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- [Silicon Motion (SM) Controller Off-Chip Data Structures](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/silicon-motion-sm-controller-off-chip-data-structures/) - Most silicon motion controllers use the same spare area data structure. I ran into a 32GB Lexar Professional 1000x using a different data structure. The value in block function ranged from 0x90 to 0x9F. Unknown contained 0xEF. LBN (Logical Block Number) and LPN (Logical Page Number) contained the normal inverted values. The memory card uses
- [Verbatim Store 'N Go 8GB (Phison PS2251-68-5) – Off-Chip Recovery, Custom Tooling](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/verbatim-store-n-go-8gb-phison-ps2251-68-5-off-chip-recovery-custom-tooling/) - Verbatim Store 'N Go 8GB with a Phison PS2251-68-5 controller. Off-chip recovery with 15 pages per sector and bad byte columns — wrote our own tooling to strip the columns, correct bit errors, and reassemble from spare area markers.
- [Industrial 16GB CompactFlash (Phison PS3006-T) – Dead Controller, Full Recovery](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/industrial-16gb-compactflash-phison-ps3006-t-dead-controller-full-recovery/) - Industrial 16GB Extreme CompactFlash card with a dead Phison PS3006-T controller. Read the NAND directly and used debug markers in the spare area to reassemble the image — 100% recovered.
- [SanDisk Ultra Flair 1TB (SDCZ75-1T00-G46) – Our First 1TB Flash Drive Recovery](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/sandisk-ultra-flair-1tb-sdcz75-1t00-g46-our-first-1tb-flash-drive-recovery/) - A SanDisk Ultra Flair 1TB became the first 1-terabyte flash drive to come through our lab, and we recovered every byte using advanced read-retry algorithms.
- [Samsung 256GB USB 3.1 Flash Drive (MUF-256DA/AM) Recovery — Broken Connector, Torn Pads, Full Recovery](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/samsung-256gb-usb-3-1-muf-256da-broken-connector-recovery/) - Samsung 256GB USB 3.1 Flash Drive (MUF-256DA/AM) came in with a bent connector and pads torn from the circuit board. We rebuilt the damaged solder pads, ran jumper wires, and recovered every personal file.
- [Patriot 8GB Monolithic Flash Drive Recovery — Reverse Engineered Pinout, Recovered Business Files](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/patriot-8gb-monolithic-flash-drive-recovery-pinout-reverse-engineering/) - Patriot 8GB monolithic USB flash drive came in RAW and unreadable with critical business documents on it. We reverse engineered the pinout from scratch using a logic analyzer and recovered every file.
- [SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB (SDCZ60-016G) – Broken Connector Repair, 32GB NAND Surprise](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/sandisk-cruzer-glide-16gb-sdcz60-broken-connector-recovery/) - SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB (SDCZ60-016G) with a broken USB connector — circuit board repaired, all data recovered. Notably, SanDisk used a refurbished 32GB NAND chip with 2:1 overprovisioning to sell the drive as 16GB.
- [SanDisk Cruzer Glide 128GB (SDCZ60-128G) – Weak NAND Cells Recovered](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/sandisk-cruzer-glide-128gb-sdcz60-weak-nand-recovery/) - SanDisk Cruzer Glide 128GB (SDCZ60-128G) with severe NAND Vt drift causing uncorrectable ECC failures. Recovered 100% via Vref calibration and multi-read soft-decision combining.
- [SanDisk Ultra 3.0 SDCZ48-512G Data Recovery](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/sandisk-ultra-sdcz48-512g-data-recovery/) - SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 512GB SDCZ48-512G-G46 data recovery. The drive was completely unresponsive with no detection on Windows or Mac. The SanDisk 20-82-00388-A1 controller is voltage-sensitive and rare in high-capacity drives. Component-level circuit board repair restored the drive and all data was recovered. No data, no charge.
- [SanDisk Ultra Flair SDCZ73-128G Data Recovery](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/sandisk-ultra-flair-sdcz73-128g-data-recovery/) - SanDisk Ultra Flair SDCZ73-128G-G46 monolithic flash drive data recovery. The drive made USB connection sounds but showed no drive letter on Windows or Mac. NAND flash memory bit rot caused data degradation inside the chip. Voltage offset recalibration recovered the majority of data. No data, no charge.
