I bought a 4GB memory stick a couple of months ago and its was working great until yesterday. When I tried to open it, it told me it needed reformatting but reformatting would wipe all the data. I cannot open it and would really like to be able to access the files. I have been told that it is possible to get around this but the guy who said that can't remeber how. Any hints or ideas?
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Reformat Error - USB Memory sticks
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Anonymous
Posted 3 weeks ago # -
Ben
Big KahunaSounds like you might have removed the drive without ejecting or stopping it first? Sadly it's an all too common problem.
There are a bunch of different programs that will attempt to recover the data for you. The trouble is filtering the wheat from the spam/chaff. This post has a few good suggestions: http://ask.metafilter.com/31869/How-to-recover-data-from-a-USB-key
Posted 2 weeks ago #
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