Corrupted 32gb memory stick

Steve_xx

Yesterday I managed to corrupt my 32gb memory stick. It worked ok on my Samsung Galaxy tablet yesterday morning. I must have pulled it out of the tablet too fast or something because when I put it into my laptop it wouldn't read it. I tried it in my netbook running Ubuntu, but still it wouldn't read it.
I downloaded PC Inspector File Recovery and that didn't work either. I then downloaded Recuva software and that had limited success in that it recovered some files, but not many.
In the end I ran chkdsk e:/r - which I understand is a DOS based program within windows that effectively runs a check on a given drive and then attempts to repair anything it finds wrong. Anyway, it worked a treat and the the memory stick is now working perfectly again and all of the files that should be there are there.
I hope that this may be of help to anyone who finds themselves in a similar position.

macman

Good result, but you should never rely on a USB flash drive for archiving back up files. Too fragile and too easy to lose.

Steve_xx

Yes of course you are absolutely right. How many of us have been caught out in this way!
I'm so pleased, and more than a little surprised, that the chkdsk command actually managed to sort it out.

John_Gray

CHKDSK has been doing this for years and years, sometimes under the guise of SCANDISK. The reliability of CHKDSK has increased the closer you get to the current date.

Steve_xx

Yes I think I've used it in the past on hard drives that have become corrupt and I don't think it's been successful if I remember rightly. So I was amazed that it managed to sort out this memory stick when the two programs I downloaded weren't able to sort it out.