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Old 05-14-2009, 08:39 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Unable to read flashdrive

I use Windows-XP backup utility to backup my office docs. I recently needed to reload the OS so I backed my data up to my flashdrive and verified the backup file was there. After reloading I tried to restore the data but got message saying "no data to restore" or "drive not formatted". Anyone know of a "undelete" command for a flashdrive or why my restore doesn't work? Thanks,
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Old 05-16-2009, 08:07 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Will the flash drive work in another PC? If not, it has most likely failed.
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Re: Unable to read flashdrive

I've tried two other PCs no good. When you say "fail", the drive itself is readable telling me it has 1G available space(max) so I pressume this means the drive is ok. I have not written anything to it, am just wondering if there is any means of recovery or do you think somehow it got wiped but I don't see how. Thanks for your response I appreciate it.
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