My usb key is not being recognized by my laptop. When I plug it in it says insert disk - also it is indicating that there are 0 bytes. Can anyone give me a solution for retreiving my data?
shawnmel 0 Newbie Poster
Xlphos 16 Veteran Poster
Does the usb stick work in other computers?
Techeasy 0 Newbie Poster
I guess you have encountered RAW drive. Did it remind you "The disk in drive F is not formatted. Do you want to format it now?"
Check the file system, did it report RAW?
At this time, the content on your drive will be reported as 0 byte. To recover files from a raw usb flash drive, you can read this article http://recovery-programs.com/raw-drive.html
shawnmel 0 Newbie Poster
no it doesn't - it say insert disk drive
ellioth_13 0 Newbie Poster
have you try it in other computers?
does it work?
thp 7 Newbie Poster
I have the same problem only my drives do work on other computer. Did you ever find a solution?
I did start a new thread - USB Flash Drive & SD Card reader/writer both recognized but not open(Format)
thp 7 Newbie Poster
I had the same problem (for over a year):
My problem was a bad system32 driver named FastFat.sys
A brief description of steps to repair the problem:
Boot Windosw XP (using boot disk) in Repair Mode
Renamed the old driver C:\Windows\System32\Drivers FastFat.old
copied a new FastFat.sys driver to the C:\Windows\System32\Drivers folder
Rebooted normal and all work well for me! I can now read and write FAT files to Thumb drives and SD Cards. I hope that this is of help to you.
mariary 0 Newbie Poster
flash drive is ot being recognized by laptop, then there is no chance to recover the data on it.
Retallacka 0 Newbie Poster
The same thing happend to me. My USB had Software it needed to install manually, Annoying I know but if you do this it should fix it.
rubberman 1,355 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso Featured Poster
I have had this problem with Win7 when accessing large (bigger than 2GB) drives that are perfectly accessible from Windows XP and Linux (FAT-32 drives). I don't know why this is an issue with Win7, but it is a PITA!
sheikhali449 0 Junior Poster
try to format your usb first and then try again
thp 7 Newbie Poster
If you format the drive, as suggested by sheikhali449, you should try formatting as NTFS (Windows NT File System). That way you can eleimnate a problem with the FAT system.
razib8bd -2 Light Poster
it is possible that ur usb port is not in working mood. check computer
with a good anti-virus.
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