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unformatted?
« on: November 15, 2006, 11:12:02 PM »
I've got a flash drive I've been using for a lot of my current stories.  It contains the most recent, and in some cases only, files.

The problem is that I just plugged it into my computer and got a 'disk not formatted.  would you like to format it?' message.  Tried it on a second computer and got the same message.  Any advice on salvaging the files?
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Re:unformatted?
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2006, 03:44:34 PM »
there are alot of file recovery programs out there you might want to do some researce on em  

i have tried some but never found what i was actually looking for on the drive
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« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2006, 09:42:19 PM »
Yeah, a friend of mine found a recovery program.  It acknowledges the drive's presence (It's listed) but I can't any farther than that.
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Re:unformatted?
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2006, 12:24:45 PM »
http://www.download.com/FAT-Hard-Disk-Data-Recovery/3000-2094_4-10541985.html?tag=lst-0-3

try that link for a program that i am sure will work for ya  if you need other help please message me at   mailto:kcp51981@hotmail.com
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« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2006, 05:18:59 PM »
Thanks, I will...once I get back from vacation.
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Re:unformatted?
« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2006, 08:40:42 PM »
a lot of times when a USB drive fails, it's not a bad sector in the drive, but actually a problem with the interface. if you 'bend' the drive a bit you can get it to hit whatever connections are missing and get your data off of it.

following that, throw the drive away and go buy a new one. a gig will set you back about $20 at this point, and the data security of using a non-faulty drive will be worth it.

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« Reply #6 on: December 05, 2006, 07:52:50 PM »
well, I've tried the drive on multiple computers.  I have a second flash drive, but I'd really like to get the stuff off the old one.

Maybe I should just break the casing off and see if that helps?
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« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2007, 08:42:44 AM »
i can't help you recover it, but i can suggest downloading pathsync or another sync program

I use pathsync, and all it does is go through my flash drive, check to see what files are newer on the flash drive and copies them to a directory on my hard drive that is my backup

It's very useful

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« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2007, 11:47:13 PM »
You have a website for that?
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