Ive accidentally corrupted my usbstick.
So now it says that the filesystem is RAW and i have to format it.
I have some data on it that i really need.
Ive tried loads of programs but none of them worked?
can anyone help me?
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Some mounts ago my usbstick got corrupted. I've tried loads of recovery softwares and none of them worked.
Finally, I tried to open the stick on Linux (Puppy Linux), and...magic: I've got access to my data!
That's just an idea, I hope it works also for you.
You probably removed the partition by accident. You'll have to format it. What sucks is that the data is still on there, but inaccesible.
Vintage!
I have the SanDisk Cruzer, and when I uninstalled U3 the same thing happened to me, and it was a simple process to fix it. I hope it helps some of you. Right click on "my computer" => manage => "disk management". There should be a "removable disk" without a drive letter assigned to it. Right click on it and "change drive letter" click on add, and select the drive letter you want. This fixes the "RAW" problem, not sure about the boot sector or partition table, but worth a try.
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Ok i sent it back to the seller and got a new one.
But know i'm wondering what i should do if this would happen again.
I now know that formatting a corrupted drive IS NOT RECOMMENDED.
That just f*cked up my usb toally and made it not recoverable.
I read somewhere about restoring mbr and partition table.
Someone who has an idea?
I just want to be prepared.
//D4vid
Superstick 1Gb
//D4vid
Superstick 1Gb
...stands for Master Boot Record. Chances are you don't have one on your USB stick.
Vintage!
OK this is not a portable App but I have had a similar issue where the FAT16 File Allocation Table got corrupted on a CF card in an HP IPAQ4700 PDA.
Having downloaded lots of freeware and shareware tools, the only one I have any success with is "Data Doctor Recovery for Windows (NTFS/FAT)". I was able to recover 99% of my data and reformat the CF card. The downside is you have to pay a registration fee to save your recovered data.
I was impressed with this package.
David