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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 00:08:36 2005
References: <5.1.0.14.2.20051219225513.00bf2020@mail.2alpha.com> <43A7BB63.9010202@gmx.de>

Ooops! I wasn't quite finished - the second URL ;
http://www.pcinspector.de/smart_media_recovery/uk/welcome.htm

Douglas Sharp wrote:

> 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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In reply to: Message from pklein at 2alpha.net (Peter Klein) ([Leica] OT: File recovery from a Sandisk USB flash drive)
Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] OT: File recovery from a Sandisk USB flash drive)