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Can't access USB flash drive
I suddenly lost access to a USB flash drive while using my laptop on the road. The laptop went into hibernation; when I woke it up, the flash drive had suddenly disappeared. Plugging it into different USB ports didn't help ... or, for that matter, plugging it into USB ports on a different computer. When I plug it in, Windows sees that a removable drive is available, accurately reports it as a Silicon-Power 64G USB drive in Device Properties, and even assures me that it's working properly. But that's it. I can't check for errors, because Windows reports that it can't access the disk. If I try to access the flash drive with the command line, Windows reports 'There is no disk in the drive.' I downloaded the free recovery tool 'Recuva,' as recommended at: 6 data recovery tools for SD cards, USB drives and more - Computerworld and that didn't help. If anyone has any ideas, I hope you'll share them. My unhappy guess is that I either hire a professional data recovery firm, or kiss the files goodbye.