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On 06/15/2017 10:48 AM, Helmut Jarausch wrote: |
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> On 06/15/2017 06:21:44 PM, thelma@×××××××××××.com wrote: |
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[snip] |
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> This looks like a hardware failure. You could try to use sys-fs/ddrescue |
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> to recover all / most files. |
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> If this doesn't work as expected, you can try to use app-admin/testdisk. |
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> Then you can format the drive and copy the files back. |
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> P.S. Have you used the "save eject feature" of Windows before |
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> disconnection the drive from your PC? |
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> (Cheap) USB sticks are by no means a safe data storage. |
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> If you don't change any data while the drive is attached to Windows try |
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> using a stick with a write protection toggle. |
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> If you have to write to the drive from Windows it would be better to |
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> format it as NTFS which can be read/written on Linux. |
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> Helmut |
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I don't really need any of the files that were on this USB stick. |
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I was trying to recover the ext4 file system on this USB but it didn't work. |
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I was under impression that ext4 file system was much better (not prone |
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to these kind of damages) but I was wrong. |
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Thelma |
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