USB Memory Stick Recovery - Teh Forum

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It worked once years ago.<br /><br /> I booted the laptop from a Linux USB drive and it can mount the partition as read-only but doesn't show any contents.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41441.35&return_msg=41441.34" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41441.35"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41441_36"></a><div class="message" id="message_41441_36"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: koswix<span class="message_time">30 Mar 2015 22:50</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Chris (CHRISSS) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 30 Mar 2015 22:52"></span></span> <span class="message_count">36 of 77</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41441.36">41441.36</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41441.34#a41441_35" target="_self">41441.35</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Never tried it, but sounds like it's dead anyway so no harm in giving it a shot. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41441.36&return_msg=41441.34" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41441.36"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41441_37"></a><div class="message" id="message_41441_37"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Chris (CHRISSS)<span class="message_time">30 Mar 2015 23:07</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: koswix <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 31 Mar 2015 07:05"></span></span> <span class="message_count">37 of 77</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41441.37">41441.37</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41441.34#a41441_36" target="_self">41441.36</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I'm pretty sure it did work. Had a HDD that couldn't be read in Windows, froze it and when I took it out of the freezer it worked for a little while, long enough to get some data off.<br /><br /> It does look like the drive is dead unfortunately. Nothing backed up from it, years of stuff on there <span class="emoticon e_confused" title=":S"><span class="e__">:S</span></span> Worth a shot at putting it in the freezer.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41441.37&return_msg=41441.34" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41441.37"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41441_38"></a><div class="message" id="message_41441_38"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Chris (CHRISSS)<span class="message_time">31 Mar 2015 00:42</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">38 of 77</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41441.38">41441.38</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Wonderful. I can access the recovery partition fine but the rest just doesn't seem to work <span class="emoticon e_sad" title=":("><span class="e__">:(</span></span></div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41441.38&return_msg=41441.34" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41441.38"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41441_39"></a><div class="message" id="message_41441_39"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Chris (CHRISSS)<span class="message_time">31 Mar 2015 06:35</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ALL<span class="message_count">39 of 77</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41441.39">41441.39</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Freezer didn't help. Same thing this morning. Maybe it wasn't in there long enough. More likely it's DEAD.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41441.39&return_msg=41441.34" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41441.39"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41441_40"></a><div class="message" id="message_41441_40"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">31 Mar 2015 07:53</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Chris (CHRISSS) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 31 Mar 2015 07:55"></span></span> <span class="message_count">40 of 77</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41441.40">41441.40</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41441.34#a41441_39" target="_self">41441.39</a></div> <div class="message_body"> But the recovery partition still works? <br /> <br /> dd the whole device to an image. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41441.40&return_msg=41441.34" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41441.40"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41441_41"></a><div class="message" id="message_41441_41"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Chris (CHRISSS)<span class="message_time">31 Mar 2015 07:59</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 31 Mar 2015 08:17"></span></span> <span class="message_count">41 of 77</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41441.41">41441.41</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41441.34#a41441_40" target="_self">41441.40</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Seems to. I could access the files in the recovery partition from Linux. The other partition showed the size and space used but couldn't shoe any contents.<br /> <br /> Worth a try making an image. I'll try and find a HDD large enough when I get home and see if it will work. </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41441.41&return_msg=41441.34" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41441.41"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41441_42"></a><div class="message" id="message_41441_42"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: ANT_THOMAS<span class="message_time">31 Mar 2015 08:18</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: Chris (CHRISSS) <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 31 Mar 2015 08:20"></span></span> <span class="message_count">42 of 77</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41441.42">41441.42</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41441.34#a41441_41" target="_self">41441.41</a></div> <div class="message_body"> Data could well be in tact just the FAT is damaged (if it still works like that for NTFS). </div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41441.42&return_msg=41441.34" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41441.42"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div><a name="a41441_43"></a><div class="message" id="message_41441_43"> <div class="message_header"> <div class="message_from"> From: Chris (CHRISSS)<span class="message_time">31 Mar 2015 08:40</span> <div class="clearer"></div> </div><div class="message_to">To: ANT_THOMAS <span><span class="image post_read" title="Read: 31 Mar 2015 08:50"></span></span> <span class="message_count">43 of 77</span><div class="clearer"></div> </div> </div> <div class="message_links"> <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41441.43">41441.43</a> In reply to <a href="lmessages.php?webtag=DEFAULT&msg=41441.34#a41441_42" target="_self">41441.42</a></div> <div class="message_body"> I think if that's all it was then GetDataBack would have done something. The drive is making funny noises too which definitely isn't a good sign.</div> <div class="message_footer"> <div class="message_footer_links"><a href="lpost.php?webtag=DEFAULT&reply_to=41441.43&return_msg=41441.34" class="reply"><span class="image post"></span>Reply</a></div> <div class="message_vote_form" data-msg="41441.43"> <span class="rating">0/0</span> <span class="image vote vote_down vote_down_off" title="Vote Down"></span> <span class="image vote vote_up vote_up_off" title="Vote Up"></span> </div> </div> </div></div> <div class="message_page_footer"> <ul> <li class="right_col"><form accept-charset="utf-8" method="get" action="lmessages.php" target="_self"><input type="hidden" name="webtag" id="webtag" class="bhinputtext" value="DEFAULT" dir="ltr" /><input type="hidden" name="msg" id="msg" class="bhinputtext" value="41441.44" dir="ltr" /><input type="submit" name="submit" id="keep_reading" value="Keep reading…" class="button" /></form></li> </ul> </div> </div> </body>