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robot
Joined: 07 Mar 2006
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 Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 12:40 am Post subject: repairing a USB drive |
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| I have a no-name brand USB drive. Where can I get it fixed? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:02 am Post subject: Re: repairing a USB drive |
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| robot wrote: |
| I have a no-name brand USB drive. Where can I get it fixed? |
Do you mean a thumb drive or an external HDD?
If you meant a thumb drive, unless you absolutely need to try to recover the data from it, it would be FAR CHEAPER to just replace it. 8gig thumb drives are about 20k won at Seon-in plaza.
IF you meant an external USB HDD, pull the drive out of the case and replace it. You MAY be able to recover the data (depending on what burned out) but usually not.
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robot
Joined: 07 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:08 am Post subject: |
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Thumb drive.
I have all my work files on it, so I need it recovered. Some punk student mangled the input slot on my computer, which I guess in turn mangled my USB after I tried to stick it in.
So where can I get it repaired? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 1:55 am Post subject: |
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| robot wrote: |
Thumb drive.
I have all my work files on it, so I need it recovered. Some punk student mangled the input slot on my computer, which I guess in turn mangled my USB after I tried to stick it in.
So where can I get it repaired? |
My best guess would be one of the shops in the "flea market" behind the Seon-in plaza
(in the left door, 1/2 way down the hall, turn left and out the exit - walk ahead 15 meters and turn right. It will bite you in the butt)
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maybe one of the repair guys in the plaza can fudge the connection to recover your data.
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 2:10 am Post subject: |
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| 8g thumb Danawa 14,000. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 2:40 am Post subject: |
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Do a google search on Freeware USB recovery .
I just used a program like that tonight.
Some things were still there. Others weren't. |
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blackjack
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2008 2:48 am Post subject: |
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| bassexpander wrote: |
Do a google search on Freeware USB recovery .
I just used a program like that tonight.
Some things were still there. Others weren't. |
It sounds like its the connection not the flash memory so the data is probably safe. however those things are not really designed to be serviced. It could be a couple of pins touching/out of alignment, try using a pin to straighten things out.
Too late now and I hate it when people say this to me but back up your important data. The best is to email it to yourself. |
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robot
Joined: 07 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:02 am Post subject: |
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Thx for the responses.
It's definitely a connection problem; it was sketchy at first and slowly fizzled out. I can't see any loose parts when I take it apart, so it's a bit beyond what I can fix myself.
Not sure where Seon-in Plaza is, but I'll check it out. Any other repair places? I need this fixed, as I've got thousands of files of writing and teaching material on it. Have copies on my computer, of course, but as luck would have it that's also currently broken. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 7:17 am Post subject: |
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| robot wrote: |
Thx for the responses.
It's definitely a connection problem; it was sketchy at first and slowly fizzled out. I can't see any loose parts when I take it apart, so it's a bit beyond what I can fix myself.
Not sure where Seon-in Plaza is, but I'll check it out. Any other repair places? I need this fixed, as I've got thousands of files of writing and teaching material on it. Have copies on my computer, of course, but as luck would have it that's also currently broken. |
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm77/ttompatz/yongsan2.jpg
If you come out of the station, turn right. Go to the end of the plaza. Look across the rail yard and you see the big blue building (terminal). To the right of that you see a building with a big GIGABYTE sign on it. that is the Seon-in plaza. |
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