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Dead USB Stick

barneysplash · 2008-08-16 19:19:42

Hi all A pal gave me a dead USB stick to have a go at fixing. When you plug it in it is detected fine. When you click on it in My Computer, it says "This disk is not formatted, would you like to format it now?" Is this memory stick beyond repair? Thanks

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16-08-2008 8:19pm

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barneysplash

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Hi all

A pal gave me a dead USB stick to have a go at fixing.

When you plug it in it is detected fine.

When you click on it in My Computer, it says

"This disk is not formatted, would you like to format it now?"

Is this memory stick beyond repair?

Thanks

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#2 16-08-2008 8:29pm
JæKæ

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If you format it what happens? it often fixes it, you'll lose your data obviously. What manufacturer is it? It was probably plugged out without doing the old 'safely eject hardware'.

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#3 16-08-2008 8:30pm
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What happens when you format it?

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#4 17-08-2008 12:33pm
barneysplash

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I have not formatted it at all, for fear of losing the data.

It's a strange one alright.

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#5 19-08-2008 11:26am
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if windows thinks it is not formatted your data is most likely corrupt and therefore lost....just format it

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