Troubleshoot Pen drive with no file system

[Shaun]

Briefly explain your current issue(s)

Couldn't access it and windows kept wanting to format it

Steps taken to resolve, but have been unsuccessful

Ran recuva and said could not access disk

I am currently trying to run test diak but any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Shaun

 

[echo1]

My only experience with this same situation (on 2-3 occasions) has been the result of a corrupted file system. The only fix, in each instance, was to reformat the drive.

 

[Shaun]

I really cant do that very important stuff on the pendrive. It's not even mine

 

[echo1]

I really cant do that very important stuff on the pen drive. It's not even mine

I wish I could be of some help in that regard, but best of luck. I'm sure someone on MT will be able to provide you with a solution.

 

[Malware1]

I really cant do that very important stuff on the pendrive. It's not even mine

What was the content of it?

 

[Shaun]

I wish I could be of some help in that regard, but best of luck. I'm sure someone on MT will be able to provide you with a solution.

Thank you for trying,

What was the content of it?

I am unsure and the owner is unsure its his daughters and could be anything.

 

[Petrovic]

You can try TestDisk
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

 

[Shaun]

You can try TestDisk
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

I said in original post i am currently running test disk. Although i spelled disk wrong XD.

Thank you.

 

[Malware1]

Thank you for trying,



I am unsure and the owner is unsure its his daughters and could be anything.

Was it used in TVs for recording something?

 

[Shaun]

Was it used in TVs for recording something?

It might have been

 

[Malware1]

It might have been

Then probably it was formatted to another file system.
Can you read it on the TV?

 

[BoraMurdar]

I am currently trying to run test diak but any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Shaun

Linux supports more default file systems than Windows. Try to create bootable usb drive (another usb) with some Linux distro of your wish, run live distro (don't need to install it) and try to access the broken usb from Linux. If not, change the usb hub.

You can also try to recover files using EASEUS Data Recovery free (1gb limit), iCare Data Recovery or Minitool Recovery, try if they want to read unpartitioned usb drive

 

[Shaun]

Then probably it was formatted to another file system.
Can you read it on the TV?

Like i said its not mine so i would have to find that out.

Linux supports more default file systems than Windows. Try to create bootable usb drive (another usb) with some Linux distro of your wish, run live distro (don't need to install it) and try to access the broken usb from Linux. If not, change the usb hub.

You can also try to recover files using EASEUS Data Recovery free (1gb limit), iCare Data Recovery or Minitool Recovery, try if they want to read unpartitioned usb drive

I will try that thank you for the suggestion.

EDIT: After running test disk it said there was no partitions found.

 

[akshay1189]

Just unplug the Pendrive and re-insert it again ! try 2 or3 times . See what happens.

 

[Shaun]

I did nothing happened apart from windows trying to tell me to formatt

 

[akshay1189]

I would suggest you to leave the Pen drive as it is and use another one untill you are able extract contents from it ; if the contents are very important to you.