- [Undetected SanDisk Cruzer SDDDC3-128GB Data Recovery – Component Level Repair](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/undetected-sandisk-cruzer-sdddc3-128gb-data-recovery/) - Undetected SanDisk Cruzer SDDDC3-128G-A46 data recovery. A failed passive component on the +5V USB power rail made the drive completely unresponsive. Component-level circuit board repair restored full functionality and all data was recovered. No data, no charge.
- [SanDisk Cruzer 64GB SDCZ36-064G Broken Connector Data Recovery](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/sandisk-cruzer-64gb-sdcz36-broken-connector-data-recovery/) - SanDisk Cruzer 64GB SDCZ36-064G broken connector data recovery. Component-level circuit board repair on SanDisk 820410PA controller, PCB revision 54-50-08081R1. No data, no charge.
- [Successful Data Recovery: Lexar JumpDrive TwistTurn2 USB 2.0 Flash Drive](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/lexar-jumpdrive-twistturn2-data-recovery/) - We recently completed a successful data recovery on a Lexar JumpDrive TwistTurn2 USB 2.0 Flash Drive. This particular drive is available in several capacities, and the models we have confirmed compatibility with include the LJDTT2-64GABNABK (64GB) and the LJDTT2-128GABNABK (128GB). The Challenge: A Monolithic NAND Design What makes the Lexar JumpDrive TwistTurn2 particularly challenging from
- [Successful Data Recovery: 128GB Memorex USB Flash Drive](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/memorex-128gb-flash-drive-data-recovery/) - We recently completed a successful data recovery on a 128GB Memorex USB Flash Drive. This standard-looking flash drive came to us with a broken USB connector — a common failure point that can make a drive completely unreadable by any computer. Inside the Drive: Phison PS2251-70-25 Controller Internally, this Memorex drive uses a Phison PS2251-70-25
- [SanDisk SDCZ48 / SDCZ50 / SDCZ60 Broken Connector](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/sandisk-broken-connector-repair/) - SanDisk SDCZ48, SDCZ50, and SDCZ60 flash drive with a broken USB connector? We repair or perform PCB donor swaps using the 82-00515 controller. Free shipping, no data no charge.
- [Recovering data from a FC1179 AA3 Controller (RAW)](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/recovering-data-from-a-fc1179-aa3-controller-raw/) - Sadly we were only able to get a partial raw recovery in this case which is typical, but usually we’re able to get a better recovery by modifying block numbers however the block number markers made no sense, only high values, no low. So only a raw recovery was possible.
- [New YouTube Videos](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/new-youtube-videos/) - We’re going to try and add some new YouTube videos showing different aspects of flash data recovery… Subscribe to our YouTube channel to keep posted.
- [Fun X-Ray Tech](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/fun-x-ray-tech/) - We have a high resolution X-Ray machine now for identifying internal faults inside IC’s. For example this Lexar Monolithic Flash Drive (FC1178 Based) had a short at the controller preventing us from reading the flash memory chip using standard pin-out methods. Knowing where the short was allowed us to disconnect (cut) the appropriate trace and
- [Database of Developed Monolithic Pinouts](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/monolithic-database/) - We routinely develop pinouts and work on monolithic pinouts for our clients and other data recovery labs. Over the years we’ve developed specialized tools and techniques to work on monolithic chips that other data recovery labs don’t have. Typically, we can even develop pinouts without a donor device. Monolithic media are devices that have all
- [Samsung Flash Drive Data Recovery](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/samsung-data-recovery/) - We have developed an in-house solution for getting near perfect data recoveries from Silicon Motion based SM3280 based controllers used in commonly flash drives like the Samsung Bar, Samsung Duo, Samsung Plus, and Samsung Fit monolithic flash drives. Traditional tools by other data recovery companies small and large are only able to get partial or
- [NAND Read Retry for Data Recovery](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/nand-read-retry-for-data-recovery/) - Read Retry In addition to many of the common methods to improve NAND reliability and performance (eg: wear leveling, error correction code, etc) another common method we’re seeing is the inclusion of Read Retry (Voltage Sensitivity) registers. These registers appear to change NAND voltage gate sensitivity to improve the conditions for readability within a NAND
- [Repair Broken SanDisk Cruzer Connectors](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/repair-broken-sandisk-cruzer-connectors/) - How can I fix this issue? If you don’t know how to fix it yourself you can send the flash drive in for data recovery. We offer competitive pricing and FREE shipping anywhere within the United States. Simply fill out a work order and mail the drive in with the provided shipping label. SanDisk Cruzer
