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| Thread ID: 126149 | 2012-08-10 17:55:00 | Can't Read A USB Stick | SurferJoe46 (51) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1293892 | 2012-08-10 17:55:00 | Got a 4G - HP stick that won't show in Manager nor can I see it in My Computer . It makes the DT see it as a potential HD and installs the driver and says it's ready to use - but No-o-o-o-o, it ain't there . Youse guyses gotz any idears? :dogeye: |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1293893 | 2012-08-10 22:18:00 | Has it been formatted? | Zippity (58) | ||
| 1293894 | 2012-08-11 00:59:00 | It has two years worth of files on it that aren't backed-up anywhere. Thankfully, it's not mine. So -- yeah, I guess it has been formatted at first. But to see it to try to format it now isn't a happening thing. Thanks for the response. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1293895 | 2012-08-11 01:07:00 | Probably the filesystem has been corrupted significantly or the device has failed. Last time I had to deal with a USB flash drive like that I used Linux and gnu ddrescue to make an image of it which I then scanned in Windows with a recovery program. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1293896 | 2012-08-11 05:10:00 | Oh NO!!! Mr. Bill! Linux! I'll pass that on to the party that has the drive. Thanks - but if I use anything that says Linux on it - I destroy things. I do. Really I do. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1293897 | 2012-08-11 10:56:00 | You can try a recovery program on the drive directly in Windows but I find it's safer if you make an image first and try to do recovery from that, especially if the device may be faulty. If a drive is faulty, you may only get one chance to read the whole drive (or some of the drive) before it fails completely, and it's best to use that chance to make an image you can scan afterwards many times, than try to scan a faulty drive many times and maybe kill it off before even recovering anything. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1293898 | 2012-08-11 13:53:00 | Won't it be necessary to 'see the drive first to image it? Windows doesn't do anything but initially sense it's in the slot and repeatedly installs a driver and says it's ready to use. But then it's not showing up in My Computer, Add New Hardware or Disc Management. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1293899 | 2012-08-11 14:05:00 | Won't it be necessary to 'see the drive first to image it? Windows doesn't do anything but initially sense it's in the slot and repeatedly installs a driver and says it's ready to use. But then it's not showing up in My Computer, Add New Hardware or Disc Management. Another reason why Linux might be the better choice in this scenario. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1293900 | 2012-08-11 14:07:00 | I know a guy in SoCal who actually runs a Linus system - imagine that! - and I'll send it to him. I'm staying far away from L-based systems. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1293901 | 2012-08-11 22:41:00 | If only more people would recognise there area of in-expertise and pass things over there would be less problems | gary67 (56) | ||
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