From: mm on
On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:56:44 +0000, ArameFarpado
<a-farpado.spam(a)netcabo.pt> wrote:

>Em Domingo 28 Fevereiro 2010 05:17, mm escreveu:
>
>> On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:21:32 +0000, ArameFarpado
>> <a-farpado.spam(a)netcabo.pt> wrote:
>>
>>>Em S�bado 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?
>>
>> Why not tell us instead of playing games? Perhaps you don't know.
>
>Go to your disk manager and set another partition that is not your c:\ drive
>to be the active one, reboot and see what happens...

But we weren't talking about the C: drive.

We were talking about the flashdrive. He wants him to set the
partition on the flashdrive to be active.
>

From: ArameFarpado on
Em Domingo 28 Fevereiro 2010 20:00, mm escreveu:

> On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:56:44 +0000, ArameFarpado
> <a-farpado.spam(a)netcabo.pt> wrote:
>
>>Em Domingo 28 Fevereiro 2010 05:17, mm escreveu:
>>
>>> On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:21:32 +0000, ArameFarpado
>>> <a-farpado.spam(a)netcabo.pt> wrote:
>>>
>>>>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?
>>>
>>> Why not tell us instead of playing games? Perhaps you don't know.
>>
>>Go to your disk manager and set another partition that is not your c:\
>>drive to be the active one, reboot and see what happens...
>
> But we weren't talking about the C: drive.
>
> We were talking about the flashdrive. He wants him to set the
> partition on the flashdrive to be active.
>>
Forget it... like we say over here: this is to much sand for your truck
From: lenny109 on
Hi,
Have tried the chkdisk but it will not check the drive at all.

"ED" <xxagon(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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: Unknown on
A couple of questions you haven't answered. Did you try the stick on
another computer?
Did you try the stick in another USB port? Check the pins for possible
damage?
Wiggle it (very gently) when trying to read it?
"lenny109" <lenny(a)thetakeout.com> wrote in message
news:mNOdnd3kQqE-iBHWnZ2dnUVZ8kWdnZ2d(a)pipex.net...
> Hi,
> Have tried the chkdisk but it will not check the drive at all.
>
> "ED" <xxagon(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23mLjM8KuKHA.2436(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> 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: lenny109 on
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.

"Unknown" <unknown(a)unknown.kom> wrote in message
news:%23U8UxlXuKHA.6124(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>A couple of questions you haven't answered. Did you try the stick on
>another computer?
> Did you try the stick in another USB port? Check the pins for possible
> damage?
> Wiggle it (very gently) when trying to read it?
> "lenny109" <lenny(a)thetakeout.com> wrote in message
> news:mNOdnd3kQqE-iBHWnZ2dnUVZ8kWdnZ2d(a)pipex.net...
>> Hi,
>> Have tried the chkdisk but it will not check the drive at all.
>>
>> "ED" <xxagon(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23mLjM8KuKHA.2436(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>