- [Lexar S50 (AU6998AN) Data Recovery](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/lexar-s50-au6998an-data-recovery/) - Broken Connector & Torn Pads Here we have an 8GB Lexar S50 Flash Drive. These came in a flip top package usually sold as a pair of two or three with different colors. It uses an Alcor Micro AU6998AN Controller and came in 8, 16, 32, and 64GB variations. This flash drive was bumped, the
- [Reballing LGA-152 NAND Chips](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/reballing-lga-152-nand-chips/) - Reballing LGA-152 NAND Chips Often, we have to reball LGA-152 NAND chips to swap them from one PCB to another. For example, from a bad circuit board to a donor circuit board. This is an example reballing a Micron NW657 NAND Chip with 0.40mm Sn63/Pb37 Alloy Solder Balls. I prefer using solder balls over solder
- [Monolithic Flash Drive Recovery – Solving Difficult Cases](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/monolithic-flash-drive-recovery-solving-difficult-cases/) - Newer monolithic flash drives are proving more difficult to recover than ever. One reason is due to multiple duplicate copper traces used to fish signals from the controller down to the NAND flash memory chip. I’ve found the best way to tackle these duplicate signals is to group them by diode voltage and then do
- [Hidden Hynix DDR Enable Command](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/hidden-hynix-ddr-enable-command/) - While sniffing traffic on a Hynix NAND chip (H27Q1T08EM6R ID: ad 3c 19 a3) we found a hidden command to change the read mode from NON-DDR to DDR which effectively doubles the read throughput of the chip. Cmd 0xEF Addr 0x01 Data 0x20 0x00 0x00 0x00
- [Monolithic Flash Drive Recovery - A Basic How To](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/monolithic-flash-drive-recovery-a-basic-how-to/) - Ever wondered what goes into solving a monolithic data recovery case? Here is a brief explanation of what we do to recover data from monolithic flash drives. Find the NAND ID Depending on the manufacturer (eg: NOT SanDisk) you may be able to use ChipGenius to get the ID of the NAND chip. If you
- [Micro-Soldering Example](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/micro-soldering-example/) - We recently received a USB flash drive with missing legs on the controller microchip. Rather than source an identical chip or go the off-chip route we decided to fix it by removing a small portion of the silicon substrate and micro soldering the contacts back to the printed circuit board using very thin magnet wire
- [How to tell if you have a monolithic flash drive](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/how-to-tell-if-you-have-a-monolithic-flash-drive/) - Monolithic flash drives are similar to traditional flash drives in structure, however, their components are encased in a ceramic case preventing easy access to the NAND flash memory chip storing its data. Monolithic flash drives are cheaper to assemble, more versatile due to their small form factor and some would say more durable because its ceramic case keeps all the components protected from some hazards like water.
- [Broken Connectors on Latest SanDisk BGA Model](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/broken-connectors-on-latest-sandisk-bga-model/) - We’re starting to see a new generation of SanDisk Flash Drives com in with BGA-132 NAND chips. These circuit boards have a manufacture code of 54-50-07004 R1 and are dated 2013 with a 82-00515-5 controller. So far they’ve come in 16GB and 32GB varieties. There are two issues with these drives. The first is that
- [How Flash Drives Fail](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/how-flash-drives-fail/) - Updated for 2018: Flash media is very robust but it can fail. Flash drives are like mini computers, they have a controller which has a CPU, RAM, EEPROM, and GPIO embedded in it. When the flash drive is inserted the controller loads its initial boot code from the EEPROM then loads the firmware from the
- [[SOLVED] SD Card Recovery & Repair](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/solved-sd-card-recovery-repair/) - If your SD card is no longer functional you need to send it to a data recovery company. Here are some common faults to look at before trying to fix or repair your damaged SD card. With the exception of file system corruption no faults are user repairable without special hardware tools. Damaged Memory Chips
- [[SOLVED] SanDisk Flash Drive Recovery](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/sandisk-flash-drive-recovery/) - If your flash drive is no longer functional you need to send it to a data recovery company. Here are some common diagnostic tips for SanDisk Cruzer failures including broken connectors, damaged components, and firmware corruption. SanDisk flash drives are well built from their physical design to firmware however even the best designs can develop
