Re: Dead USB key

stripes theotoky <stripes.theotoky@googlemail.com> wrote:

No /dev/sdb doesn't work as you suspected testdisk can't find it the drive just sits there with the light flashing forever.

At this point I don't think you have any recovery options other than specialized hardware that can read the flash memory on the drive directly. I'm sure it exists somewhere; just as there are hard drive recovery firms, there will be those that can handle flash devices as well, eventually, at least.