Partly corrupted USB stick

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I have an half dead USB stick, and am wondering if i can revive it somehow, I have already gotten all data from the folder i was trying to open, its very odd, sometimes it might open a folder, sometimes the explorer will not respond and I have to unplug the USB. If there is no way to revive it, it's ok, because there isn't a lot of important data on it.

[Electronics Wizardy]

You can try to use something like ddrescue on linux to get a full image of the drive. It seems like a hardware issue, and usb sticks are cheap, so id just toss the drive.

[mahyar]

first back up as much as you can then do a format

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Kingston usually has Lifetime Warranties on their USB drives. But with how cheap it is, it's probably not going through the hassle. Plus you're probably going to have to send the drive back to them without doing a secure erase of the data that's on it. Not sure how their RMA process and if they would allow that prior. 

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1 hour ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Kingston usually has Lifetime Warranties on their USB drives. But with how cheap it is, it's probably not going through the hassle. Plus you're probably going to have to send the drive back to them without doing a secure erase of the data that's on it. Not sure how their RMA process and if they would allow that prior. 

I didn't buy the drive directly from Kingston, so it doesn't have the Lifetime warranty, and the drive is quite old too and i recently bought a new drive

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1 hour ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

You can try to use something like ddrescue on linux to get a full image of the drive. It seems like a hardware issue, and usb sticks are cheap, so id just toss the drive.

I've already bought an new drive, and im just rescuing everything i can with windows. And i probs wont be able to connect the usb to an linux vm, because it's so corrupt. And it probs wouldn't be worth the effort to rescue this drive.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

3 minutes ago, Latvian Video said:

I didn't buy the drive directly from Kingston, so it doesn't have the Lifetime warranty, and the drive is quite old too and i recently bought a new drive

Of you bought it second hand? It doesn't have to be directly from them, it could be through a retailer as long as you have the original receipt/ proof of purchase.  

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Just now, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Of you bought it second hand? It doesn't have to be directly from them, it could be through a retailer as long as you have the original receipt/ proof of purchase.  

I bought it from an Latvian retailer, but it said that it has 2yr warranty, and I bought it like 4yrs ago

[Electronics Wizardy]

3 hours ago, Latvian Video said:

I've already bought an new drive, and im just rescuing everything i can with windows. And i probs wont be able to connect the usb to an linux vm, because it's so corrupt. And it probs wouldn't be worth the effort to rescue this drive.

can you boot from a linux live disk and try dd rescue from there?

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7 hours ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

can you boot from a linux live disk and try dd rescue from there?

I could try, but there isn't much important data on it anyways, so it wouldn't be worth the effort