USB drive - 0 files found

Using PhotoRec to recover lost data
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tile
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USB drive - 0 files found

#1 Post by tile »

Good afternoon,

A few days ago, I got the error message "You need to format before you can use it". Some minutes before that, the USB drive still worked (I was copying some folder to it).

I tried Recuva (-> "Unable to determine file system type") and PhotoRec ("Partition P unknown").

I quickformated the USB-drive, but still got 0 results on Recuva and PhotoRec.

Anything else I can do?

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Re: USB drive - 0 files found

#2 Post by cgrenier »

Run PhotoRec. In the Options menu, set the Expert mode. Start a recovery, choose a blocksize of 512 bytes, use the default options otherwise.
It may be able to recover some files this way.

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