memory stick has lost all data
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From: SC Tom on 28 Feb 2010 13:32 Very doubtful that it will even be able to be formatted. Windows will probably try, then error out. The odds of recovering the files after format (if it works) are very high against being able to do so. -- SC Tom "lenny109" <lenny(a)thetakeout.com> wrote in message news:zs-dnTDauKq8NxfWnZ2dnUVZ7tWdnZ2d(a)pipex.net... > OK, > Nothing seems to work. What if I format the card and then try to recover > files once windows recognises the drive properly again? Any chance this > will work? > > > "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. >> > >
From: philo on 28 Feb 2010 14:02 lenny109 wrote: > I can see what it going on here but my daughter didn't save the documents on > the hard drive first. Everything was saved on the stick. That is teenagers > for you. It doesn't matter how many times you tell them to save in a number > of places it doesn't go in at all. > > Will there be any trace of the MS Office (word) files on the computer that > they were produced on even if they are actually saved directly to the memory > stick? > > > "Terry R." <F1Com(a)NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote in message > news:OmzcsUJuKHA.6140(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> On 2/27/2010 10:39 AM On a whim, philo pounded out on the keyboard >> >>> 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 >> They're not having any issue with the hard drive... >> >> >> Terry R. >> -- >> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. >> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. > > I had hoped that the files were originally on the HD and simply moved over to the USB stick. Since they were never on the HD then I guess...hopefully she has now learned her lesson
From: philo on 28 Feb 2010 14:31 SC Tom wrote: > Very doubtful that it will even be able to be formatted. Windows will > probably try, then error out. The odds of recovering the files after > format (if it works) are very high against being able to do so. I agree... do not format the card I think the data are gone... but I suppose it would not hurt to try other data recovery software maybe even a live linux cd
From: ED on 28 Feb 2010 14:49 Maybe I missed it, but have you tried "chkdsk /f" ? You did mention a bad boot sector, chkdsk can fix this with a "chkdsk /mbr". It's worth a try at this stage of the game. "lenny109" <lenny(a)thetakeout.com> wrote in message news:zs-dnTDauKq8NxfWnZ2dnUVZ7tWdnZ2d(a)pipex.net... > OK, > Nothing seems to work. What if I format the card and then try to recover > files once windows recognises the drive properly again? Any chance this > will work? > > > "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. >> > >
From: Bill in Co. on 28 Feb 2010 14:53
Did you even take a look at these two software utilities below, Lenny? You have nothing to lose by trying. Bill in Co. wrote: > 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. > > Possibly Easeus Deleted File Recovery, or Easeus Data Recovery Wizard. |