Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >