What to do if you drop a USB drive in the water?

Question

Omg, I have everything on my USB drive and it got put into the washer. I pulled it out 1/4 of the way through but it still got soaked. What do I do?

All my school works on this drive.

Omg, I have everything on my USB drive and it got put into the washer. I pulled it out 1/4 of the way through but it still got soaked. What do I do?

All my school work is on this drive.

Will the soapy water effect it?

Sorry about the repost. It was just suppose to be whether or not the soapy water will effect it?

Answer 1

let it set on a paper towel for several days to completely dry out. since it wasn't in the computer when you dropped it there is no way it could be shorted out.

backup your flash drive. this will take two flash drives one plugged in at a time.

i make a new folder on the computer's desktop. the on the flash drive i drag the filees and folders over to it.

then put a new fash drive in the port and drag them back to it and you now have a copy of ecery thing.

go back to the desktop and delete that new folder and all of it's contents.

Answer 2

You're going to have to let it air-dry for a week or so to avoid damaging the usb drive or the computer you attach it to. Sometimes you can blow hot air into it with a hair dryer, but this also has a risk of heat damage. If you choose this route use extreme caution to hot hold the heat on it for too long a time.

Answer 3

Rinse it with distilled water and dry it out. Just don't try to use it while it's still wet. They're pretty tough. And don't trust important data to one device. Anything can quit anytime.

Answer 4

don't use it, it will be no good now, if you plug it in while there it still moisture in it you will blow your USB ports

Answer 5

Try Blow drying it...it might help...