- [[SOLVED] SanDisk Cruzer 20-99-00099-2 & 20-99-00121-1 Faults](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/solved-sandisk-cruzer-20-99-00099-2-20-99-00121-1-faults/) - Many older SanDisk flash drives have two common faults that account for 90% of failures (aside from broken connectors / PCB damage) including the dreaded “endless blinking light” fault. The 20-99-00092-2 & 20-99-00121-1 controller PCB’s are interchangeable however there are two variations shown below. Both controllers generally encrypt the data in the NAND chip preventing
- [[FIXED] SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 (CZ80) Died](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/fixed-sandisk-extreme-usb-3-0-cz80-died/) - We received an unresponsive SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 (CZ80) flash drive that heats up when plugged into a computer. The computer didn’t recognize the flash drive and the LED didn’t blink. After opening the SanDisk flash drive and diagnosing the drive we saw there was a short to ground on one of the ceramic capacitors
- [Mystery BGA-149 NAND Chip](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/latest-bga-149-nand-chip-from-china/) - We have seen a few of these BGA-149 NAND chips in Verbatim flash drives from China. At first, they look like eMMC chips but they are actually custom NAND chips. Toshiba’s marketing material says they’re BGA-153 and intended for “high end class applications”. These chips do not use a standard NAND pin-out, we figured out
- [How to fix a Grey USB Drive Error on a Flash Drive](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/how-to-fix-a-grey-usb-drive-error-on-a-flash-drive/) - The short answer is you can't, here's why. Assuming you've taken your flash drive to another computer and ruled out a computer issue your flash drive has a serious internal problem. Generally, it boils down to two possible problems. Flash drives have a "Flash" memory chip which stores all your data, this chip isn't infallible,
- [Quickly diagnosing monolithic SanDisk SD cards](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/quickly-diagnosing-monolithic-sandisk-sd-cards/) - Even if a monolthic flash device isn’t visibly cracked there can still be internal damage. In electronics, all connected wires have a path to ground, using a multimeter we can measure voltage drop in diode mode to get a rough idea of the damage. Here we’re measuring the voltage drop on all 8 data lines, all the
- [Recovering Deleted Pictures](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/recovering-deleted-pictures/) - There are a few "PRO" file recovery programs like R-Studio used by data recovery companies, but there are some lesser known free applications that are just as good. In this video, I show how to use Image Explorer from Soft-Center to perform a raw recovery on a MicroSD card containing stock photos. First, download Image
- [SanDisk Flash Drive Not Recognized](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/sandisk-flash-drive-not-recognized/) - Flash drives are mini computers with their own operating system called firmware. If the firmware is corrupt or unable to load because of an issue with the flash memory chip, the flash drive will boot into safe mode. When a SanDisk flash drive first boots up, it queries the flash memory chip for its ID.
- [Another Happy Customer](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/another-happy-customer-2/) - Thank you emails are always awesome... :-) Jeremy, I received the new flash drive on Friday. I cannot tell you how happy and relieved I was to be able to open my files again. When my flash drive snapped in half, I asked the IT guy at my job and he said there was nothing
- [Off Chip Recovery Demonstration](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/off-chip-recovery-demonstration/) - I want to do a series of videos demonstrating the general ideas behind off-chip recovery and the tools involved. Here is an example of an off-chip recovery from an SM321 QF USB Flash Drive Controller using Flash Extractor. This is pretty straight forward and assumes ahead of time that you know all the variables but
- [Hacked Firmware Part 1](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/hacked-firmware-part-1/) - Check out this video of a promotional flash drive with hacked firmware. The NAND chip is actually 8GB but the controller is configured to recognize it as 4GB. My guess is that this allows the manufacture to sell different capacity drives while only having to stock one one model and buying in bulk.
- [Stay away from Promotional Flash Drives](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/stay-away-from-promotional-flash-drives/) - Promotional flash drives are manufactured in Shenzhen China and branded with a company logo, then given away as a promotional item, usually for free at conventions or to employees. These flash drives are often programmed to report the wrong capacity. For example 8GB when there is only a 2GB memory chip. The drive will work
- [](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/rmfd_youtube_channel/) - I created a YouTube channel for anyone interested in seeing the recovery process or general information about flash media. Check out our Recover My Flash Drive YouTube channel and subscribe.
