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Old 25 June 2007, 10:58 PM
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Unhappy usb stick drive crisis. please help me!

im seriously stuffed. can someone please help me.

i put my pen drive into my laptop earlier to do some work. removed it. then later i put it into my pc to take some files off it. safely remove it all seems hunky dory. Ive returned to my laptop to find all the files have funky new names and cannot be opened.
I return it to my pc and vista comes up with this helpful little box to fix some problems on the drive. excellent i thought, clicked to fix and now its deleted a the files and now Ive lost my college work and im getting extremely mad and upset.
ive tried smart flash recovery and it came up with nothing useful.

help please
Old 25 June 2007, 11:34 PM
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Hi , try the computer section . I know there are places that can probably get the data back if its worth the cost. See what response you get in other section.
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Old 25 June 2007, 11:53 PM
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Sounds like you've been infected by a virus.

My advice would be to not open any files on your laptop from the stick...

or prepare for a full reformat...

Do you not have antivirus software installed where you work/study??
Old 25 June 2007, 11:55 PM
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Aren't there any Tae kwon do moves he can use to rid himself of these problems?
Old 26 June 2007, 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Bubba po
Aren't there any Tae kwon do moves he can use to rid himself of these problems?
Well, I'm no expert you must understand - but in my experience, there's not much you can do if these things get a hold.

That's when IT backup comes to the rescue.....
Old 26 June 2007, 12:33 AM
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ive undeleted the files but theyre massive now and not .doc files but some weird funky names and file types.


gutted

all m fluid dynamics works gone
Old 26 June 2007, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Poor Guy
ive undeleted the files but theyre massive now and not .doc files but some weird funky names and file types.


gutted

all m fluid dynamics works gone

what are the filenames ?
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