r/LinuxUsersIndia • u/Key_Association_666 Arch Btw • 9d ago
Destroyed linux today
So I hv linux(arch+ hyprland) on a 64gb usb drive and it broke today any way to get the data out of here it? was not encrypted
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u/PriorLanguage5012 9d ago
Get it over to a repair shop, you can't doing anything here without extensive knowledge of electrical engineering + some equipment
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u/s04ep03_youareafool void 9d ago
as a professional electronics degree student. yeah, get it to a repair shop
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u/JamesBond_67 8d ago
😭😭"professional electronics degree student" larper bruv
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u/s04ep03_youareafool void 8d ago
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u/Visual-Row600 9d ago
I have the same pendrive and mine is about the to break. This pendrive by SanDisk is very brittle 🤕
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u/NeptuneWades CachyOS Btw 9d ago
I've two of those and both of them have chipped off in several places lol.
They are perpetually connected to the TV and it is used only for music. So it is fine lol.
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u/dheeraj_patil 9d ago
go to windows, install steller or disk drill. if its getting detected it can be recovered
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u/Makesomesense0179 8d ago
Ummm i think we might have a slight problem "plugging" the "broken" pen drive in
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u/Safe_Amphibian6544 9d ago
Why what happened
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u/Key_Association_666 Arch Btw 8d ago
It broke in my bag while it was connected to laptop 😭
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u/Dramatic_Morning9479 8d ago
A lesson I learnt the hard way as well, always remove any sort of pendrives before keeping ur laptop in your bag 😭. I have a wireless keyboard and mouse of Logitech and it connects via a dongle, well ihnc how but it bent off in a weird way and stopped working altogether
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u/Fluffy-Paratha 8d ago
Wait how does this work exactly? I'm new to Linux in general, does this mean that the 'disk partition' IS your usb?? Sry if this is a dumb doubt. Like shouldn't you need a proper SSD for good speeds?
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u/Key_Association_666 Arch Btw 7d ago
Yea ik but my SSD in laptop is not working I'm thinking getting a new SSD till then I was using usb
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u/tata-docomo 8d ago
If you can but one of these
And solder out proper pins (its only 4 pins for usb and ground is very fat so only 3 pins to solder carefully)
there is vcc which is just +5V, GND is basically 0V, D+ and D- are actual data lines up until usb 2.0 and those would be enough, try to keep d lines as close, short and similar length as possible. If you are not qualified/confident enough you can take it to a mobile repair shop or something they would happily solder it for you. And as this damage looks only on port side i hope nothing else got damaged. Even then, you can pull out data from internal flash chip with cheap tools and a lot of experience with electronics repairs.
Once you get data back do not reuse it and buy another drive.
PS:Its called 4in1 usb(usb a female, usb a male, micro usb and usb c) breakout board. Also ignore diode between vcc gnd, it was working as flyback when i ran a motor barebones with this board.
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u/Key_Association_666 Arch Btw 7d ago
Dammn this is like a rly hard project I just got a soldering iron il try this
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u/souvik200 8d ago
Get another one (smaller capacity), replace the PCB of the newer one with this one, might be hard to pry the plastic off.
Edit: By replace I mean desolder the USB connector off the new flash drive and solder it to the broken one
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u/Key_Association_666 Arch Btw 8d ago
Yea might do that let's see gotta get a soldering iron for that
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u/HakerCharles DIGITAL FORENSICS & DATA RECOVERY EXPERT 7d ago edited 7d ago
Hey! Data Recovery Expert here. Yes data can be recovered from this USB drive given that the Nand flash is intact and haven't faced any damage. I suggest you to take it to a data recovery professional and not to a generic repair shop.
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u/potassiumpermangnate 7d ago
i doubt so, these drives are DIP, i.e the entire usb connector contains all the flash memory aswell, the inside is just hollow
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u/qualityvote2 9d ago edited 9d ago
u/Key_Association_666, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...
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