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Subject: [Leica] OT: File recovery from a Sandisk USB flash drive
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Tue Dec 20 00:06:05 2005
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20051219225513.00bf2020@mail.2alpha.com>

http://www.pcinspector.de/file_recovery/UK/welcome.htm

Peter,
I've had some success with ths bit of Freeware, maybe it'll work for you 
too-
hope so,
Douglas

Peter Klein wrote:

> Off topic, but would appreciate an assist:
>
> A colleague just returned from Africa with a bunch of files on her 
> flash drive.  Or so she thought.  She plugged it into her computer.  
> Nothing there.  The drive shows up, but it appears to have zero total 
> space, zero bytes free, zero files.
>
> I've looked at the flash drive on several computers.  Same story.  In 
> My Computer/Explorer, it acts like a Zip drive with no disk inserted.  
> It shows up as a drive letter E:.  If you double click on it, Windows 
> prompts you to insert a disk.  This worries me.  It's not that the 
> drive has been erased, so we see empty memory. It's like there's no 
> memory at all.  Almost like the memory is physically damaged.
>
> In her email, she mentioned that she had some difficulty copying files 
> to the drive in Africa, so it could be that she's corrupted the 
> structure to the point that Windows sees nothing.   I don't have any 
> more information yet--I didn't see her, as she's still on Africa time 
> and went home early.
>
> The problem device is a Sandisk "Cruzer" mini 2 gig USB 2.0 flash 
> drive.  Any suggestions on a file recovery utility that has the best 
> chance of recovering anything would be appreciated.  Sandisk has their 
> own utility, and I recall Tina mentioning a couple a while back, Photo 
> Rescue and Restorer 2000, I think.  Are these still my best bet, or 
> have others gotten better?
>
> Thanks!
> --Peter
>
>
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Replies: Reply from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] OT: File recovery from a Sandisk USB flash drive)
In reply to: Message from pklein at 2alpha.net (Peter Klein) ([Leica] OT: File recovery from a Sandisk USB flash drive)