- [USBest UT163 Thoughts](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/usbest-ut163-thoughts/) - We got an old USBest UT163 flash drive in. When we started doing data recovery in 2007 these were pretty common, now not so much. They are amazingly simple flash drives compared to modern flash drives. The write procedure for these drives is insanely simple, read old block, erase old block, write new block with
- [An Awesome Testimonial](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/an-awesome-testimonial/) - (You don't have to use this testimonial but I want to say it anyway) I cannot thank you enough for your superior customer service and quality work. Prior to finding you on a Google search, I called 2 other places who quoted me 8+ weeks and $1,500 to "possibly" recover my data. I was shocked
- [Lexar Professional 800x Recovered](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/lexar-professional-800x-recovered/) - We got a Lexar Professional 800x in for data recovery. The Professional series are all based on Silicon Motion CF controllers with Intel/Micron NAND flash memory. Depending on the generation Lexar has implemented some interesting modifications, for example, doubling the physical capacity of the device while only writing to half of it. e.g., 32gb of
- [FAR8GBHSTT24ADAK Recovered](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/far8gbhstt24adak-recovered/) - We had the pleasure of recovering a monolithic FAR8GBHSTT24ADAK 8GB flash drive. It uses a hacked Alcor Micro AU6989 controller with a software bad columns implementation and 8GB Toshiba NAND flash memory chip. This monolithic chip has two data buses but only one is active. Monolithic flash drive models starting with "FAR" are very uncommon, you'll
- [Lexar 16GB Not Seen](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/lexar-16gb-not-seen/) - If a flash drive isn't seen when plugged into a computer is can be for a variety of reasons. In this case the drive was dead, we took the NAND chip out of circuit and the controller booted into manufacturing mode so it was probably firmware or PCB damage, probably firmware. This generation of Lexar
- [Samsung Read Retry Solved](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/samsung-read-retry-solved/) - Samsung came out with one of the first generations of Read Retry chips a few years back. Models: K9BCG08U1M, K9BCG08U1A, K9CDG08U5A, K9ABG08U0A based off the same die w/ an ID of ec d7 98 ca (0xecd798ca). Read Retry is a mode which changes the threshold for what constitutes as a value for the number of
- [Unknown 2GB](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/unknown-2gb/) - We received a flash drive without a case. It's a Silicon Motion SM3251Q BA 2GB flash drive w/ Toshiba NAND memory. When inserted into a computer it shows a phantom (grayed out) drive letter. This is the controllers safe mode. After running diagnostics on the flash drive we see the controller is properly ID'ing the
- [Ativa 4GB](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/ativa-4gb/) - We recovered an Ativa 4GB. The drive looks like it's in good condition however there were actually some damaged via's and traces from the USB connector being bumped. The drive uses a Toshiba TC58NC2250G6F controller which is a rebranded Phison controller.
- [FAB8GBHSTS3SI2B & FAB16GHSTS3SI4B Recovered](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/fab8gbhsts3si2b-fab16ghsts3si4b-recovered/) - We were able to solve the pinout for the FAB8GBHSTS3SI2B & FAB16GHSTS3SI4B monolithic series of flash drives usually found in PNY and HP branded flash drives. It uses a Silicon Motion Controller and Samsung NAND memory. If you need your data recovered contact us. For more information on monolithic flash drives please read our page
- [Repairing a damaged NAND Pin](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/repairing-a-damaged-nand-pin/) - One of our customers sent us a flash drive that had been worked on by someone else. The first thing we noticed was that one of the pins on the NAND chip was missing. Luckily we're able to repair this type of damage by removing the thermoset around the broken pin and soldering a thin
- [PNY High Performance Data Recovery](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/pny-high-performance-data-recovery/) - We're now able to recover data from PNY High Performance SDHC Class 10 SD Cards. They use 2Y-nm (eg: 20-24nm) NAND Flash chips which required us to construct a special 1.8v/3.3 voltage leveling adapter and implement manual reference voltage adjusting to read the special Intel/Micron BGA-152 flash memory chip properly.
- [Free Priority Mail Shipping](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/free-priority-mail-shipping/) - Sending drives to us has never been easier. We now give you a FREE Priority Mail shipping label to send us a job.
