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Is there anyway to get data from a dead USB

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Hi,

My Samsung USB has failed on me and has most of my school data. Is there a way to get the data back from a dead USB or am I fucked?

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11 minutes ago, CookieTheLabrador said:

Hi,

My Samsung USB has failed on me and has most of my school data. Is there a way to get the data back from a dead USB or am I fucked?

If it can't be detected it's gone usually it's gone unless you send it out for recovery. Most times they need to take the flash chip off the PCB and mount it in a holder or transplant it into a new drive for it to be recovered. 

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1 minute ago, W-L said:

If it can't be detected it's gone usually it's gone unless you send it out for recovery. Most times they need to take the flash chip off the PCB and mount it in a holder or transplant it into a new drive for it to be recovered. 

That's generally quite expensive though. It's not worth unless the data on it is really valuable to you.

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22 minutes ago, CookieTheLabrador said:

Hi,

My Samsung USB has failed on me and has most of my school data. Is there a way to get the data back from a dead USB or am I fucked?

 You know what lasts longer than USB? Cloud storage. Google docs, for example. USB is great for transportation, but I wouldn't use it as a sole storage location.

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3 hours ago, Pauleh said:

That's generally quite expensive though. It's not worth unless the data on it is really valuable to you.

Nothing that valuable, around 2hrs of work, not worth $275 recovery

 

3 hours ago, Ryujin2003 said:

 You know what lasts longer than USB? Cloud storage. Google docs, for example. USB is great for transportation, but I wouldn't use it as a sole storage location.

I do have Drive but I forgot to back the USB up 

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7 hours ago, CookieTheLabrador said:

Nothing that valuable, around 2hrs of work, not worth $275 recovery

It would cost closer to 800+ from my interaction with data recovery services. Anything that invasive it's super expensive.

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18 hours ago, Ryujin2003 said:

It would cost closer to 800+ from my interaction with data recovery services. Anything that invasive it's super expensive.

Agreed, went to Harvey Norman, the place I bought it, and got a replacement for it

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