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09-30-2009, 09:46 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sewell, NJ
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Help! Flash drive crash?
Ok so my girfriends father passed away last year and she had saved some of his files, bucket list, account info, achievements, etc on the flash drive. She went look at it today and couldnt get anything off of it. comp wont even read the thing. now she is using a pc at work but usually uses her mac but its at her house.
any ideas?
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09-30-2009, 11:08 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
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was it 'safely removed' last time it was connected? did you open it and nothing is there?
i forgot stop a flash drive and just pulled it out, ended up losing a presentation and paper and all i had was a blank flash drive
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09-30-2009, 12:13 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sewell, NJ
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I have no idea i can only assume it wasnt, haha. Any comp she puts it on at work wont even recognize it. The computers she pulled the info from are no longer around.
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09-30-2009, 03:42 PM
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yeah memory loss sucks, I had my external hard drive fail on me a couple of months ago....loosing 400gb of data sucks.
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09-30-2009, 09:49 PM
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Ebearnezer Scrooge/Power Member/Lips
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Location: Hamilton, Mercer county
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You can usually do a drive recovery on flash drives. I have done it a few times, you need special software though. Nothing terribly expensive but chances are the TOC has just been wiped out.
I could help out possibly but I have to find the software
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09-30-2009, 10:33 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sewell, NJ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PolarBear
You can usually do a drive recovery on flash drives. I have done it a few times, you need special software though. Nothing terribly expensive but chances are the TOC has just been wiped out.
I could help out possibly but I have to find the software
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I would be forever indebted to you if you could help out and somehow get those files back. She was devastated when it didn't load. If you can find the software ill mail the little drive out with a blank signed check haha, or point me to the proper software and well give it a shot.
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09-30-2009, 10:53 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Hillsborough, NJ
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Were the files original on the mac?
If so, then the PC will not read it, and she would have to use the mac to retrieve those files.
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10-01-2009, 07:45 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sewell, NJ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Whiplash Performance
Were the files original on the mac?
If so, then the PC will not read it, and she would have to use the mac to retrieve those files.
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yeah thats the first thing I thought of and when she got home and tried it on the mac it was the same deal, nothing.
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10-01-2009, 08:19 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: NJ
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I've never had a problem transferring files Mac-PC or PC-Mac. I use a MacBook most of the time but I have a PC dekstop at home. Both computers work fine with my flash drive and my external.
One thing I did notice with the Mac, when your using a USB device it prompts you to make sure you remember to safely remove the device. My friend warned me about just removing the flash drive without going through the prompts, but I don't have much important stuff to worry about and usually just pull it out.
I think I have a software recovery program somewhere, If you can get a computer to recognize it and the files are corrupt I'll see if I can find the program.
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10-01-2009, 02:52 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stevoone
usually just pull it out.
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Yeah, sometimes just pulling it out doesn't really work
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10-01-2009, 03:41 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: NJ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Savage_Messiah
Yeah, sometimes just pulling it out doesn't really work
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Learned that one the hard way, he's almost 5 months old now.
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10-01-2009, 03:44 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sewell, NJ
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Savage_Messiah
Yeah, sometimes just pulling it out doesn't really work
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stevoone
Learned that one the hard way, he's almost 5 months old now.
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cant erase that!
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10-01-2009, 05:17 PM
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Ebearnezer Scrooge/Power Member/Lips
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Location: Hamilton, Mercer county
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I found the software after I posted last. If you wanna send to me I can give it a try. Send me a PM if you want.
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