Sandisk usb cruzer corrupted?

brutha analog said:

Hi all,
I fear that my USB stick is corrupted. I had been using my usb stick between work and home and my work network is notoriously laggy. I THINK that the network or my pc, may have corrupted my USB.
I've plugged and unplugged the usb, but it's not recognized by the laptop and is asking to reformat. I have some important files on the usb and have tried to figure a way to download the files off the USB.

I'm kinda desperate here. Any tips? I went to the SANDISK site, but it's not useful.

I'm on WIN10, 1909
Thanks,

Which machine are you on now that is not happy with the stick? Home or work?
FWIW..... if it's saying to reformat, it is recognizing the drive.

I'm at home for the weekend on my personal laptop.

I had a feeling that the pc IS RECOGNIZING the usb, however, why can't I just copy the files from the usb to my laptop? I looked at EASEUS, to try and repair, but it was worthless and I'm not spending $50 on that.

@F14- Many moons ago I was a electrician's mate on the USS Kitty Hawk. Many times I watched a F14 off of catapult and recover on the arresting gears. Good times.

Thx,

brutha analog said:

I'm at home for the weekend on my personal laptop.

I had a feeling that the pc IS RECOGNIZING the usb, however, why can't I just copy the files from the usb to my laptop? I looked at EASEUS, to try and repair, but it was worthless and I'm not spending $50 on that.

@F14- Many moons ago I was a electrician's mate on the USS Kitty Hawk. Many times I watched a F14 off of catapult and recover on the arresting gears. Good times.

Thx,

Can you post a pic of exactly what you see when you plug it in. You said you got a message to reformat. It's that message, and any others, we need to see just as you do.

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brutha analog said:

@F14- Many moons ago I was a electrician's mate on the USS Kitty Hawk. Many times I watched a F14 off of catapult and recover on the arresting gears. Good times. Thx,

@brutha analog I know the feeling, several months on the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, part of it on the flight deck then got into Air Operations, last 2 years at NAS Quonset Point, RI. Largest plane we carried was the A3D, did get a ride in an AD-5. Got out barely before all the re-designating of the models.

brutha analog said:

Here is a screenshot. I got it to work for a little bit, but I powered down and it doesn't work again.

A little bit? It worked for a little bit? That is an odd one. Sounds like there may be a loose or bad connection in the lappy or drive. Be gentle with it and see if you can get it to work long enough to get some screenshots or data off. Try a different USB port, if you've haven't Try a different machine if you have access to one. Or wait till you get back to work on Monday and do it there.

Megahertz said:

What is the size of the Sandisk USB drive?

Please post a Disk Manager image (expand the columns and post a whole screen image)
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