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Partition table corrupted (USB flash drive)

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Mar 15, 202661128 views
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Problem

It's an 8 GB Patriot thumb drive, which I've used extensively with lots of data. Today, it is detected, but all data is gone: (EDIT at least some data is still there, but the partition table is gone) EDIT @Sathya (thanks) here's the relevant output from : It looks like it is /dev/sdc, with that 8 G…

Error Output

Disk /dev/sdc: 8019 MB, 8019509248 bytes
247 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1022 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15314 * 512 = 7840768 bytes

Disk /dev/sdc …

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Fix for: Partition table corrupted (USB flash drive)

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It may be worth running testdisk over the device, it sounds like your partition table may have gone pop. Testdisk should be able to recover your data.

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