how do I recover dead flash drive?

Hi

SUMMERY
My flash drive (1GB) has suddenly gone dead. Over night it has turned into RAW format. I have a few files that I would like to recover. Please help me.

SITUATION
It worked last night but now it does not work on either of win 7 and win Xp. When I plug it get this message:

"you need to format the disk drive J: before you can use it.
Do you want to format it?"

If I answer "cancel" to that I get this message:

"location is not availabel.

J:\ is not accessible.

The volume does not contain a recobnized file system. please make sure
that all required drivers are loaded and that the colume is not corrupted."

Chkdsk renders this answer:

"The type of the file system is RAW. Chkdsk is not available for raw drives.

Is there any program which I can use to recover the USB drive ?"

I also have a linux pc so the program can also be a linux program.

Please help

 

you can try recuva.
http://majorgeeks.com/Recuva_-_File_Recovery_d5514.html

 

Check the name given to the flash drive by Device Manager, if it is different to the original name, chances are that it's past recovering.

 

Click on Start.
Type diskmgmt.msc in Run.
In the disk management window, select the drive, right click on it and click on Format.
Now choose the File System and Allocation Unit Size.

 

If it really is dead, you don't. Hate to tell you, but your data might be permanently gone.

Recuva is of course worth a shot, but these things are frail to begin with and not meant to be used as the only place you store anything that actually matters to you.

 

to wk990
Sounds like that is a last option.
Wants to save files if possible.

Try going to Disk Management.
If it shows there, right click and hit Open.
If you see anything there, transfer to CD or DVD immediately.

Darn. Got me again.
to conniemurphy39
After almost a year, I figure its done.
Why did you dredge out a thread this old?

 

You could try VaioSoft Recovery Manager
I've had a lot of success with this tool.

 

You can recover RAW disks with Minitool Data Recovery Free for home use.

You can check my post here. Per support their website is being updated.