Here is a good question from a reader about her flash drive that will not read.
Question
“I checked on your site but had no luck…my flash drive all of a sudden stopped being recognized by ALL computers..is it broken/corrupted?? Is there any way to get the data off of it? I’ve since purchased a new one that works great and is being recognized by my computer so I know that it’s not my computer”. Maria
See my answer below
Maria,
If you have tried to read the flash drive in several different computers, then I would say that the flash drive is broke. Since it is a solid state device, then recovery of any data is probably not possible.
I am sorry for your loss and hope that the data on the flash drive was backed up. One of my rules for data storage and back up: Flash drives are not back up storage devices.
Happy computing,
