memory stick has lost all data
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From: Airman Basic on 27 Feb 2010 23:06 > >> I (my daughter) have a USB Pen drive with work on it. Today when it plugs >> into the computer it gives the message that the drive isn't formatted >> do you >> want to format it. Well obviously not at the moment but I also can't >> recover >> any files. I have tried a number of programs including DDR Pen Drive >> Recovery and Ontrack Easy Recovery but neither of them find any files at >> all. If I look on Windows Disk Management it can see the drive (K) and >> size >> and also says that it is healthy but again I can't access it. >> >> What else can I try to recover the files? >> >> Thanks in advance for any help on this one. I've had good luck with this little freeware thing on unreadable flash drives: http://dmitrybrant.com/diskdigger
From: mm on 28 Feb 2010 00:17 On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:21:32 +0000, ArameFarpado <a-farpado.spam(a)netcabo.pt> wrote: >Em S�bado 27 Fevereiro 2010 04:26, Andrew E. escreveu: > >> You almost had it,in diskmgmt.msc,L.click on the drive,go to actions, >> all,locate & select "make active"... >> >make active ??? no! do you even know what that is for? Why not tell us instead of playing games? Perhaps you don't know. > > > >> "lenny109" wrote: >> >>> >>> I (my daughter) have a USB Pen drive with work on it. Today when it plugs >>> into the computer it gives the message that the drive isn't formatted do >>> you want to format it. Well obviously not at the moment but I also can't >>> recover any files. I have tried a number of programs including DDR Pen >>> Drive Recovery and Ontrack Easy Recovery but neither of them find any >>> files at all. If I look on Windows Disk Management it can see the drive >>> (K) and size and also says that it is healthy but again I can't access >>> it. >>> >>> What else can I try to recover the files? >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any help on this one. >>> >>> >>> . >>>
From: ArameFarpado on 28 Feb 2010 04:56 Em Domingo 28 Fevereiro 2010 05:17, mm escreveu: > On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:21:32 +0000, ArameFarpado > <a-farpado.spam(a)netcabo.pt> wrote: > >>Em Sábado 27 Fevereiro 2010 04:26, Andrew E. escreveu: >> >>> You almost had it,in diskmgmt.msc,L.click on the drive,go to actions, >>> all,locate & select "make active"... >>> >>make active ??? no! do you even know what that is for? > > Why not tell us instead of playing games? Perhaps you don't know. Go to your disk manager and set another partition that is not your c:\ drive to be the active one, reboot and see what happens...
From: lenny109 on 28 Feb 2010 06:54 Hi, That link doesn't work "Airman Basic" <airman_basic(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:w7idnZPRGOAjdhTWnZ2dnUVZ_uOdnZ2d(a)giganews.com... > >> >>> I (my daughter) have a USB Pen drive with work on it. Today when it >>> plugs >>> into the computer it gives the message that the drive isn't formatted >>> do you >>> want to format it. Well obviously not at the moment but I also can't >>> recover >>> any files. I have tried a number of programs including DDR Pen Drive >>> Recovery and Ontrack Easy Recovery but neither of them find any files at >>> all. If I look on Windows Disk Management it can see the drive (K) and >>> size >>> and also says that it is healthy but again I can't access it. >>> >>> What else can I try to recover the files? >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any help on this one. > > I've had good luck with this little freeware thing on unreadable flash > drives: > http://dmitrybrant.com/diskdigger
From: lenny109 on 28 Feb 2010 06:56
When I install Recuva it tells me that 'Unable to read boot sector' "lenny109" <lenny(a)thetakeout.com> wrote in message news:KvmdnT-lJf1F_hXWnZ2dnUVZ7t-dnZ2d(a)pipex.net... > > I (my daughter) have a USB Pen drive with work on it. Today when it plugs > into the computer it gives the message that the drive isn't formatted do > you want to format it. Well obviously not at the moment but I also can't > recover any files. I have tried a number of programs including DDR Pen > Drive Recovery and Ontrack Easy Recovery but neither of them find any > files at all. If I look on Windows Disk Management it can see the drive > (K) and size and also says that it is healthy but again I can't access it. > > What else can I try to recover the files? > > Thanks in advance for any help on this one. > |