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Corrupted USB Drive in exFat format
I was backing up some files from my laptop to my 1TB USB Drive in exFat format.
During the file transfer, the progress suddenly stopped and I got the message "The Semaphore Timeout Period Has ...
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How to know if the External Hard Drive is dead? If confirmed dead, how to recover the data?
We have a 5TB Seagate Backup Plus Slim Portable that was bought on November 2018.
The person using it asked me to check it because suddenly he couldn't access it from his Computer.
So as the IT guy ...
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USB cannot be detected. Possibly encrypted
I have a old USB drive 2.0. When plugged in, it gives an error " You need to format the disk in the drive" I tried various troubleshooting methods online.
1) Uninstalled and reinstalled the usb ...
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Data recovery on flash drive showing incorrect size
I have a Kingston 32gb USB 3.0 flash drive that I need to recover data from. The problem is that the drive is now showing as 32.5kb of raw storage in Ubuntu (using gparted) and Windows is not ...
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recover invisible folders caused by mac osx disk eject
I have 2TB Adata USB 3.0 hdd.
I connected it to mac book pro and due to wire issue the hdd got disconnected. After the incident the hdd's ntfs partition shows space full but not showing all folders. ...
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Data Recovery: Override kernel / usb-storage / sg idea of disk geometry
I have two Western Digital Caviar 68AA (6,8GB) drives pulled from an old server, one of them spun up and worked fine, and I retrieved the data using a USB-IDE converter.
The other drive did not spin, ...
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Can I repair a physically broken USB drive?
My friend just wrote to me, all in panic, that he had broken his USB with his math homework for tomorrow. (Yes, no other backups, just that.) It looks like this now:
Is there any way that I could fix ...
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Recover Deleted Partition on USB Stick
I accidentally deleted everything off my (16GB Sony Micro Vault) USB memory Stick.
I ran DISKPART /CLEAR on the wrong drive.
How do I recover my data (approx. 14GB)?
Scanning with Active@ Undelete ...
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If an external HDD's USB port gets busted, will plugging the HDD's SATA directly to a PC possibly work?
My Western Digital MyBook Essential crashed recently, and I'm unable to access it through Ubuntu nor Windows.
My goal is to recover my data, and wondering if it's advisable to connect the HDD ...
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Recovering data from a broken memory stick
I have a memory stick that isn't being recognized by multiple computers and the light which usually comes on doesn't anymore so I assume it is broken.
The problem is that there is some important data ...
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How to connect Western Digital "My passport" using other means?
I have a Western Digital My Passport 500Gb external Harddrive where the USB connection on the drive seems to have worn out. I am trying to retrieve the data for a friend.
Here is an image of the ...
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