Critical PC Problem :(

[rubisco43]

My sister had her paper on a flash drive, and after saving, now gets some I/O error problem in reading the flash. Does those hard drive recovery programs work for flash drives?

I also did right-click->properties on the flash and it shows up as zero bytes. Help!

[Peter_OS]

Re: Critical PC Problem

Does the properties window show any files on it?

If it says no files and zero bytes, I think your sister is out of luck.

Always remember to make backups.

[Peter_OS]

Re: Critical PC Problem

http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Utilities/File_Maintenance_and_Repair_Utilities/USB_Flash_Drive_Data_Recovery.html

Try this. It's shareware.

Let me know if it worked.

There's a bunch out there, but most of them require registration.

[rubisco43]

Re: Critical PC Problem

I used a different file recovery software (FinalData) and it worked like a charm. Whew!