Resolve Flash Drive Issues Using Command Prompt

Sometimes when we connect the pen to the computer its capacity, there are times when the files inside it are not shown.If you use the pen to exchange files frequently, you may have encountered this problem a lot of the time.  

This is happening often caused by virus.Due to those virus, some files may be hidden or selected as system files.That's why they are not shown.Today we will see how to fix this using the command prompt.

The first thing to do is access the flash drive which have the issue. For this, open the command prompt and then You have to type the drive letter (it has letters like L, M, N) and enter: (dotted).

Now we are inside the flash drive.

Now to see the files inside the flash drive, type dir and press enter.

This does not show hidden and system files.If you want to see it all Type Dir / a and press Enter.

Now type Attrib and hit enter to see what has happened to these files.

Then a letter or a few letters will appear in front of the name of these files to indicate whether these files have been hidden or selected as system files.

If you look at the meaning of these letters,

R(Read only)- Files in read only format

S (System files) - System files
H (Hidden files) - Hidden files

The absence of a letter like this in front of a file means that it is not affected by viruses. Having a few letters like this in front of a file means that it has changed in several ways.

Now let's see how to remove these configurations,

First type Attrib in the command prompt.Then type the name of the file you want to remove the formatting, then the letter with - mark corresponding to the setting you want to remove.

For example, suppose a file called setup.exe is a hidden file (h).

to fix this you have to type like this.

Attrib setup.exe - h

if this file also have h,r,s modifications,

Attrib setup.exe –h –r –s

have to type above command.

I think now you understand how things works.