How to make an image of a locked U3 USB?

u41 · January 7, 2011, 5:46am

Hi,

I have locked myself from my 8GB Cruzer stick after 3 attemps while on a trip I am now back home and have the correct password, but I have understood it’s not possible to un-lock it anymore…

HOWEVER… I would now like to know how can I make a complete image of everything on my USB stick, I was thinking maybe in the future there will be a solution to unlock the password lock and enter the correct password I have at hand in an attempt to rescue what I have on my USB stick, is this a totally useless idea??

drlucky · January 10, 2011, 6:37pm

you can not make an image of the locked drive. unfortunately there is nothing you can do except for erase the drive and start over.

ed_p · January 17, 2011, 10:14pm

After erasing the drive and starting over but before adding new files to the drvice try a file recovery program like PhotoRec and see if that can save some of the deleted files.

drlucky · January 17, 2011, 11:55pm

the erase is a secure erase. data recovery is not possible after the secure erase.

ed_p · January 18, 2011, 3:45am

It’s a “quick format” according to PortableApps. http://portableapps.com/node/2212#comment-15712

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