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USB stick - win XP updates
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I had a USB memory stick plugged into my Win XP (pro) computer. The machine then updated itself with the many various MS patches going back a number of weeks. This it successfully did. After a reboot, I found that the USB device was no longer available (or the files on it) as xp reported it as requiring a format. Why would this happen, and do you think its possible to retrieve the data on the stick? Thanks. |
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After a reboot, I found that the USB device was no longer available
(or the files on it) as xp reported it as requiring a format. Why would this happen, and do you think its possible to retrieve the data on the stick? What if you unplug and re-plug in the USB? -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.31-14-generic ^ ^ 21:03:01 up 5 days 2:44 2 users load average: 1.09 1.06 1.07 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交! 不打交! 不打劫! 不自殺! 請考慮綜援 (CSSA): http://www.swd.gov.hk/tc/index/site_...sub_addressesa |
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USB stick - win XP updates
alo wrote:
Hello.... I had a USB memory stick plugged into my Win XP (pro) computer. The machine then updated itself with the many various MS patches going back a number of weeks. This it successfully did. After a reboot, I found that the USB device was no longer available (or the files on it) as xp reported it as requiring a format. Why would this happen, and do you think its possible to retrieve the data on the stick? I don't think it should write anything to the stick in the operation you describe. Maybe an issue with the USB driver/port? Have you tried the stick in a different computer? Arno -- Arno Wagner, Dr. sc. techn., Dipl. Inform., CISSP -- Email: GnuPG: ID: 1E25338F FP: 0C30 5782 9D93 F785 E79C 0296 797F 6B50 1E25 338F ---- Cuddly UI's are the manifestation of wishful thinking. -- Dylan Evans |
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On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:03:20 +0800, "Man-wai Chang to The Door
(+MS=32B)" wrote: After a reboot, I found that the USB device was no longer available (or the files on it) as xp reported it as requiring a format. Why would this happen, and do you think its possible to retrieve the data on the stick? What if you unplug and re-plug in the USB? Different machines running xp all come up with the same response "the disk is not formatted..... etc" |
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USB stick - win XP updates
On 4-Nov-2009, alo wrote: After a reboot, I found that the USB device was no longer available (or the files on it) as xp reported it as requiring a format. Why would this happen, and do you think its possible to retrieve the data on the stick? What if you unplug and re-plug in the USB? This can arise if there was a delayed write failed message, which can corrupt the drive. Did the suggested unplug/replug work? Google for delayed write fail, see if anything matches your problem. To prevent it I use a little utility called USB Safely Remove. Think it ckecks if the drive is free and that everything has been written. If you are still stuck you could try some of the file recovery utilities, but if it is the file table that is corrupt you may have a problem. |
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USB stick - win XP updates
alo wrote
Man-wai Chang to The Door (+MS=32B)" wrote alo wrote After a reboot, I found that the USB device was no longer available (or the files on it) as xp reported it as requiring a format. Why would this happen, and do you think its possible to retrieve the data on the stick? http://www.infinadyne.com/flashretriever.html may be able to get it back, not free, but not all that expensive. What if you unplug and re-plug in the USB? Different machines running xp all come up with the same response "the disk is not formatted..... etc" Most likely it just died and the fact that XP was updating at the time it died is a coincidence. They do die without XP updating. |
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