- [Cracking Monolithic's](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/cracking-monolithics/) - I've seen a lot of unrecoverable Kingston monolithic flash drives lately. It appears to be due to a bad retention clip design on the DataTraveler G2 and G3 drives. The drives typically overheat or show up as a phantom drive letter. I tried various things like taking the controller out of circuit but was unable
- [PNY Pro Elite and Professional Data Recovery](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/pny-pro-elite-professional-data-recovery/) - After two long years of on and off R&D we finally developed a solution for recovering data from failed PNY Pro Elite and PNY Professional SD cards. These cards use a monolithic flash chip with a very fine pitch making them extraordinarily difficult to recover. We developed a solution that allows us to read the
- [We Can NOT recover Samsung MicroSD cards](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/can-not-recover-samsung-microsd-cards/) - [dropcap]T[/dropcap]his may come as shock considering most data recovery companies brag about what they can recover (even if they really can’t). The market is flooded with these garbage Samsung MicroSD cards, they last three to six months and die. Why? They're manufactured terribly, are sensitive to heat and pressure. We can’t recover the data because
- [Awesome Thank You Letter from Paradox Sports](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/awesome-thank-letter-paradox-sports/) - Back in January we donated our revenue for a few days to Paradox Sports via the CT Adaptive Scholarship to raise money to send a few people to Paradox Ice - North Conway. I was going through out mail and found this awesome Thank You letter from Tim O’Neill. I honestly can't remember the last
- [BGA-132 Adapter](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/bga-132-adapter/) - We fabricated a BGA-132 adapter with support for 8CE's for our NAND Reader so we can recover media that use BGA-132 chips. Pretty Cool.
- [Miscellaneous Ramblings](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/miscellaneous-ramblings-jan14/) - Some Miscellaneous thoughts/ramblings for the month of January for anyone that's interested. 1. Got some great thank you email’s this week. Jeremy, I can't thank you enough for saving Olivia from getting a F in this course. We really appreciate what you did! Best - Nancy Werner Thank you for recovering my data! That was
- [Call for Fundraiser Donors.](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/call-fundraiser-donors/) - As some of you may know I’m a rock climbing fanatic. My mentor and friend Nate McKenzie of Ascent Climbing is having a fund raiser to send at least two people to Paradox Ice - North Conway. Paradox Sports enables people with physical disabilities (eg: Amputees) to participate in various sports (eg: Rock Climbing, Ice
- [Another Outstanding Testimonial](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/another-outstanding-testimonial/) - Thank you so much for recovering our daughter's data. The flashdrive held her portfolio of work, which she needed for grad school apps & job searches. Your service was truly a life saver. Gratefully, Theresa Kane (Frank's wife)
- [AU6987HL Page Updates](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/au6987hl-page-updates/) - For whatever reason transactional update blocks are ignored by Alcor Micro assemblers. These updates hold the last modifications written to the device that weren’t committed to a full block. Controllers use these blocks in their wear leveling/garbage collection routines to reduce erasing and writing a single block. In an effort to help develop better assemblers
- [Format your flash drive as FAT32](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/format-your-flash-drive-as-fat32/) - Many flash controllers (UFD, SD, and CF) are not optimized for NON-FAT32 filesystems. Reformatting your flash drive with a different file system (eg: NTFS or exFAT) can cause the drive to fail or degrade performance. We frequently see different encoding schemes used on the first few megabytes of data than on the remaining data. The
- [Renaming pictures by IMG sequence number](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/rename_pictures_by_img_sequence_number/) - We recently had a client with an unreadable SD card containing pictures. To get the best result we performed a raw recovery which ignores the filesystem and filenames, instead recovering by file type (eg: pictures). When cameras take pictures they embed extra information called EXIF. In these cases we use EXIF information to rename photos
- [Another Happy Customer :)](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/another-happy-customer/) - We get a lot of one line testimonials but Kristi took time out of her schedule to write a pretty lengthy one so I figure why not post the full contents. [dropcap]A[/dropcap] fter taking an entire high school swim team season's worth of pictures for our end-of-year DVD, my SD card became physically damaged. After
- [Monolithic Flash Drives are the Future](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/monolithic-flash-drives-are-the-future/) - [dropcap]S[/dropcap]aying monolithic flash drive to most data recovery shops will make them cringe. Why? There is no standard interface for reading the flash memory chip inside. A traditional flash drive will have a TSOP48 or maybe a LGA-52 chip flash memory chip with known signals that can be read. To most data recovery companies without
