Dongle problem

aqua111

A friend downloaded info from my old Computer onto a YuuWoo Dongle but it does not show any trace on my Windows7.
Any advice please?

WTFH

What is a yuuwoo dongle and where did your "friend" get it from?

aqua111

Sorry should be wuu waa.

poppy10_2

WTFH wrote: »

What is a yuuwoo dongle and where did your "friend" get it from?

It was a cloud-based backup solution. It's now shut down forever



Never trust valuable data to a cloud provider you can't trust to stick around.

NiftyDigits

As of January 3, 2014, the YuuWaa service has ended, with the website displaying the message "We are sorry, YuuWaa as [sic] come to an end."

Just a little too late.

aqua111

Is that why I cant use it?

Quiet_Spark

aqua111 wrote: »

Is that why I cant use it?

You can't use it because it no longer exists, whatever data you had stored is now gone.

aqua111

Only used last week.

aqua111

Used first time last week to retrieve data from old computer.

Jivesinger

As I read this, the YuuWaa USB drives were like a normal USB, but with an additional cloud backup.
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/review/1561286/yuuwaa-usb-backup-drive

Although the cloud backup side is clearly gone, perhaps the data was also stored locally on the USB stick, and there's something the OP can do to retrieve it?

I'm no expert in getting data from a USB stick but presumably others on here will know more than I do.

Edited to add - I also notice this on the link:

Under Windows 7, which is not yet officially supported, you have to locate and launch the YuuWaa.exe file yourself when you plug the device in.

Maybe this is linked to the issue? Assuming of course that the USB drives on the link are similar to what the OP has.

victor2

aqua111 wrote: »

Only used last week.

Here today, gone tomorrow.
Hopefully that wasn't the only copy of your data, or if it was, there's nothing you need there. By all means use cloud storage as a backup, but never rely on just one instance of data - anywhere.