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


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

    Have you tried the key in a different computer?

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

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    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

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

    "seebyher" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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    >
    > ::*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 ?*::
    >
    >
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    > seebyher
    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


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

    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.

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

    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.

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    > roy69;965681 Wrote:

    >> 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

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