Re: Data Recovery USB flash drive

2009-11-19 Thread Matt Graham
From: Mike Bushroe > Dmesg reported : > [ 852.093690] scsi 8:0:0:0: Direct-Access LEXARJD FIREFLY > [ 852.097287] sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] 3932160 512-byte hardware sectors > So I tried dd if=/dev/sdN of=/home/usb bs=512 count=3932160 and got no > errors You meant "dd if=/dev/sdb of=/dev/null

Re: Data Recovery USB flash drive

2009-11-18 Thread Mike Bushroe
Matt, thanks for the great reply. "dd if=/dev/sdN of=/dev/null bs=512 count=1" produced no error. Dmesg reported : [ 842.633468] usb 5-1: USB disconnect, address 3 [ 846.956017] usb 5-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5 [ 847.093455] usb 5-1: configuration #1 chosen from

Re: Data Recovery USB flash drive, was: Data Recovery from Buffalo NAS

2009-11-18 Thread Matt Graham
From: Mike Bushroe > I have just discovered that one of my USB thumb drives is no longer > readable. At first, Linux reported a short MBF or partition read? > Now, after running some demo only mode data recovery programs in > Windows, it does not register or open at all. If "dd if=/dev/sdN of=/de

Data Recovery USB flash drive, was: Data Recovery from Buffalo NAS

2009-11-18 Thread Mike Bushroe
I have just discovered that one of my USB 'thumb' drives is no longer readable. Windows shows it as a removable disk but says 'Please insert a disk into drive G:'. At first, Linux reported a short MBF or partition read? Now, after running some demo only mode data recovery programs in Windows, it do