Kingston is one of the largest supplier of flash memory because they are affordable, high-capacity, and totally portable. However, your Kingstone flash drive might get corrupted. If you’re dealing with this situation, try one of the various methods described below in order to fix your problem.

Steps to fix corrupted Kingston pen drive issues

Solution1: Try another USB port

It could be possible that the USB port itself is damaged or some software issue is to be blamed for your corrupted Kingston pen drive. So, if you repeatedly tried to connect your Kingston pen drive to a single USB port on your computer, a good suggestion is to try other USB ports as well.

Solution 2: Try to use the flash drive on another PC

Maybe the issue is specifically on your PC, and that is the reason why you are finding trouble in running  your Kingston pen drive. Try connecting your pen drive to another computer. Hopefully, it may work, and you will be able to backup your data from it.

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Solution 3: Change the drive letter

Sometimes your computer is unable to assign drive letters (like C, D, E) to your Kingstone pen drive. Due to this reason, the files on it cannot be accessed. To solve this issue, you can assign the drive letter to your device. Here are the simple steps to fix the corrupted pen drive or memory card by assigning a correct drive letter:

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Solution 4: Use CHKDSK command

Alternatively, a good solution to repair your corrupted Kingston pen drive is to run the CHKDSK command. In order to do that, follow the steps below: Just wait for the process to get complete and then you should find your Kingston pen drive working as good as new.

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Solution 5: Use diskpart in Command Prompt

The CMD command which is also known as Command Prompt is one of the high rated and successful solution to repair corrupted pen drives. In order to use this command, please follow the steps below: SPONSORED

Solution 6: Windows Explorer

Another solution you can try is using Windows Explorer as this is one of the most commonly used procedure to repair a connected storage media to your computer:

Solution 7: Remove the bad sectors

Our storage devices store data in different sectors. Due to various reasons, these sectors become unusable, giving rise to bad sectors. Check Disk is used to perform an error check operation on your connected pen drive: This Check disk utility will now repair any soft bad sector present on your pen drive. Restart your computer after the repair process completes.

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Solution 8: Repair corrupted pen drive without formatting

Next, try the following steps to repair your damaged Kingston pen without formatting and rescue your data:

Solution 9: Reinstall drivers

There are times when the drivers that run your pen drive gets corrupted. To fix your drivers problems, you will need to know the particular model of the Kingston pen drive you are having problems with. Once you have the details you can search the Kingston website for your drivers and, if available, download and install these drivers. All in all, that is how you can fix your corrupted Kingston pen drive. If you tried other methods that help you solve this problem, we would be very glad if you shared that experience with us in the comments section below. READ ALSO:

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