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  • November 28, 2004 at 9:17 pm #2275786

    USB Flash Drive

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    by ljackson.desoto · about 19 years, 4 months ago

    I a client that has a USB flash drive and had it plugged in and the power went out and the laptop shutdown. They pulled the flash drive out and then re-booted the machine. Now the when you try to access the drive it asks it you want to reformat. Why is this happening and can data be recovered off the drive? Thank You.

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    • November 29, 2004 at 6:35 am #3314728

      Reply To: USB Flash Drive

      by bfilmfan · about 19 years, 4 months ago

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      I’ve seen and experienced this issue myself. The data on the chip is most likely corrupt. I’ve never had any luck pulling data off a chip.

    • February 10, 2005 at 8:38 am #3337252

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      by ljackson.desoto · about 19 years, 2 months ago

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