USB Data Recovery

g0tanks · 9th Nov 2008, 10:01 PM

After my recent incident with Vista (I officially hate Vista =_-) I discovered that it somehow messed up my USB stick too. Whenever I try to open it it says that it's corrupt and unreadable. Anyone have some suggestions on how to try and recover the data?

lee_what2004 · 9th Nov 2008, 10:23 PM

could try recuva(Recuva - Undelete, Unerase, File Recovery - Home)

g0tanks · 9th Nov 2008, 11:15 PM

Thanks for the suggestion, it was able to find all my files, but unfortunately only 5% of the recovered files weren't corrupted :/ Maybe my USB stick is just toast, but still i'd like to try some other programs. Plus it would be nice if it could recover the folder structure too.

lee_what2004 · 9th Nov 2008, 11:58 PM

found another one, worth trying

TestDisk - CGSecurity

g0tanks · 10th Nov 2008, 12:25 AM

Thanks again! Going to try it out now

g0tanks · 10th Nov 2008, 12:55 AM

Testdisk was able to recover all my files including folder structure and repair the damaged boot sector on my USB stick!

Thanks for the great find

lee_what2004 · 10th Nov 2008, 01:01 AM

glad it works

now I need to get a copy of it

how long it took?

g0tanks · 10th Nov 2008, 01:16 AM

Took about a min or so to repair the boot sector, since the data was still there.

mikegas · 10th Nov 2008, 09:49 AM

Wow .. nice. I always just format usb .. hehehe .. never keep anything important in SSD ..

Zenphic · 10th Nov 2008, 01:21 PM

Was just about to recommend TestDisk as well. It saved my butt a few times already!

9th Nov 2008, 10:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
g0tanks Active Join Date: 6 May 2008 Posts: 608 Reputation: 175 Rep Power: 3	USB Data Recovery After my recent incident with Vista (I officially hate Vista =_-) I discovered that it somehow messed up my USB stick too. Whenever I try to open it it says that it's corrupt and unreadable. Anyone have some suggestions on how to try and recover the data? __________________

9th Nov 2008, 10:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
lee_what2004 Super Active Join Date: 28 Dec 2007 Location: Melaka Posts: 1,313 Reputation: 1106 Rep Power: 14	could try recuva(Recuva - Undelete, Unerase, File Recovery - Home) __________________ Once a wise-man said : Chapter 1: Don't ever compare if you want to stay constant..... Chapter 2: Whatever you have done in the internet, you will never get away from it... Chapter 3:To be continued after I thought another one

9th Nov 2008, 11:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
g0tanks Active Join Date: 6 May 2008 Posts: 608 Reputation: 175 Rep Power: 3	Thanks for the suggestion, it was able to find all my files, but unfortunately only 5% of the recovered files weren't corrupted :/ Maybe my USB stick is just toast, but still i'd like to try some other programs. Plus it would be nice if it could recover the folder structure too. __________________

9th Nov 2008, 11:58 PM	#4 (permalink)
lee_what2004 Super Active Join Date: 28 Dec 2007 Location: Melaka Posts: 1,313 Reputation: 1106 Rep Power: 14	found another one, worth trying TestDisk - CGSecurity __________________ Once a wise-man said : Chapter 1: Don't ever compare if you want to stay constant..... Chapter 2: Whatever you have done in the internet, you will never get away from it... Chapter 3:To be continued after I thought another one

10th Nov 2008, 12:25 AM	#5 (permalink)
g0tanks Active Join Date: 6 May 2008 Posts: 608 Reputation: 175 Rep Power: 3	Thanks again! Going to try it out now __________________

10th Nov 2008, 12:55 AM	#6 (permalink)
g0tanks Active Join Date: 6 May 2008 Posts: 608 Reputation: 175 Rep Power: 3	Testdisk was able to recover all my files including folder structure and repair the damaged boot sector on my USB stick! Thanks for the great find __________________

10th Nov 2008, 01:01 AM	#7 (permalink)
lee_what2004 Super Active Join Date: 28 Dec 2007 Location: Melaka Posts: 1,313 Reputation: 1106 Rep Power: 14	glad it works now I need to get a copy of it how long it took? __________________ Once a wise-man said : Chapter 1: Don't ever compare if you want to stay constant..... Chapter 2: Whatever you have done in the internet, you will never get away from it... Chapter 3:To be continued after I thought another one

10th Nov 2008, 01:16 AM	#8 (permalink)
g0tanks Active Join Date: 6 May 2008 Posts: 608 Reputation: 175 Rep Power: 3	Took about a min or so to repair the boot sector, since the data was still there. __________________

10th Nov 2008, 09:49 AM	#9 (permalink)
mikegas I'm a regular Join Date: 7 May 2008 Posts: 464 Reputation: 206 Rep Power: 4	Wow .. nice. I always just format usb .. hehehe .. never keep anything important in SSD ..

10th Nov 2008, 01:21 PM	#10 (permalink)
Zenphic Super Active Join Date: 23 Apr 2006 Location: Quebec, Canada Posts: 1,098 Reputation: 467 Rep Power: 9	Was just about to recommend TestDisk as well. It saved my butt a few times already! __________________ E2160 @ 1.8Ghz (0.95V) \| XFX 650i Ultra \| 2x1GB Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800 \| Gigabyte GeForce 6600 \| Hitachi Desktar T7K250 250GB \| CM Mystique 632 \| 2x Noctua NF-S12 800RPM \| CM RPP 550W

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