[ale] recovering usb thumb drive (was: OT:, but too geeky to be OT)

[William Fragakis]

Thanks, I'll forward the information on.

regards,
William Fragakis
morrisbrandon.com



On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 15:42 -0400, Jeff Lightner wrote:
> There is a company called Pivar that does things like data conversions
> and disk recoveries.  I used them years ago to recover a Xenix disk and
> every once in a while see questions like this.   Their number is
> 1-800-CONVERT.   Not sure if they deal with thumb drives but if nothing
> else works you might give them a call.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jim
> Popovitch
> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 3:12 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] recovering usb thumb drive (was: OT:, but too geeky
> to be OT)
> 
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> William Fragakis wrote:
> > A teacher at our school has physically damaged a usb thumb drive -
> > accidentally knocked into it while it was sticking out of the
> computer.
> > Sadly, this thumbdrive held a lot of original (ie not backed up)
> > material. Is recovery possible and/or cost effective?
> 
> If the chip is intact then it should be possible for someone to get a
> magnifying glass, a low heat soldering iron (with a fine tip), some
> small wire, and manually reconnect each contact point.
> 
> - -Jim P.
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