4Gb USB shown as 2Mb only

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yousaf465
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4Gb USB shown as 2Mb only

#1 Post by yousaf465 »

I have 4GB usb andit it is being shown as 2Mb only. Testdisk does show the rest of the space but can't recover it. How can I fix this ?

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Re: 4Gb USB shown as 2Mb only

#2 Post by cgrenier »

Looks like a physical problem. If you really need to recover your data, you need to contact a data recovery company specialized in flash memory.

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Re: 4Gb USB shown as 2Mb only

#3 Post by yousaf465 »

isn't there any way I can recover this partition using testdisk. data is not important but the USB itself is. Image

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