USB stick data recovery

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HELP! I have a USB stick that was recently used regularly and has stopped 'responding' to inquiries. The message states that the USB contains an unknown file system and is unusable without formatting, which will cause all the data to be erased.

I have tried downloading several data recovery programs (Ontrack EasyRecovery, Recuva, etc) to no avail.

Running Win10, 64-bit format as far as I know (the letters one) and have tried using C: prompts to change the disk letter and to also check the disk, also to no avail. I'm not tech savvy when it comes to this sort of thing, so will need step by step, if at all possible, to regain the data on the drive and hopefully move it to my harddrive or another stick.

TYVMIA!
 
Sounds like something got corrupted or perhaps failed internally. If the data on it is valuable enough, I suggest taking it to a professional to recover it. You're likely to just do more damage than good at this point.

I've never used them but I follow this guy on FB, who does wonders with data recovery from many different formats. He posts lots of videos of his work and his reviews are very high.

https://mdrepairs.com/?fbclid=IwY2x...7BV5zw_BKG4-SwBD7S_aem_3-uCyLBPexQKT_IuJLCDEg
 
Gus1300 said:
hopefully move it to my harddrive or another stick.
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Based on the above I'll just say critical data needs to be backed up. Data that exists in only one place is not backed up.

Further I've often been told not to trust thumb drives/sticks but I've used a few of the same for several years. But a couple of years ago I had a near miss. So some data exists on two thumb drives and an external spinner.

More after the horse is gone and the barn door shut: The 3-2-1 data back strategy is often recommended.
Data stored in 3 places on 2 types of media with 1 off site.

Apologies if you know that already. But based on what was quoted I wasn't sure.

That's all I got. My 'data recovery' app of choice works on HFS+ not any Windows formats.
 
If you have a computer repair shop, not a computer sales store, near you give them a try. They often have experience with this type of problem. I know someone who did this and because the shop was able to do it very quickly and easily (easy for them) they didn't even charge anything above the cost of a new USB stick.
 
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