flash drive trouble

[michriv]

I am having trouble with my flash drive. It came out of the shell and i put it back together but it keeps saying that the drive is unrecognizable. I have very important info on this flash drive and don't want to loose it. the drive will pop up every once in a while but wont stay up for very long

[howste]

It sounds like you have some broken leads. With the case off, look to see if there are any broken connections, especially to the four metal pads on the connector.

[Nude_Lewd_Man]

Hi, and WELCOME TO TECHIMO - from the Folding@Home Team [#111]...!

If it is important data, you should be able to just get it back from a backup...especially as flash drives should only be used for transporting a copy around anyway....






All data that is important is covered in a (proven, and tested for recovery) backup strategy...












For now, the cheapest option would be to do as howste has said, but there's no certainty that it will work...