{"id":69324,"date":"2014-07-15T11:03:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T09:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=69324"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:36:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:36:00","slug":"usb-drive-wont-open-repair-software-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/usb-drive-wont-open-repair-software-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Software Clinic: My USB drive won\u2019t open!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>Software Clinic<\/strong> is our new series to help diagnose and solve any software issues you may be having. Send us a question, and we&#8217;ll do our best to find the solution. <\/p>\n<p>This week, the question comes from Clara, who can\u2019t access any files on her USB drive. Windows is asking her to format it, but there\u2019s still data on there that she doesn&#8217;t want to lose. <\/p>\n<p>In this video, I&#8217;ll show Clara how to get her USB drive back in working order with a free Windows utility called <a href=\"http:\/\/partition-wizard.en.softonic.com\/\">Partition Wizard<\/a>. Check out the video below and save your USB!<br \/>\n<!-- Start of Brightcove Player --><\/p>\n<div>\nDefault player\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- By use of this code snippet, I agree to the Brightcove Publisher T and C  found at https:\/\/accounts.brightcove.com\/en\/terms-and-conditions\/.  --><\/p>\n<p><object><\/object><\/p>\n<p><!--  This script tag will cause the Brightcove Players defined above it to be created as soon as the line is read by the browser. 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