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General => Technoweenies => Topic started by: AJStarhiker on November 15, 2006, 11:12:02 PM
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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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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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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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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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Thanks, I will...once I get back from vacation.
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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.
-RuskiFace the Pirate
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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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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
-BK5K
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You have a website for that?