Extratcting data from corrupt usb flashdrive

Peroivankovic · 10-01-2008, 11:19 AM

i plugged my 1g usb flashdrive in yesterday to my xp comp. my memory overloaded from the prog i was running, and it crashed the flashdrive. it now says it needs to be formatted, BUT I HAVE NOT DONE IT YET. is there any way to get the data off the flashdrive without formatting it? there are some Very importand docs on it that i need.

**blah789** · 10-01-2008, 08:58 PM

Is the drive readable at all? Try plugging it into a different USB drive. If you can't access the files from windows explorer, give photorec a try. A thread on how to use it:
Have you "lost" a hard drive, partition or files in your computer?

Peroivankovic · 10-08-2008, 11:32 AM

i tried using the software from the link you posted, but it didn't work, photo rec doesn't acknowledge the drives existence.

anything else i could try?

10-01-2008, 11:19 AM	#1 (permalink)
Peroivankovic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2 OS: win xp	Extratcting data from corrupt usb flashdrive i plugged my 1g usb flashdrive in yesterday to my xp comp. my memory overloaded from the prog i was running, and it crashed the flashdrive. it now says it needs to be formatted, BUT I HAVE NOT DONE IT YET. is there any way to get the data off the flashdrive without formatting it? there are some Very importand docs on it that i need.

10-01-2008, 08:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
blah789 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,293 OS: Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP3	Re: Extratcting data from corrupt usb flashdrive Is the drive readable at all? Try plugging it into a different USB drive. If you can't access the files from windows explorer, give photorec a try. A thread on how to use it: Have you "lost" a hard drive, partition or files in your computer?

10-08-2008, 11:32 AM	#3 (permalink)
Peroivankovic Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2 OS: win xp	Re: Extratcting data from corrupt usb flashdrive i tried using the software from the link you posted, but it didn't work, photo rec doesn't acknowledge the drives existence. anything else i could try?