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How to recover data from defective flash drives
Hello Group
I had one flash drive that is not recognized anymore if inserted in any PC USB Slot,...meaning that is malfunctioning. Is there a way to recover the data from it? TIA Roy |
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How to recover data from defective flash drives
Roy wrote:
Hello Group I had one flash drive that is not recognized anymore if inserted in any PC USB Slot,...meaning that is malfunctioning. Is there a way to recover the data from it? TIA Roy If it was mine, I would open it up, and check it with a magnifying glass. Often it is a bad connection from the usb connector to the printed circuit. Bend the pins back into shape, and/or resolder them, might restore it to temporary health. |
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How to recover data from defective flash drives
On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:40:08 +0200, Sjouke Burry
wrote: Roy wrote: Hello Group I had one flash drive that is not recognized anymore if inserted in any PC USB Slot,...meaning that is malfunctioning. Is there a way to recover the data from it? TIA Roy If it was mine, I would open it up, and check it with a magnifying glass. Often it is a bad connection from the usb connector to the printed circuit. Bend the pins back into shape, and/or resolder them, might restore it to temporary health. Agreed, that is a weak point in many of them, though before tearing it open it might be good to try it on another system just in case it's the system not the drive that's to blame. As for last resorts, a good data recovery service should be able to get the data off, if it's still held in the flash chip but of course that could cost quite a bit though I couldn't even guess a ballpark figure beyond hundreds of dollars or more. |
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How to recover data from defective flash drives
On Jun 5, 11:34*am, kony wrote:
On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:40:08 +0200, Sjouke Burry wrote: Roy wrote: Hello Group I had one flash drive that is not recognized anymore if inserted in any PC USB Slot,...meaning that is malfunctioning. Is there a way to recover the data from it? TIA Roy If it was mine, I would open it up, and check it with a magnifying glass. Often it is a bad connection from the usb connector to the printed circuit. Bend the pins back into shape, and/or resolder them, might restore it to temporary health. Agreed, that is a weak point in many of them, though before tearing it open it might be good to try it on another system just in case it's the system not the drive that's to blame. As for last resorts, a good data recovery service should be able to get the data off, if it's still held in the flash chip but of course that could cost quite a bit though I couldn't even guess a ballpark figure beyond hundreds of dollars or more. Thanks for the tips Sjouke Burry and Kony, but would like some clarification what doyou mean by another system...do you mean another PC run by a different OS ? |
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How to recover data from defective flash drives
On Jun 5, 7:19 am, Roy wrote:
On Jun 5, 11:34 am, kony wrote: On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:40:08 +0200, Sjouke Burry wrote: Roy wrote: Hello Group I had one flash drive that is not recognized anymore if inserted in any PC USB Slot,...meaning that is malfunctioning. Is there a way to recover the data from it? TIA Roy If it was mine, I would open it up, and check it with a magnifying glass. Often it is a bad connection from the usb connector to the printed circuit. Bend the pins back into shape, and/or resolder them, might restore it to temporary health. Agreed, that is a weak point in many of them, though before tearing it open it might be good to try it on another system just in case it's the system not the drive that's to blame. As for last resorts, a good data recovery service should be able to get the data off, if it's still held in the flash chip but of course that could cost quite a bit though I couldn't even guess a ballpark figure beyond hundreds of dollars or more. Thanks for the tips Sjouke Burry and Kony, but would like some clarification what doyou mean by another system...do you mean another PC run by a different OS ? The first question is on what OS did you check it ? If you run some flavor of Linux distribution please provide the output of lsusb. If it is recognized then your usb chip works (the problem is software) : you can copy the stick using dd comand. My guess is that your filesystem (on the stick) is malfunctioning that can be fixed . |
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How to recover data from defective flash drives
On Wed, 4 Jun 2008 21:19:14 -0700 (PDT), Roy
wrote: On Jun 5, 11:34*am, kony wrote: On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:40:08 +0200, Sjouke Burry wrote: Roy wrote: Hello Group I had one flash drive that is not recognized anymore if inserted in any PC USB Slot,...meaning that is malfunctioning. Is there a way to recover the data from it? TIA Roy If it was mine, I would open it up, and check it with a magnifying glass. Often it is a bad connection from the usb connector to the printed circuit. Bend the pins back into shape, and/or resolder them, might restore it to temporary health. Agreed, that is a weak point in many of them, though before tearing it open it might be good to try it on another system just in case it's the system not the drive that's to blame. As for last resorts, a good data recovery service should be able to get the data off, if it's still held in the flash chip but of course that could cost quite a bit though I couldn't even guess a ballpark figure beyond hundreds of dollars or more. Thanks for the tips Sjouke Burry and Kony, but would like some clarification what doyou mean by another system...do you mean another PC run by a different OS ? Another PC - could be same OS or different OS, that doesn't matter so long as the other PC has demonstrated that it can use USB removable storage and supports the filesystem on the drive. |
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