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| Thread ID: 64985 | 2006-01-03 22:23:00 | Any chance of recovering dead flash drive? | hamstar (4) | Press F1 |
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| 417868 | 2006-01-03 22:23:00 | Hey guys, Got.. well, had me a dse flash drive - chip brand OTi, and samsung. Unfortunately now it has died. Did say not recognised on my dads xp machine, nothings comes up in my linux - even on lsusb, and neither my brothers computer nor the ones at work will read it. But I can't remember if there was anything important on it.. (and it's not really mine) So I was wondering if there is a trick to fix em, or recover data like say... sticking it in a freezer? ;-) I doubt that tho... Cheers, hamstar |
hamstar (4) | ||
| 417869 | 2006-01-03 22:28:00 | Is it still under warranty? If it is, take it back. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 417870 | 2006-01-03 22:37:00 | mmm doubt it... but, the guy who owns it does work for dse and is how he got it, but he opened it and probably statisized the components leading to its downfall... | hamstar (4) | ||
| 417871 | 2006-01-04 00:18:00 | I'm guessing unerase utilities would recovered accidently deleted files, like any hard drive, but I think "dead is dead." It's not like a bad hard drive, where companies specialize in replacing motors and bearings to resurrect 'em. I’m not even sure if trace charges are left on the memory chips. |
kingdragonfly (309) | ||
| 417872 | 2006-01-04 00:36:00 | Usually, what is lost is the simple FAt directory. The data are still intact. There are recovery programmes ... one of the (more expensive) manufacturers used to provide one with the unit ... but I think they charge for it if you haven't bought their drive. But there will be free ones, and some which you pay for if a demo version shows a useful amount recoverable. If you've got a Linux box which has used one of these devices, so you know what "/dev/..." it uses you can try dd if=/dev/sda1 bs=512 | strings ("/dev/sda1" only as an example ...) which will give an indication of what text files there are. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 417873 | 2006-01-04 19:50:00 | sweet thanks dude... give that a try when I get home. | hamstar (4) | ||
| 417874 | 2006-01-04 23:20:00 | I don't know how different these USB drives are to the USB SD memory cards in digital cameras. When I accidentally scrubbed the images off my SD card, I used THIS (www.objectrescue.com) program to bring them back from the dead. Pics are just data, so it may work for flash drives. | braindead (1685) | ||
| 417875 | 2006-01-04 23:39:00 | My USB drive died this morning.... I decided that i'd try 2 computers... then dunk the USB plug part into isopropyl alcohol several times to try and clean off any potential debris.... then dried it... tried it again - didn't work...then stuck it in the freezer for a fe wminutes... didn't work.... went back to isopropyl alcohol... dried it off with the heat coming out of my CPU fan.... tried again... didn't work. Put it down on my desk. Started hunting for a replacement drive online.... tried it again - and it works now. Absolutely no idea what the problem was, or how I fixed it. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 417876 | 2006-01-04 23:45:00 | A discontinuity in the space time continuum???? | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 417877 | 2006-01-04 23:47:00 | Copy your flash drive data to your hard drive. Format the flash drive. Reinstall the data. Maybe keep an encrypted copy of the data on your HD, if necessary. :) |
braindead (1685) | ||
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