- [Analyzing a Unrecoverable Data Recovery Case](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/unrecoverable-data-recovery/) - [dropcap]E[/dropcap]very once and a rare while we encounter what I call a “statistically high number of uncorrectable sectors in one memory chip”. We recently had such a case that prevented us from recovering a client’s data. What causes this is up for debate for example poor wear leveling, controller failure, firmware bug, or a catastrophic
- [What’s new at RMFD for July](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/whats-new-at-rmfd-for-july/) - Here’s the quick Run Down: New customer management system Completed migration from UPS to USPS Testing a “We’ll ship you the packaging material” program. For the last month we’ve been busy designing a implementing a new customer management system to track your recovery every step of the way. From the moment it’s scanned by USPS
- [Recovering data from erased or formated SD and USB media](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/recovering-data-erased-formated-sd-usb-media/) - We’ve noticed many newer Secure Digital (SD) and USB Flash drives are implementing garbage collection routines similar to solid state drives. Specifically to speed up write operations the controller will write information to a pre-allocated list of erased blocks or pages instead of immediately erasing the original data. Simply put when you perform a full
- [MMAGF02GWMCU-PA Data Recovery](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/mmagf02gwmcu-pa-monolithic-sd/) - Another first for Recover My Flash Drive, we reverse engineered the pin-out for the monolithic SD card MMAGF02GWMCU-PA used by PNY in their Optima SD series of SD cards. This card seems like a OEM Samsung product so its possible that other companies are using it and just changing the sticker. The monolithic card is
- [Inside a NAND Chip](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/inside-a-nand-chip/) - Ever wanted to know what’s inside a flash memory chip? Nothing magical, just regular silicon die but it’s still fun to look at. As far as I know we're the only data recovery company in the North America outside of law enforcement that will touch this type of work. Occasionally customers or data recovery labs
- [STEC 24850-00211-XC1U Data Recovery](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/stec-24850-00211-xc1u-data-recovery/) - We have successfully reverse engineered the STEC 24850-00211-XC1U controller used in many OEM solid state drives. These controllers are commonly found in mini-PCIe solid state drives sold by Dell for use in Dell Mini Laptops (DP/N: 0X422G & 0D154H) When these drives fail they are typically recognized by the BIOS but are inaccessible to the
- [Flash Drive says Please insert a disk into Removable Disk](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/flash-drive-says-please-insert-a-disk-into-removable-disk/) - First if your data is important visit our flash drive data recovery page for more information on our services. Receiving a "Please insert a disk into Removable Disk"error when plugging in your flash drive? This typically means the metadata stored inside the NAND memory chips has developed an error and the drive has booted into
- [High Failure Rates in 8GB+ Flash Media](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/high-failure-rates-in-8gb-flash-media/) - In the last few months we’ve seen an increase in 8GByte NAND memory chips with an abnormally high amount of bit errors. These memory chips are primarily manufactured by Micron and Intel with the model numbers (Micron) 29F64G08CFAAA and (Intel) 29F64G08FAMCI. These NAND chips are primary used in flash devices (SSD Hard Drives, USB Flash
- [Recovering a Partialy Damaged Flash Drive](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/recovering-a-partialy-damaged-flash-drive/) - As one of the leading NAND data recovery shops in the USA we see many different types of drive failure. In most cases the drive is completely inaccessible however occasionally we’ll run into a drives that are still partially functional. Recently we received an 8GB Transcend flash drive that would still mount in windows however
- [Solid State Drives – Testing Reliability](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/solid-state-drives-testing-reliability/) - Demand for Solid State Drives (SSD) has grown in 2009 thanks to inexpensive controllers, and low cost high density MLC NAND memory chips. As one of the few data recovery shops specializing in NAND data recovery we’re often asked for our opinion on SSD hard drives. SSD is a relatively new and untested technology, aside
- [5 Things You Should Know About Flash Drives](https://www.recovermyflashdrive.com/5-things-you-should-know-about-flash-drives/) - Many devices such as USB flash drives, Solid State Drives (SSD), and memory cards (CF, SD, etc) use NAND memory to store data. NAND memory is inexpensive however it does have its faults. These are some interesting things i've learned while recovering data from bad USB flash drives: 1. Files ARE NOT deleted While NAND

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