USB error, lost partition, everything is RAW.
Posted: 16 May 2017, 05:57
Hello,
Recently, I got a weird error on my USB and then the whole unit went missing. I think I might of accidentally touched it, but not for certain. Now, I can't seem to detect it at all. When I plug it in, and check disk management, all I see is "Disk 1, Removable (E:), No media." It does not have a unallocated bar or anything.
List of methods I tried so far when my USB went down:
Testdisk - didn't detect anything, everything was read as bad sector. I tried fixing the boot sector, but it didn't give me any messages or anything when it finished and i still didn't see the partition.
PhotoRec - Couldn't detect anything because USB was raw.
EaseUS - When I initially tried this, it seem to detect my files, but I was stupid enough to cancel it thinking I can rescan it later. After the first scan, all the other scans only seem to detect useless raw files that are 0.50kb. First scan detected a file in ~2minutes, other scans 1hr+ in and didn't detect anything
CMD Prompt - tried chkdsk E: /f, but it said USB was raw can't do anything.
Recuva - Couldn't run anything because it was raw
Did I already screw up my data? I didn't have a linux machine, so I didn't create a clone before scanning these. I don't think I written anything on the USB since all I did was scans aside from the testdisk fix boot sector thing. I don't have enough valuable information in my USB to seek a professional, however, there is some important notes I would love to have back. How should I proceed?
I have attached some pictures of what is happening, also the testdisk notes (wouldnt let me attach it).
http://imgur.com/a/SWe4n
Thank you.
Recently, I got a weird error on my USB and then the whole unit went missing. I think I might of accidentally touched it, but not for certain. Now, I can't seem to detect it at all. When I plug it in, and check disk management, all I see is "Disk 1, Removable (E:), No media." It does not have a unallocated bar or anything.
List of methods I tried so far when my USB went down:
Testdisk - didn't detect anything, everything was read as bad sector. I tried fixing the boot sector, but it didn't give me any messages or anything when it finished and i still didn't see the partition.
PhotoRec - Couldn't detect anything because USB was raw.
EaseUS - When I initially tried this, it seem to detect my files, but I was stupid enough to cancel it thinking I can rescan it later. After the first scan, all the other scans only seem to detect useless raw files that are 0.50kb. First scan detected a file in ~2minutes, other scans 1hr+ in and didn't detect anything
CMD Prompt - tried chkdsk E: /f, but it said USB was raw can't do anything.
Recuva - Couldn't run anything because it was raw
Did I already screw up my data? I didn't have a linux machine, so I didn't create a clone before scanning these. I don't think I written anything on the USB since all I did was scans aside from the testdisk fix boot sector thing. I don't have enough valuable information in my USB to seek a professional, however, there is some important notes I would love to have back. How should I proceed?
I have attached some pictures of what is happening, also the testdisk notes (wouldnt let me attach it).
http://imgur.com/a/SWe4n
Thank you.
