lost data from USB drive while copying files

Thanks "philo". I have other files that are only on my USB drive that I
want to recover. These USB files are not found anywhere else and they were
not copied from the computers I mentioned.

That's a good option if he wants a close to zero chance of recovering his
data.

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"philo" <philo.DeleteThis@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> Just format the drive
> then re-copy the data
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On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 11:42:01 -0700, davey <ihot01 DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>I was trying to COPY files from a windows XP PC to my (windows XP) notebook
>using a USB (thumb) drive and that XP PC overwrote my FAT index on my USB
>drive. Now I do not see any files on my USB drive - XP corrupted my USB
>index. Can anyone suggest a utility that can recover my Windows files such
>as Word docs from my USB drive? I tried using ParetoLogic software but it
>would not recognise my J: drive even though Windows recognized it.

Try using the drive on a diferent PC. This has happened to me before,
and it worked...

Thanks JR. I happened to be a applications programmer and know to do these
simple stuff. I have a 5 year old copy of Norton Utilities and I wonder if
that will search and rebuild my index on windows XP USB drives.

"davey" <ihot01.TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:E2B4EF7D-C4D3-47C0-A481-8DC01CD71748@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I was trying to COPY files from a windows XP PC to my (windows XP)
> notebook
> using a USB (thumb) drive and that XP PC overwrote my FAT index on my USB
> drive. Now I do not see any files on my USB drive - XP corrupted my USB
> index. Can anyone suggest a utility that can recover my Windows files
> such
> as Word docs from my USB drive? I tried using ParetoLogic software but it
> would not recognise my J: drive even though Windows recognized it.

While I don't have any suggestion to recover the data, and I hope you are
able to do so, I have a future suggestion. Never use a USB thumb drive as
your only source for your information storage. Always have it copied to
either a hard drive, CD, DVD or such. Thumb drives have a limited life
cycle (number of writes IIRC) and can fail at any time. The more backup
locations the better for really important data.

yes i did back it up - a month ago. my drive is only a few months old.

"LVTravel" wrote:

>
> "davey" <ihot01.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:E2B4EF7D-C4D3-47C0-A481-8DC01CD71748@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> > I was trying to COPY files from a windows XP PC to my (windows XP)
> > notebook
> > using a USB (thumb) drive and that XP PC overwrote my FAT index on my USB
> > drive. Now I do not see any files on my USB drive - XP corrupted my USB
> > index. Can anyone suggest a utility that can recover my Windows files
> > such
> > as Word docs from my USB drive? I tried using ParetoLogic software but it
> > would not recognise my J: drive even though Windows recognized it.
>
> While I don't have any suggestion to recover the data, and I hope you are
> able to do so, I have a future suggestion. Never use a USB thumb drive as
> your only source for your information storage. Always have it copied to
> either a hard drive, CD, DVD or such. Thumb drives have a limited life
> cycle (number of writes IIRC) and can fail at any time. The more backup
> locations the better for really important data.
>
>
>