memory stick has lost all data
in [Windows XP]
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From: Terry R. on 27 Feb 2010 13:26 The date and time was Saturday, February 27, 2010 8:53:05 AM, and on a whim, philo pounded out on the keyboard: > 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. >> >> > > > The drive is probably bad and probably unrecoverable. > > I assume she deleted the files from the harddrive...and if so > you may have better luck running a data recovery program there. > > Of course...the more the drive was used...the less likely it is for the > files to be recovered. > > If this is the case....stop using the machine at once > > and slave the drive to another machine (or put it in a USB enclosure) > > then run the recovery program from the other machine It's already in a USB enclosure. :-P Terry R. -- Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.
From: philo on 27 Feb 2010 13:39 Terry R. wrote: > The date and time was Saturday, February 27, 2010 8:53:05 AM, and on a > whim, philo pounded out on the keyboard: > >> 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. >>> >> >> >> The drive is probably bad and probably unrecoverable. >> >> I assume she deleted the files from the harddrive...and if so >> you may have better luck running a data recovery program there. >> >> Of course...the more the drive was used...the less likely it is for >> the files to be recovered. >> >> If this is the case....stop using the machine at once >> >> and slave the drive to another machine (or put it in a USB enclosure) >> >> then run the recovery program from the other machine > > It's already in a USB enclosure. :-P > > > Terry R. I was referring to the HD not the USB stick
From: Twayne on 27 Feb 2010 15:03 In news:OlbdhL2tKHA.5008(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl, HeyBub <heybub(a)gmail.com> typed: > 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. > > Good luck. If you do recover the files, put the stick in the trash. > > Thumb drives have a limited lifespan. Very limited. How limited is "very limited"? I wasn't aware of that. Twayne -- -- Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.
From: Unknown on 27 Feb 2010 15:50 What is the spec on its life span? "HeyBub" <heybub(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:OlbdhL2tKHA.5008(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > 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. > > Good luck. If you do recover the files, put the stick in the trash. > > Thumb drives have a limited lifespan. Very limited. >
From: ArameFarpado on 27 Feb 2010 22:21
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? > "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. >> >> >> . >> |