Vista - Can you restore a file that is listed in "Recent items" when its usb has broken

So yesterday for no reason my busbi 8gb usb key has stoped working!? its no longer flashing its red led no more...
I really need the files stored in it !!! I searched on the internet this morning for options I found a recuva site that is supposed to recover files but i dont know if that will do it for my case?
and if i defragement my disk leaving my usb in my pc but wont that delete whats in it?
I wanted to know really if i could recover files from recent items and like change the location which is at the time k/: ( remouvable disk k) to c:/ my normal documents ?

Have you tried the key in a different computer?

Nope but clearly its the usb key that isnt working i tried other usb such as my printer and it worked... I dont have another pc no more as not long ago I crashed it... yeah feels good to be me

"seebyher" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
news:c6b121ce2ea393af750d2f1cb9be8b89@xxxxxx-gateway.com...If the USB key is dead then the files are lost.
You cannot get them back from recent item as these are just pointers to the
files in their real locations - in your case on your broken USB drive.
No doubt this will be a learning experience for you to backup your important
data to other media and never trust USB drives for important files that are
not backed up (people loose them, break them or they just fail)
--
Mike Brannigan

I must admit, I only use my key to move files from one computer to another that is not networked, or to copy photos to them to take around a mates.

Again, try the USB drive in another computer. It could be that the USB
"port" on your computer has gone bad and the key is fine. You can also try
different ports on the same computer.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


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