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Posted by Jabka Atu on June 5, 2008, 10:02 am
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> > On Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:40:08 +0200, Sjouke Burry
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> > >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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> > 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.
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> > 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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> 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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