How to recover 'damaged' Sandisk Cruzer Mini 256MB?

[libroos]

Hi all,

My brother just passed me a damaged Cruzer Mini 256MB flash drive. His drive got ramped over by a car. When I inserted the USB thumbdrive into my usb port, i heard the usual 'ding dong' sound when I plug in any USB device. However, the 'Removable disk' drive does not show up.

I went into the Device Manager and saw under Other devices, the flash drive was listed ADIR ROM.

Anyone of you encountered this before? Anyone has successfully managed to recover the data though not able to be detected by the system?

I had purchased the SANDISK RescuePro, however, still could not recover any Files as the flash drive could not be detected properly.

Please advise. Thks.

Rgds,
libroos

 

[BadBigBen]

My estimation, since it got run over by a CAR: FUBAR...

probably some of the solder points, or even more got damaged and is not easy to fix...

Ben

"If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer..."

 

[linney]

You can try this if you like.


PC Inspector (Smart Recovery)

http://www.pcinspector.de/smart_media_recovery/uk/welcome.htm

Otherwise you might need professional (read expensive) help to dismantle the flash drive, repair, or recover data.

 

[LtLeary]

I just expereienced this same issue and this is what I did to resolve.

Step 1. Back up your registry.
Step 2. Look and see if you now have a key called HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\USB\Vid_0781&Pid_1234 and a key called HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\USB\Vid_0781&Pid_5150.

Step 3. Delete Both (Note the the latter is the one for your Cruiser but you should start fresh.)

Step 4. Reboot (Make sure you don't have the flash drive plugged in.)

Step 5. Once logged back on, install the flash drive. It will still go thru the routine of hardware discovery but most likely will not work correctly. You should notice that the key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\USB\Vid_0781&Pid_1234 is back but the later is still gone.

Step 6. Change the following keys to the values indicated..
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\USB\Vid_0781&Pid_1234\12345678
DeviceDescrip FROM ADirRom TO Sandisk Cruzer
LocationInformation FROM ADirRom TO Sandisk Cruzer

and ADD the Following
Driver {36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000}\0013
Service USBSTOR

Step 7
Remove the drive and reinstall. If you are as lucky as I, you may still get an initial message about can't find a driver for the Adir, but then the hardware detection will start anew and correctly recogize as a Cruiser Mini.



Good Luck

Lt

 

[blessedtag]

I am receiving a similar message ADir Rom. However, I simply pulled my drive our before closing out the file rather than having it run over by a car. MY drive is only 128 mb. Is there any hope? Did the suggestions work for you? I don't want to lose any of the information by trying what was suggested without knowing if it worked. Also do I need to be on the computer that I pulled the drive out of to do what is suggested or is any computer okay?

Thanks, Blessedtag

 

[linney]

Amending the Registry would be, I imagine, specific to the computer giving the error.

Have you tried you drive in another computer?

The recovery link could be run on any computer, with the owners consent, as it is attempting to recover data only from your drive.