USB needs formatting

[missy lynn]

I have a USB that keeps telling me to format. I have looked at hundreds of posts about this and i have tried what I'm guessing is EVERYTHING but I just can't afford to send it off and I DESPERATELY need it. Yes I have hard copies of almost everything on there but I NEED to get access to the books I write and they are on that drive. I have done the chkdsk and get told that the drive is RAW. I have done about 100 of the recovery softwares. half of them don't find the drive and the other half do but tell me there are no missing files or partitions. I tried the windows explorer and doing the test but it comes back and tells me the drive is working properly. I'm at my wits end and so desperate that someone seriously told me to put it in the freezer and I tried that. PLEASE HELP!!!!!

 

[Jason Light]

Is the data on it sensitive? If not create a dump of it using http://www.chrysocome.net/rawwrite and upload it somewhere so I can have a look at it and see if your data is recoverable.

 

[missy lynn]

Is the data on it sensitive? If not create a dump of it using http://www.chrysocome.net/rawwrite and upload it somewhere so I can have a look at it and see if your data is recoverable.

unfortunately yes some of it is...

 

[Jason Light]

Hmm, I wouldn't want to risk doing any more damage. Download that tool anyway and make an image of the drive. That way I can try to walk you through fixing it without touching the original and risking damage to any data that is present.

 

[missy lynn]

Hmm, I wouldn't want to risk doing any more damage. Download that tool anyway and make an image of the drive. That way I can try to walk you through fixing it without touching the original and risking damage to any data that is present.

do i want to download binary or source? Sorry I'm not really sure about all of this

 

[Jason Light]

Binary, source is for programmers to modify the program or find out how it works.

 

[Jason Light]

You will also want test disk from http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download . I assume you are using Windows?

 

[missy lynn]

Binary, source is for programmers to modify the program or find out how it works.

I have a program I downloaded last night that allows me to make an image of the disk. Is that what I want to do?

 

[Jason Light]

Yes, but it needs to be a raw binary image, not a higher level image such as an ISO, what software do you have?

 

[missy lynn]

Yes, but it needs to be a raw binary image, not a higher level image such as an ISO, what software do you have?

Ontrack Easyrecovery Enterprise

rawwritewin tells me there is no floppy disk

 

[Jason Light]

Stick with rawwrite and testdisk, they are both very reliable software used by professionals, and it sounds like you really care about this data.

 

[Jason Light]

If you need help perhaps I could remote access your computer with TeamViewer from here: http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx . You can see everything I do and if I access any sensitive data or try to do anything malicious you can instantly disconnect me, meaning there is no risk to your data or your computer.

 

[missy lynn]

Stick with rawwrite and testdisk, they are both very reliable software used by professionals, and it sounds like you really care about this data.

If you need help perhaps I could remote access your computer with TeamViewer from here: http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx . You can see everything I do and if I access any sensitive data or try to do anything malicious you can instantly disconnect me, meaning there is no risk to your data or your computer.

it is downloaded. do you need my partner ID and password?

 

[Jason Light]

Yes please, send them to me in a private message, best not to send all that out to the internet. Although as I said you can always see what I am doing and cut the link at any time.