Due to the delicate physical state of a USB flash drive and the way we use it across various computers, it is only natural that you may have to deal with data loss or some damage to the USB. Here are some the data loss scenarios of the SanDisk iXpand USB’s:
Accidental formatting of the flash drive while transferring data or creating a partition through Disk Management
The wear and tear due to old age and extreme usage of the flash drive
A virus attack due to usage of the flash drive on multiple computers or storage of an infected file