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san_crazy

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    problem in opening USB mass storage
    « on: December 23, 2008, 04:10:38 AM »
    hi friends,

    I have a USB mass storage of 4GB size. I have got an annoying issue with this today, its couldn't be opened seems like corrupted by some virus.

    when I try to open this I get following warning:

    The disk in drive I is not formatted
    do you want to formate it now?

    I have some important data in this hence i cant formate it, i just want to recover all the data and then formate it.

    here the OS is....Windows XP SP3

    is there any solution?

    thanks in advance
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    Re: problem in opening USB mass storage
    « Reply #1 on: December 23, 2008, 07:57:04 AM »
    How is it being reported in Disk Management ? ?
    Right clik My Computer select Manage...then Disk Management.
    Right clik the 4G and select properties...
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      Re: problem in opening USB mass storage
      « Reply #2 on: December 23, 2008, 09:36:26 AM »
      Plugging it to any other machine and see the difference.

      If it is still "not formatted", there should be something with the usb drive. In that case, I would recommend you to send it to the data recovery support center. They can help you out there.
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      Re: problem in opening USB mass storage
      « Reply #3 on: December 23, 2008, 09:52:01 AM »
      My bet is it was removed without using Safely Remove Hardware and it's going to show up RAW...
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        Re: problem in opening USB mass storage
        « Reply #4 on: December 23, 2008, 02:25:33 PM »
        Download Ubuntu, burn to CD, boot from CD, try to mount that way. Ubuntu is not as scary as it may seem, its very easy to use, dont even have to install it. If it wont mount, Data Recovery is probably the next thing. Ubuntu mounts lots of disks/drives that I've had errors with.

        www.ubuntu.com

        8.10 is the latest, but any will do. free download ISO, just burn and boot.

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        Re: problem in opening USB mass storage
        « Reply #5 on: December 24, 2008, 10:14:07 AM »
        Suicidemayhem, what would this have to do with a USB Drive problem?
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        Re: problem in opening USB mass storage
        « Reply #6 on: December 24, 2008, 02:47:08 PM »
        Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on December 24, 2008, 10:14:07 AM
        Suicidemayhem, what would this have to do with a USB Drive problem?
        This qualifies as a really good question.....
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        Re: problem in opening USB mass storage
        « Reply #7 on: December 24, 2008, 02:54:13 PM »
        Quote from: patio on December 24, 2008, 02:47:08 PM
        Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on December 24, 2008, 10:14:07 AM
        Suicidemayhem, what would this have to do with a USB Drive problem?
        This qualifies as a really good question.....

        USB or PATA or SATA. Read his post. He says that in his experience Ubuntu has mounted disks with errors successfully. It might or might not work, but have you tried it? Is it ruled out from first principles?
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        Re: problem in opening USB mass storage
        « Reply #8 on: December 24, 2008, 03:20:24 PM »
        Yes..i have.
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        Re: problem in opening USB mass storage
        « Reply #9 on: December 24, 2008, 05:06:42 PM »
        RAW is RAW - no going back, whatever OS you use?
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