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Hmm, ok - trying to follow the testdisk.pdf instructions and those here: http://www.gnu.org/software/ddrescue/manual/ddrescue_manual.html#Top
, from the terminal:

ddrescue /dev/sdb usb.dd usb.log
ddrescue: Can't open input file: Permission denied

Would I be doing something wrong, or would there ...

On a Linux Mint Cinnamon 18.3 system, trying to execute the suggested installation command (apt install ddrescue), I get an 'Unable to locate package' message, and the Software Manager doesn't seem to have it listed; there is, however, something called Gddrescue - would it be the same software, or ...

Thanks - I will see what I can do.

Admittedly, I haven't looked much at PhotoRec, but isn't it mostly meant to work with image files, though?

Hmm, so nothing at all to do here, then?

Well - any further suggestions, please?

Here it is (I think it should be obvious, but it is the SanDisK device I have problems with):



Thu Mar 1 14:38:07 2018
Command line: TestDisk

TestDisk 7.1-WIP, Data Recovery Utility, February 2018
Christophe GRENIER <grenier@cgsecurity.org>
https://www.cgsecurity.org
OS: Windows Vista (6002) SP2 ...

Hello,

Very much as the topic title says, recently a flash drive I use of a sudden turned out to have a RAW file system - when plugged in, on several different computers, it is recognised, but is either seen as "needs to be formatted", or simply as empty, with both taken up and available space zero ...