Drive became corrupt (said it needed to be formatted before being used). I could not open it or use 'Recuva'.
I also could not format it, disk part resulted in 'cyclic redundancy check error'
Eventually after the drive saying it was write protected and editing the registry to change this I was able to format it using 'HP usb format tool', quick format option did not work so I did full format (which I believe also writes zeros?).
In hindsight I should of made more effort to repair the drive prior to formatting, I was hoping I would be able to use Recuva after formatting but knew it was not guaranteed.
I know it is unlikely but is there any way I can get the data back?
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