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brainiac | 20:21 Wed 01st May 2013 | Technology
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I've been using a memory stick for ages without problem, but now when I try to access its contents it comes up not as 'Kingston' (the make of stick), only as 'removable disc', and if I double click to open it, a window comes up saying ' has to be formatted in Drive F'. If I click to say I want to format it, I'm warned I'll lose everything on the stick......Help !!
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Whatever you do, don't format it. You'll lose all the data that's stored on it.
Probably brokwn. I don't find them particularly reliable. Hope you had it all backed up.
Are you sure it's the same memory stick?
Have you tried to access it on a different computer?
Every now and then they corrupt. Memory sticks are ideal for data transfer but NOT as backup devices.
Sorry I can't be more help but I think you need to reformat it. You could try Scandisk but I don't think that will work.
Format it, and then run recova on it to see if it can recover the files that were on it...

http://www.piriform.com/recuva
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Well don Chuck! I'd forgotten we successfully recovered about 300 photos from an SD card using Recuva.
(but I've been to sleep since then)

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