-=PCTechTalk=- Re: need to remove ino from a damaged flash drive

Jan, gently pull the hurt one out, reboot, wait until ALL system activity 
settles and then reinsert it into a "different" USB port.  If a miracle is 
to be had, that is what will deliver it to you.  Remember that the condition 
of the plastic casing has nothing to do with the integrity of the data and 
it may actually be the port it was using that suffered the brunt and damage 
of the impact.

Peace,
Gman
http://www.bornagainamerican.org

"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jan Robey" <hrstreak@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "_PCTechTalk" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 9:30 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- need to remove ino from a damaged flash drive


>A super big problem has occurred & I am hoping for a miracle.
> A flash drive with very important data was just hit with a force that bent
> it.  I tried to straighten it & did not want to remove it from the 
> computer
> for fear it would just crumble.  The light on the flash drive no longer
> lights & the computer doesn't seem to recognize the drive.  I quickly put
> another flash in, hoping to copy the info from the damaged one to the new
> one.  Of course, if the computer can no longer recognize the damaged one, 
> I
> can not copy the info.  This info is very important, is there any method
> that can retrieve the info from the damaged flash drive.
>
> Please find me a miracle!
> Jan 

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