I would say that the flash memory has degraded and the controller is blocking access to it, hence the messages.
It would require a "chip off" recovery, assuming it's not using an encrypting controller.
They're quite tricky to open too!
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| Author: | highlander317 [ March 4th, 2016, 15:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Failed Sandisk 16Gb pen drive |
Hi all, My Sandisk drive was working find until this morning when I think my children have knocked it with the desk chair. Sadly now when I plug the drive in, all I get is a format message, properties show it has 0 bytes and raw file system, and using any tools show the drive as 64Mb. Can anyone help me at all? The drive is a Sandisk cruzer switch 16Gb, I have not figured out how to open the drive as yet, either. Cheers in advance |
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| Author: | pcimage [ March 4th, 2016, 16:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Failed Sandisk 16Gb pen drive |
I would say that the flash memory has degraded and the controller is blocking access to it, hence the messages. It would require a "chip off" recovery, assuming it's not using an encrypting controller. They're quite tricky to open too!
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| Author: | jermy [ March 5th, 2016, 15:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Failed Sandisk 16Gb pen drive |
Sometimes it's just a matter of resoldering. I would inspect under a microscope first, especially if it's an encrypted controller. |
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