Spinrite is one of the best I have used.
https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
Also, TestDisk Ties it for #1 spot
https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download

On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 12:14 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:

> I have not written to the drive since my initial copy.
>
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 3:11 PM Michael <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I copied a lot of crap to a newly formatted USB drive.But they seem to
> > have disappeared from the drive. Please.... what is a good file
> > recovery tool?
> >
> > --
> > :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
>
> --
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:
> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss



-- 
A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

Stephen