Unable to retrieve files from my flash drive

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Undecided Posts 2 Registration date Monday February 12, 2018 Status Member Last seen February 12, 2018 - Updated on Feb 12, 2018 at 01:18 PM
xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 - Feb 12, 2018 at 02:56 PM
Hello,

I have a flashdrive that Ive had for years and it has all my work on it I got a new computer and now it wants to reformat so I can not get my things on it off or even open them. I put it back into my old computer and its do it their as well I have now tried every family members computer and library computer and nothing!!! I need the files on this drive. I have pictures I can not replace work I cant replace and other things that I don't have other copies of or even can recreate.


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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,824
Feb 12, 2018 at 01:34 PM
I suggest you try the free recover program from this company:

https://www.easeus.com/resource/usb-flash-drive.html

Good Luck
Undecided Posts 2 Registration date Monday February 12, 2018 Status Member Last seen February 12, 2018
Feb 12, 2018 at 02:15 PM
Thank you for your help. It didnt work though.
xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,824
Feb 12, 2018 at 02:56 PM
It's too late now. But, you should always have two backups and the original data. It's a certainty that any flash drive will eventually fail. I would also copy the data to new media every five years.

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