Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I recently used Lexar's file recovery software to extract lost files from a Scandisk SD card. You might want to try that. Do a low level search, which is a deep search. Apparently that program will work with any form of storage. Slobodan Dimitrov Studio G-8, Angels Gate Cultural Center http://sdimitrovphoto.com On Dec 19, 2005, at 11:19 PM, 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information