My experience with file and drive recovery is very limited, what I'd like to get here is a decent estimate about the current state of this flash drive, that is unless any files can be recovered from it. I also tried using PhotoRec on the drive but it could not render any files.Ĭode: Select all Mon Apr 22 16:28:16 2013

html#p2614 as the conditions appeared similar, but the situation remain unchanged. I tried following the procedure that Fiona posted here. I tried using a number of programs (recuva, restoration, wise data recovery and data recovery) but none of them want to even start working with the drive, so I have to assume TestDisk works on a lower level then the mentioned applications. The drive on its case has no signatures, TestDisk labels it as NX216 Flash Reader, a 4GB stick.

My system is windows 7 64bit, when I plug the drive in and try to explore its contents windows prompts me whether I want to format the drive or not. I have no idea what happened to it nor can I be 100% sure about the previous filesystem, however it's 99,9% certain it was FAT32. I have this (possibly faulty) USB flash drive that has been handed by a friend to me.

Nx216 flash reader usb device driver