Re: Re: Unknown USB Device


"Javelin3o4" <UseLinkToEmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > "RESgrignoli" <Richard.Sgrignoli@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> > message
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> > > Well, I tried connecting the external drive to my laptop,
> > and it also
> > > comes up with "USB Device Not Recognized: One of the USB
> > devices
> > > attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows
> > does not
> > > recognize it. For assistance in solving this problem, click
> > this
> > > message." So, it appears to be the drive itself. I guess
> > my question
> > > now is: Does this indicate a problem with the drive itself
> > or just
> > > being able to access it? In other words, if I take it to a
> > repair
> > > facility, do you think it would be possible to save the data
> > from the
> > > drive, or could this likely be a "sayoonara" to a bunch of
> > data?
> > >
> > Most likely the data on the drive is OK. Try
> > http://support.wdc.com/ and see
> > if WD support can help you with other suggestions or how to
> > recover the
> > data.
>
> I had the same problem with a 1GB PNY Flash drive, all the sudden one
> day it would come up as unrecognized device, and when i finally
> managed to access it, i decided to format it but i could only copy
> approx 500mb to it before it would say it was full...to make a long
> story short my flash drive was defective.
>
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Flash drive is basically non-volatile memory , a hard drive has magnetic
platters. If all that failed in the hard drive are the electronics, data can
be recovered from the platters by changing the controller.


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