Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 14:58:05 +0200 From: Alphons van Werven <freebsd@skysmurf.nl> To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, jonathan@kc8onw.net Subject: Re: Lexar flash drive dead? Message-ID: <20160817125805.GA56841@spectrum.skysmurf.nl> In-Reply-To: <20160817131138.1775b70f@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <c73adde8-35f8-5090-bb74-330ac2f46634@kc8onw.net> <20160817130943.6c2315df@gumby.homeunix.com> <20160817131138.1775b70f@gumby.homeunix.com>
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--J2SCkAp4GZ/dPZZf Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RW via freebsd-questions wrote: ["re-CC'ed" OP] >> If you haven't already tried try swapping the connectors around using >> a different connector on a different motherboard socket.=20 >=20 > Sorry I missed the USB bit.=20 Nevertheless, if not already done so it might eliminate the possibility that the problem is with the computer the drive is connected to rather than the drive itself. Other than that, in my experience errors like these usually suggest that the drive itself is broken on the hardware level and cannot be rescued on a software level. Depending on exactly where the failure lies and whether that's a user-serviceable part (e.g. a connector or controller or some- thing), it *might* be possible to salvage the data by replacing the com- ponent in question with a "donor" component from a healthy drive of the same make and type--or at least a similar device with compatible com- ponents. However, this usually requires considerable expertise and even then USB drives in particular often don't have a whole lot of removable components in the first place. Fonz --=20 A.J. "Fonz" van Werven <freebsd@skysmurf.nl> mailsig: Help! I'm a prisoner in a Chinese fortune cookie factory. --J2SCkAp4GZ/dPZZf Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJXtF9dAAoJEAfP7gJTaCe8QKYQAJ6VHUITHQc/Qsms7Ya5G91K XX2uMG5mOqGK4259KkLUpWFCoaMrecHPVTmXlwb+H65olH+nfOF4LmmCCISI5jhY fCxqaX6FLVAufDXUESLnU/ka0gjyKLHXf/iLhuP8WcFRAclrptNnPJw6B/u7N5rt D2pgd4cK24DHpw5jeuSGsp03O8UMUObYRwfQCAJAaWUX7nqNnyfaKi+hx2Hi9g9B DwXgE3HyzCxuaLBrqc/9XbFUfU/bSsl8iRjvGDPVMNFSsyAfdHgoF8x9ue1qdNRH GjfLQ0n8kv6+ksCFwcD0TEM7f3UT8AOLUXxLxhxUwGWG11FU+vxkajhpW9aTUyd9 wnX/YoR2OMaXk+J+ibDhZm35hf9BQL97fLaLrtbMirD/33+SePQkhzPDwTqv8JF1 3k/FuGbtkmVJ6eW2haeXwDVKDE0YgGTbi9eA3bCSK7G3DsXQVS1zjbwtG1GkV2B1 6RGiSwSck2S1g7YsoqZpDN+kRwRx6xLidwkGaZYTXWraa+JCj4YTVV2arQoDshWT Z4NtaHsvu9W6mFSUp7OwSNiMspkEwrZaqJO50lbbI7TL+ZnNO0pQYgyNi+R5w66h MuGwrqqbK/yP8U8QFblSV6swKds5VYoKNNPEd22hrVWjKoSn8+QJkVVDz1JnDa/3 GVFJBfvWe/8BwmZzgk0d =CXxb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --J2SCkAp4GZ/dPZZf--
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