Galexy Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 (edited) Hi folks, New here, mostly just so I can ask the big question: can this USB drive be fixed. (feel free to redirect my thread if I selected the wrong sub!) It's one of these bad boys: http://images.highspeedbackbone.net/skuimages/large/C13-2536-mainb.jpg ********** I'll start by saying it's really old (uh, 2006? ish?) and I don't even know if I left anything on it. If I did, it's fairly important (d'oh!), but I guess that's what I get for using an ancient thumb drive for backup! ********** Upon plugging into my computer, I'm asked to format the drive before it can be used. This thumb drive is not a stranger to this PC, and it was last used on this PC, although that was maybe 2014. If yall think it's a lost cause, I understand. Doesn't hurt to reach out to those with the know how though. Edited March 4, 2019 by Galexy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees Corsair Rick Posted April 1, 2019 Corsair Employees Share Posted April 1, 2019 Hello Galexy, Sorry for the late reply! Have you tried it on a separate PC? If so, unfortunately there isn't anything I can think of to do as far as data recovery besides using diskpart within the command prompt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Quoting myself: May or may not work, but this is a great free data recovery tool: TestDisk http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/56588 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galexy Posted April 12, 2019 Author Share Posted April 12, 2019 Quoting myself: Wowee, that software worked like a charm! Thank you both. I think I'm gonna donate a few bucks, gotta keep this available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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