[access-uk] Re: OT help please dodgy usb drive
- From: "Dave Mack" <dcmack2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 08:59:10 -0700
Do not panic. I agree with George about what to try. The drive sounds
otherwise functional. Meanwhile, data is never lost even on an inaccessible or
otherwise completely dead drive. There is recovery software available to
retrieve data from an active but messed up drive and also there are folks who
specialize in taking apart dead drives and retrieving the data as well but this
does not sound like your problem. So never feel like all is lost - but a
second backup is always wise for one's most precious data.
Grandpa Dave in California
From: George Bell
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 7:14 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: OT help please dodgy usb drive
It almost sounds like you have an autorun file in the root.
Try right clicking on the drive in My Computer and selecting "Open".
If that fails, try holding down the shift key and double-click on the drive.
(This usually stops autorun)
George.
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Williams Family
Sent: 06 July 2011 14:44
To: access uk
Subject: [access-uk] OT help please dodgy usb drive
Hi
Can anyone help? our USB 1 terabite USB drive has suddenly decided to play up.
according to the properties it has 111 GB used space and 820 GB unused space.
All our music and pictures plus other stuff is on this drive but all it
displays when opened is autorun. 1: does this mean the drive is dead, 2. can
anything be done to recover any content?
many thanks, hlopefully
brian
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