lost data from USB drive while copying files

Hello,
Data loss while using USB Drive is a common problem with many solutions. As you have mentioned about data recovery software?s I think that is not an appropriate solution because you have already overwritten which means the chances are very low for data recovery and using data recovery software?s randomly might lead you to data disaster situation.


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ihot0 wrote:

lost data from USB drive while copying files
01-Jul-08

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.

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On Tuesday, July 01, 2008 2:42 PM
ihot0 wrote:

lost data from USB drive while copying files
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.

On Tuesday, July 01, 2008 3:17 PM
philo wrote:

Re: lost data from USB drive while copying files
"davey" <ihot01.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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notebook
such


Just format the drive
then re-copy the data

On Tuesday, July 01, 2008 3:21 PM
ihot0 wrote:

Re: 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.

On Tuesday, July 01, 2008 3:26 PM
JR wrote:

Re: lost data from USB drive while copying files
On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 11:42:01 -0700, davey <ihot01.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:


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

On Tuesday, July 01, 2008 3:35 PM
ihot0 wrote:

Re: lost data from USB drive while copying files
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.

On Tuesday, July 01, 2008 3:53 PM
David B. wrote:

Re: lost data from USB drive while copying files
That's a good option if he wants a close to zero chance of recovering his
data.

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On Tuesday, July 01, 2008 10:02 PM
LVTravel wrote:

Re: lost data from USB drive while copying files
"davey" <ihot01.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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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.

On Wednesday, July 02, 2008 12:00 AM
ihot0 wrote:

Re: lost data from USB drive while copying files
yes i did back it up - a month ago. my drive is only a few months old.

"LVTravel" wrote:

On Wednesday, July 02, 2008 12:17 PM
LVTravel wrote:

Re: lost data from USB drive while copying files
"davey" <ihot01.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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I stated the needed extra copies since in a previous post you stated "These
USB files are not found anywhere else and they were
not copied from the computers I mentioned." which means that the USB thumb
drive copy is the only copy you have of those files, according to the post.
Again, never have only one copy of an important file. Create the file and
back it up immediately if it is important at all. Thumb drives will fail at
any time, just like a hard drive can. I have even had CDs go bad on me that
had data backed up on them that were created and tested after the creation
back in 1998 and then stored in a controlled environment for the last 10
years. (I tried to copy data off them with 3 different optical drives
recently and only got part of the data, thank goodness I had another
backup.)

On Wednesday, July 02, 2008 12:31 PM
ihot0 wrote:

Re: lost data from USB drive while copying files
Hmm, CD's have a shelf life but not sure how long. Yes, I have a backup of
my thumb drive - but it is over a month old <sigh>. I never had a thumb
drive go bad - but my wife lost one for me.
Someone recommended recuva software. Going to check it out

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