Yes, my computer can't open my files on my flash disk. But when I right click then go to properties, it indicates that there's files in the disk. I just couldn't find it in the folder.
there are many ways, but do you want to try it or not ? if you do not try, you will never ever get your work done
the easy and simple way take your flash disk and try on other windows with different volume as ntfs and fat32, try with windows xp, vista, 2000 etc once a computer does not recognise does not mean other computer does not see the files
considering convert your computer back to FAT volume or convert
try to use "get databack" it can get data from HDD or memory card that you think it was dead, you don't see but you don't be sure a computer don't see right, I have recover the lost data from similar case, and it works, you got to trust me please
my word to you is think it over again and try or take action rather stay there and confuse youself :lol:
GetDataBack is more than an undelete or file recovery program or a system restore:
Whatever happened to your drive-
GetDataBack will recover your data if the hard drive's partition table, boot record, FAT/MFT or root directory are lost or damaged, data was lost due to a virus attack, the drive was formatted, fdisk has been run, a power failure has caused a system crash, files were lost due to a software failure, files were accidentally deleted...
Recover even when Windows doesn't recognize the drive-
GetDataBack can even recover your data when the drive is no longer recognized by Windows. It can likewise be used even if all directory information - not just the root directory- is missing.
Get everything back-
Advanced algorithms will make sure that all directories and sub directories are put together as they were, and that long file names are reconstructed correctly.
GetDataBack is safe-
GetDataBack is read-only, meaning the program will never attempt to write to the drive you are about to recover. Please make sure to read the safety instructions...
GetDataBack is easy to use-
The software enables the regular user to conduct his own data recovery by guiding him through three easy to understand steps, thus gives the advanced user the possibility to interfere with the recovery and improve the results, by examining the scan log, the file system details, file and directory information, by selecting the sector range to be scanned, by choosing excessive search for file systems or search for lost files, by calling Runtime's DiskExplorer.
Recover files over your local network or over a serial cable-
This feature enables you to run GetDataBack on one computer ("remote") while accessing the drives of another computer ("host").
Recovering data over a network is useful, especially when you are not able to remove the drive you want to recover from and attach it to another computer.
GetDataBack recovers from:
Hard drives (IDE, SCSI, SATA)
USB drives
Firewire drives
Partitions
Dynamic Disks
Floppy drives
Drive images
Zip/Jaz drive
Compact Flash Cards
Smart Media Cards
Secure Digital Cards
USB Flash Drive
iPod Disks
As Thrax said an NTFS windows installation will read a FAT partition.
For years I had two hard disks in my PC. The boot disk was NTFS and the slave was FAT32. It worked fine.
I would suggest the issue is more to do with your flash drive not quite configuring itself properly. I dont see you need any software to recover the files but it might be worth a go.
Absolutely do not follow blue_dog's advice on converting your drive back to FAT. Never try to convert an NTFS drive back to a Fat drive it will destroy it (not physically just to a state where you have to fdisk it and whipe it).
Seems like your usb drive got corrupted. You may be able to get data off it with data recovery software. The GetDataBack program Blue_dog linked to is actually pretty decent and may do the trick. http://runtime.org/gdb.htm
Thanks for the info but GetDataBack wasn't clear on flash disks. So I'll install it in a regular drive and then I start disk recovery on the flash drive?
Thanks for the info but GetDataBack wasn't clear on flash disks. So I'll install it in a regular drive and then I start disk recovery on the flash drive?
It worked, thanks, but the results are mixed. The files I've deleted and those that are not sprouted in random folders. Some of them have similar names. How do I tell which is which.
After the program run its progress, a pair of entries sprouted in a listbox. One is the 1.61 gb and the other is 161 mb (I think). I just clicked any of them. It's pretty much a mess. Please help.
And that's the issue, if the files got corrupted they may not be recoverable. You just have to try recovering as much as you can and hope for the best.
What types of files are you trying to recover? Word documents, Movies, Music etc....?
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Any NTFS-formatted PC can read a FAT-formatted drive. What exactly is going wrong? What OS are you running?
Yes, my computer can't open my files on my flash disk. But when I right click then go to properties, it indicates that there's files in the disk. I just couldn't find it in the folder.
the easy and simple way take your flash disk and try on other windows with different volume as ntfs and fat32, try with windows xp, vista, 2000 etc once a computer does not recognise does not mean other computer does not see the files
considering convert your computer back to FAT volume or convert
try to use "get databack" it can get data from HDD or memory card that you think it was dead, you don't see but you don't be sure a computer don't see right, I have recover the lost data from similar case, and it works, you got to trust me please
my word to you is think it over again and try or take action rather stay there and confuse youself :lol:
go here for more information http://runtime.org/gdb.htm or download as below instructions
GetDataBack for FAT v.3.32 - 2,74 Mb +5% info
http://rapidshare.com/files/76142364/GDBFAT332.rar
GetDataBack for NTFS v.3.32 - 2,72 Mb +5% info
http://rapidshare.com/files/76142513/GDBNTFS332.rar
GetDataBack for FAT + NTFS v.3.32 - 5,22 Mb +5% info
http://rapidshare.com/files/76142804/GDBFATNTFS332.rar
GetDataBack is more than an undelete or file recovery program or a system restore:
Whatever happened to your drive-
GetDataBack will recover your data if the hard drive's partition table, boot record, FAT/MFT or root directory are lost or damaged, data was lost due to a virus attack, the drive was formatted, fdisk has been run, a power failure has caused a system crash, files were lost due to a software failure, files were accidentally deleted...
Recover even when Windows doesn't recognize the drive-
GetDataBack can even recover your data when the drive is no longer recognized by Windows. It can likewise be used even if all directory information - not just the root directory- is missing.
Get everything back-
Advanced algorithms will make sure that all directories and sub directories are put together as they were, and that long file names are reconstructed correctly.
GetDataBack is safe-
GetDataBack is read-only, meaning the program will never attempt to write to the drive you are about to recover. Please make sure to read the safety instructions...
GetDataBack is easy to use-
The software enables the regular user to conduct his own data recovery by guiding him through three easy to understand steps, thus gives the advanced user the possibility to interfere with the recovery and improve the results, by examining the scan log, the file system details, file and directory information, by selecting the sector range to be scanned, by choosing excessive search for file systems or search for lost files, by calling Runtime's DiskExplorer.
Recover files over your local network or over a serial cable-
This feature enables you to run GetDataBack on one computer ("remote") while accessing the drives of another computer ("host").
Recovering data over a network is useful, especially when you are not able to remove the drive you want to recover from and attach it to another computer.
GetDataBack recovers from:
Hard drives (IDE, SCSI, SATA)
USB drives
Firewire drives
Partitions
Dynamic Disks
Floppy drives
Drive images
Zip/Jaz drive
Compact Flash Cards
Smart Media Cards
Secure Digital Cards
USB Flash Drive
iPod Disks
As Thrax said an NTFS windows installation will read a FAT partition.
For years I had two hard disks in my PC. The boot disk was NTFS and the slave was FAT32. It worked fine.
I would suggest the issue is more to do with your flash drive not quite configuring itself properly. I dont see you need any software to recover the files but it might be worth a go.
Seems like your usb drive got corrupted. You may be able to get data off it with data recovery software. The GetDataBack program Blue_dog linked to is actually pretty decent and may do the trick. http://runtime.org/gdb.htm
Correct.
After the program run its progress, a pair of entries sprouted in a listbox. One is the 1.61 gb and the other is 161 mb (I think). I just clicked any of them. It's pretty much a mess. Please help.
What types of files are you trying to recover? Word documents, Movies, Music etc....?