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My USB stick with all my coin pix, my excel sheet with where, when and how much each coin cost me has suddenly decided it wants me to format it before i can use it again.

I have tried it in the Fraus laptop and same thing, anyone know any software i can use to enable me to recover my data and pics. Very annoying :angry:

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My USB stick with all my coin pix, my excel sheet with where, when and how much each coin cost me has suddenly decided it wants me to format it before i can use it again.

I have tried it in the Fraus laptop and same thing, anyone know any software i can use to enable me to recover my data and pics. Very annoying :angry:

You should be able plug in the USB, refuse the format, but be able to list the drive, open it and view its content,

copy/cut the files to a new folder, format your USB then copy back the info you have sorted

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My USB stick with all my coin pix, my excel sheet with where, when and how much each coin cost me has suddenly decided it wants me to format it before i can use it again.

I have tried it in the Fraus laptop and same thing, anyone know any software i can use to enable me to recover my data and pics. Very annoying :angry:

You should be able plug in the USB, refuse the format, but be able to list the drive, open it and view its content,

copy/cut the files to a new folder, format your USB then copy back the info you have sorted

Nope, won't let me do anything until its formatted unfortunately :angry:

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It sounds like something's become corrupted. What I would say is don't format it just yet. Perhaps try it on a different OS, maybe even a Mac if you can.

If that doesn't work then I'd recommend trying a recovery program, something like this.

Best of luck with this, Azda!

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Asda

I know the horse has bolted but I've had problems with USB sticks before.

You can buy an external hard drive for peanuts (I also update a stick on a regular basis.

Good luck.

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Again, no immediate help to you Dave but I've registered a domain name and taken a cheap web hosting package. I've created a basic website so I have instant access to my pics on line from anywhere and also have an off-site backup (on the hosting company's server). The whole package costs only a few tens of pounds a year.

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It sounds like something's become corrupted. What I would say is don't format it just yet. Perhaps try it on a different OS, maybe even a Mac if you can.

If that doesn't work then I'd recommend trying a recovery program, something like this.

Best of luck with this, Azda!

This software has found most of my files, need to buy it though before i can retrieve them, just hope it actually does let me have them after i've paid though

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It sounds like something's become corrupted. What I would say is don't format it just yet. Perhaps try it on a different OS, maybe even a Mac if you can.

If that doesn't work then I'd recommend trying a recovery program, something like this.

Best of luck with this, Azda!

This software has found most of my files, need to buy it though before i can retrieve them, just hope it actually does let me have them after i've paid though

Fingers crossed! :rolleyes:

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Asda

I know the horse has bolted but I've had problems with USB sticks before.

You can buy an external hard drive for peanuts (I also update a stick on a regular basis.

Good luck.

I recently had something called an Archive Bomb. This is essentially a zip-file that opens and reopens itself until it has occupied all your disc space. Somehow it also managed to destroy my external hard drive, so they're not always inviolable.

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