- May 30, 2009
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I think I've permanently ruined a USB thumb drive ('H' in this example) following a power outage. I managed to get some files copied over to a hard drive -- and thankfully there was not much on the drive to begin with -- but there's some nasty HEX stuff on both folders and files and it just kills me! 
In addition to attempts to rename the files/folders I've tried
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command
E:\>FORMAT H: /fs:FAT32
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Different DRIVE LETTER
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Attempted Open with Ultra-Edit (a powerful HEX editor) to hack the HEX mumbo jumbo and replace it with ALPHA & NUMERIC
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Attempted MOVE-ON-BOOT (can't read anything on the drive)
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Full Format, Quick Format
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Break it to me. It's cooked, right?
In addition to attempts to rename the files/folders I've tried--------------------
command
E:\>FORMAT H: /fs:FAT32
--------------------
Different DRIVE LETTER
--------------------
Attempted Open with Ultra-Edit (a powerful HEX editor) to hack the HEX mumbo jumbo and replace it with ALPHA & NUMERIC
--------------------
Attempted MOVE-ON-BOOT (can't read anything on the drive)
--------------------
Full Format, Quick Format
--------------------
Break it to me. It's cooked, right?
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