[HLUG] Interest problem

[Paul Maddox]

David,
 
> Anyone out there do data recovery??? I have a very very dead usb memory stick
> containing cvs a gsp xml file and some other word docs. I took it up to PC
> world to get the data off they couldnt do it. I was going to buy another usb
> device the same so I could move the chip from one usb stick to another but
> was informed that this would blank the memory of the usb drive i have.

Ok, there are two reasons it might have died.

Flash memory chip failure
USB chip failure.

If it's the first case, there's no way you'll get anything back, sorry.
If it's the second then buying an indentical one and swap the flash memory
chip.

The thing with flash memory is that it's not like hard disk drives. It's not
*IF* it will die, only *when*. They have a finite number of write cycles and
sooner or later you're going to hit that.
Especially if you're writing a lot and often.

A quick google revealed numerous places to get the data back.
And for significantly less than 700quid ;-

http://www.dataphoenix.co.uk/?gclid=CNz63M_KrpQCFSLmlAodlCumtA

FWIW, there is NO WAY they can guarantee 100% of the data back, nor that
they can deffinately do it. Don't trust them.

Paul