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restlesscobra73 restlesscobra73 NewcomerOP
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#1 ·
Hey everyone, I’m looking for some help here if anyone has the bandwidth. I was in the middle of saving some files to my SanDisk 32GB thumb drive when everything just went south—the drive basically bricked itself, and my computer forced a hard reboot.
Now, Windows is insisting that I format the drive just to use it, but every time I hit Cancel, I get hit with an "F: is not accessible" error or a "USB device not recognized" message. It’s a bit of a headache because when I check the Properties, the system claims the capacity is full, even though nothing is actually there.
Is there any realistic way to rescue the data from this thing, or am I looking at a total loss?
Nicholas Perez20 Nicholas Perez20 Newcomer
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joined Jan 2022
#2 ·
Honestly, if I were you, I'd just give Stellar Data Recovery a shot and see what happens
shadoweagle13 shadoweagle13 Member
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joined Jun 2017
#3 ·
Anything is possible. Just format the USB drive and then run some data recovery software like EaseUS.
wiredcanyon94 wiredcanyon94 Active Member
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joined Nov 2022
#4 ·
shadoweagle13 said:Anything is possible. Just format the USB drive and then run some data recovery software like EaseUS.

I definitely wouldn't format the drive I'm actually trying to recover data from.

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