, if not all of them, have been my pictures. When I click on them, the picture's quality has just been fucked, whether it be through the colouring, like a weird purple filter or something, or half the picture isn't even showing.

And I don't know how to fix it either. And it's kind of unnerving me, because I don't know how long it'll take before almost all my files get corrupted, and I can't access any of them, and I don't know how this happened.

Could someone help me, please?

 

[Relish in Chaos]

OK, I don't mean to be persistent, but no-one's replied to this thread and it's an urgent problem. I'm at risk of important files being inexplicably lost, and even when I scan my drive and ask to fix the files, it comes with a message saying that there's nothing wrong and everything's working fine.

 

[Dragoon]

Your pen drive is most likely corrupted and if that's the case you probably can't save the files on it.

 

[Scarim Coral]

You probably should have posted this thread on the Advice section of the forum, you may yield better result from there.

 

[Esotera]

What program are you using to open them? Does a message actually appear that says your files are corrupted?

You could try doing a low-level format of the pen drive, which would probably help, but this would erase all your files.

 

[SlaveNumber23]

Take the pen drive to a professional and get them to look at it and see what they can recover. Buy a new pen drive and use that in the future.

 

[Relish in Chaos]

You probably should have posted this thread on the Advice section of the forum, you may yielf better result from there.

Right, well, if a moderator wants to move this thread to that section, then I'd appreciate it.

What program are you using to open them? Does a message actually appear that says your files are corrupted?

It's Windows Photo Viewer, and no, there's no message. Occasionally, when I put in my pen drive for the first time when I boot up my laptop again, it gives me a message telling me to scan my pen drive and fix any files that may need to be fix, and I do just that. But when the scanning and potential file-fixing is finished, it says there's nothing wrong with the data on my drive.

But when I see a certain image in my Pictures folder (and it only seems to be that folder), some of the image has just been, like, wiped or something. I click on it to view, and it's still ruined, even though it doesn't say there's anything wrong with the data.

You could try doing a low-level format of the pen drive, which would probably help, but this would erase all your files.

I don't know what that is, and I'm not too happy about the idea of erasing all my files, since I have a lot of important stuff on there. But I guess I could get another pen drive and transfer all my stuff onto there. I have Dropbox too, so it's backed up.

Take the pen drive to a professional and get them to look at it and see what they can recover. Buy a new pen drive and use that in the future.

Ehhh, I don't think I'm going to take it to a professional, as I have some...private things on it that I don't want anyone else to see. But yeah, I'll probably buy a new pen drive. My current one does look a little bit bent, but it might just be my imagination.