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    Exploring corrupted USB key

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by matmat07, Apr 16, 2010.

  1. matmat07

    matmat07 Notebook Evangelist

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    I have a usb key that got corrupted in some way. I tried some application that are supposed to recover some files when this happens, but it didn't work. I know I did someday stumble upon an application that showed me what was on my hard drive. I may explain myself wrong, but I was looking at the disk byte per byte. I guess that way I could still get back infos in plain text document.
     
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    You could try using something called TestDisk, I've heard good things about it being able to recover files when others can't.
     
    Syberia, Apr 16, 2010
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    I think I got everything back. I didn't find what I searched, but I don't really need it anymore. Thanks for trying to help me
     
    matmat07, Apr 16, 2010
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