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FAT32 to NTFS Flash Drive error? Flash Drive is empty after back up
Hi! I am freaking out a bit.. My laptop took a tumble and the harddrive skipped (or something), leading me to have to back up my files and restart to factory settings. The blue screen lead me to the back up, but my flash drive was required to format to NTFS from FAT32 per the prompts when I attempted my back up.
I formatted, wiping the flash drive. I then backed up on my computer and was able to complete the action, which lead me to believe the format happened properly because I wasn't able to complete the back up prior to the formatting.
Side note.. My laptop is Windows 10 Home and the other computers at my house and work are Mac, so my father brought his windows laptop to my work so I could format. Then he left... So I wasn't able to put the flash drive on a windows computer to make sure the transfer happened properly.
I followed all of the prompts and waited while the back up did it's job. then I ejected my flash drive and reset to factory settings.
NOWWWW... I put the flash drive into my laptop after all was reset. it's format is back to FAT32 and the drive folder is empty!!! Not sure what could have happened, but I lost everything, right? Can anyone tell me how this happened?
I downloaded AOEMI to format back to NTFS without losing data, but still nothing.
Thank you!
Marissa