How can I recover files of the damaged USB stick?

**Salome** · 02-03-2009

Hello,

Whenever I try to unmount the disc I got an error message: umount: /media/sda1 is not in the fstab (and you are not root) Please check that the device is plugged correctly. Even from root i do not manage to unmount the device. I would like to recover the data on the stick. The stick should be also completely occupied, although occupied memory 0% and free memory 0% stand there???

Absolutely need assistance!!!

**AugieBenDoggie** · 02-03-2009

Hi,

There are many tools out there that will attempt to restore the damaged files both on windows and on Linux but results can vary. Some places charge you for the tool used, others charge you for the data recovered (via online billing).

**Salome** · 02-03-2009

How to recover my files because the in folders was RETRIEVE and the files in the folder was corrupted..what will i do???

**Kirmiac** · 02-03-2009

I dont know if this is too late for you but have a look at www.getdeletedfilesback.com

Got some good advice on file recovery from PC's, camera cards and so on.
Also links to a good product to get your files back.

**Dammit** · 02-03-2009

You can try this command :
dd if=backup_stick of=/dev/sda1

you can find some recovery tools, you could try to use them on the image directly instead of trying on stick (make a backup of the backup first) you could try to mount the image like this (as root):
mount -o loop backup_stick /mnt/temp