![]() Ok, to all the RCA people with Pearl MP3's. ![]() ![]() (If the item that the media is plugged in to doesn't have an eject feature (such as a music player), shut down the item before removing the media) EJECT your media!! This happens all too often! What's the data worth to you is what you need to ask yourself. Data reconstruction and recovery services can work, but are really expensive. Otherwise, there are programs that can recover the data without indexing, but it's a chore to reconstruct the files. ![]() Sometimes if you plug it back into the computer that it was in when the failure first occurred, THEN powering the computer on, it MIGHT still have a copy of the index file and MIGHT reload it. To the computer, it a 'Schrodinger's Cat'. It will usually recognize that the drive is connected, but won't respond. No index, no way to tell what's on it, how much space is available, etc. When not done, this can cause the index to fail, and as a result, when re-inserted it basically shows as a drive with no information. "Shut Down External Media For Safe Removal". This doesn't physically send the drive sailing across the room, it simply should be called: Right clicking on the drive, you'll see an option: "EJECT". We all do it, but it can lead to this often fatal problem. Your friend likely pulled the device while it was updating the index without "ejecting" it.
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