memory stick has lost all data
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From: Terry R. on 1 Mar 2010 20:23 On 3/1/2010 3:33 PM On a whim, lenny109 pounded out on the keyboard > My daughter has tried it and I have tried it on a couple of computers. It is > in A1 condition with no obvious damage. Tried other USB ports too but no > change I am afraid. > Thanks anyway. > I had one go through the washing machine over the weekend. Didn't notice it until it finally came out of the pocket in the dryer, which caused me to go check because of the noise. I let it sit for 2 days and amazingly, everything is still on it and it works fine. I guess you never know what will cause a flash drive to fail. Terry R. -- Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
From: lenny109 on 2 Mar 2010 03:59 Nice one Terry! I give up now. Gone for ever. The only silver lining is that she might start backing up properly. But I doubt it! Thanks for all the suggestions. "Terry R." <F1Com(a)NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote in message news:uqKiYcauKHA.5812(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > > On 3/1/2010 3:33 PM On a whim, lenny109 pounded out on the keyboard > >> My daughter has tried it and I have tried it on a couple of computers. It >> is >> in A1 condition with no obvious damage. Tried other USB ports too but no >> change I am afraid. >> Thanks anyway. >> > > I had one go through the washing machine over the weekend. Didn't notice > it until it finally came out of the pocket in the dryer, which caused me > to go check because of the noise. I let it sit for 2 days and amazingly, > everything is still on it and it works fine. > > I guess you never know what will cause a flash drive to fail. > > > Terry R. > -- > Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. > Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
From: Terry R. on 2 Mar 2010 11:16
On 3/2/2010 12:59 AM On a whim, lenny109 pounded out on the keyboard > Nice one Terry! > > I give up now. Gone for ever. The only silver lining is that she might start > backing up properly. But I doubt it! > Thanks for all the suggestions. > > "Terry R."<F1Com(a)NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote in message > news:uqKiYcauKHA.5812(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> >> On 3/1/2010 3:33 PM On a whim, lenny109 pounded out on the keyboard >> >>> My daughter has tried it and I have tried it on a couple of computers. It >>> is >>> in A1 condition with no obvious damage. Tried other USB ports too but no >>> change I am afraid. >>> Thanks anyway. >>> >> >> I had one go through the washing machine over the weekend. Didn't notice >> it until it finally came out of the pocket in the dryer, which caused me >> to go check because of the noise. I let it sit for 2 days and amazingly, >> everything is still on it and it works fine. >> >> I guess you never know what will cause a flash drive to fail. >> >> >> Terry R. > > Hi Lenny, At least we learn from issues like this (most of the time). The more valuable the data, the more copies to keep. Terry R. -- Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. |