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Seagate SSHD repair broken Sata plastic data point attachment

The circuit board from a Seagate Sata SSHD 2TB drive which had it's data connection point broken so the cable could no longer be attached. The customer only required the data back rather than have the drive working again. — A Seagate SSHD circuit board with repaired plastic data connection point

Seagate SSHD broken connector, Witney, Oxon, UK.
... The repair is sufficient to allow the data to be copied off the drive to a new disk ...

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Data Recovery USB snapped connector

A Sandisk with a broken USB connector that snapped whilst plugging it in to a computer. The usb was resoldered to enable the files to be recovered. — Retrieve files from USB memory stick with broken connector

Sandisk Cruzer USB, Winsford, Cheshire, UK.
... Recently we had a Sandisk Cruzer Memory stick 16GB that snapped from connections whilst plugged into the PC ...

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SD card photo recovery - SDHC not recognised

Photo SD \Card, Middlewich, Cheshire, UK.
... The SD memory card was in the digital camera and stopped working ...

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USB light not on and USB memory stick not recognised

AN Easydisk USB whose led would not light on awaiting repair in our lab. — Easydisk USB led not on and memory stick not recognised

Easydisk USB drive, Northwich, Cheshire, UK.
... The Device was unrecognised, and the memory stick light/led not coming on ...

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xD Card DSS file recovery from Olympus Player

An Olympus Voice Recorder that used an xD memory card to store DSS files. The DSS files wwere deleted so the memory card was sent to us for recovery. — Olympus xD memory card recover deleted DSS files

Olympus Recorder DSS File, Hanley, Staffordshire, UK.
... Quite often customers contact us when they accidentally deleted the important audio DSS files of say interview recordings ...

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Integral Flash drive broken USB connector

An Integral memory stick with a bent USB connector. The flash drive had stopped working after the connector broke, so was being repaired by re-attaching the silver USB. — Bent USB connector repair Integral memory stick

Broken USB connector, Bradford, Yorkshire, UK.
... The USB connector appears to snap off after heavier usage and the Flash Drive stops working ...

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OCZ CrossOver USB 2.0 Flash drive Recovery

USB OCZ CrossOver memory stick data recovery. — USB OCZ CrossOver memory stick data recovery

OCZ USB, Winsford, Cheshire, UK.
... It is aimed at student, gamer, or professional ...

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USB Flash Sandisk Cruzer power surge shuts down computer

A Sandisk Cruzer USB flash drive that was suspected of suffering a power surge and was no longer recognised the computer. This one is ready for repair at our office. — Sandisk Cruzer USB flash drive not recognized

Sandisk Cruzer flash drive, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK.
... The flash drive triggers a usb device not recognised error message ...

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Dropped USB Flash drive

A close up of the — USB memory stick dropped and not wrorking

USB memory stick, Derby, Derbyshire, UK.
... One common fault is when the disk has been dropped onto a hard surface eg road, desk, or floor ...

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Sandisk Cruzer not recognised when plugged in to Computer

A Sandisk SDCZ12 USB memory stick that failed to work when plugged in, so was sent to us for recovering the files. — Sandisk USB not recognised by Windows

Sandisk USB, Stafford, Staffordshire, UK.
... The drive failed when a second USB drive was plugged in to the system - the USB was not recognized at all ...

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Flash USB memory stick not recognized

An LG USB memory stick that was not recognised by the computer and presently awaiting repair and file recovery. — USB flash disk not recognized

LG USB drive, Runcorn, Cheshire, UK.
... When it was plugged in to the computer the light went on then went off and the safely remove hardware icon showed device not recognized ...

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Repair Broken USB memory stick

A close up of a USB flash stick and its pcb circuit board. The connector is soldered to the pcb but sometimes when it is bent, it can rip the tracks off the plastic circuit board so need to be repaired or re-soldered. — Broken USB flash drive repair

Broken Flash drive, Warrington, Cheshire, UK.
... The latest case was an Easypod 1gb usb stick which had the connector contact pads ripped off the pcb damaging the tracks and needs to be soldered back on ...

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Repair USB pen drive not lighting up after fell onto floor

A Samsung USB memory stick that was dropped and no longer flashes. It is awaiting File retrieval. — USB memory stick dropped and no longer flashes / works File retrieval

Samsung USB, Chester, Cheshire, UK.
... The memory stick had been dropped onto tarmac road and now would not light up ...

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SanDisk USB Flash Drives with ReadyBoost

Sandisk Readyboost USB memory stick data recovery

Sandisk USB, Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, UK.
... SanDisk Supports Windows ReadyBoost in USB memory sticks ...

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USBest flash memory drive data recovery

A USBest controller chip mounted on a green pcb that is just showing the USB connector attached. This was from a recent repair we did after the connect was broken. We recover many USBest memory stick. — USBest chip USB flash data recovery repair

USBest Flash memory stick, Telford, Shropshire, UK.
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USB not recognised device Malfunctioned repair recovery

A screenshot when Windows displays the error abut a USB not recognized when the device malfunctioned. — USB not recognized device malfunctioned

USB not recognised, Lichfield, Staffordshire, UK.
... Their light weight and size makes these memory sticks highly portable ...

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USB Flash memory stick - no longer lighting up

A Sandisk Cruzer USB pen drive that no longer had the flashing light when inserted into the usb socket. This one needed the connector repairing. — USB pen drive no longer flashing light when inserted

USB not flashing, Walsall, West Midlands, UK.
... However your heart sinks when the stick does not light up or flash as normal when inserted into the pc computer ...

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USB pen drive broken pcb circuit board

The broken end of a USB circuit board. The pcb has cracked just behind where the metel usb connector is soldered to the plastic. We have repaired such devices in order to recover the data. USB dongle often requires simialr re-solder repairs. — USB flash memory stick broken pcb circuit board connector

Broken USB connector, Coventry, West Midlands, UK.
... This means that when accidental force is used in inserting or removing the drive, it is the plastic circuit board that snaps ...

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USB Flash Drive Requesting format - data recovery

A USB memory stick being held by the end ogf the circuit board. The front of the picture shows the shiny metal usb connector where is connects to the computer. This one is missing it's plastic case. — Data Recovery USB memory stick requesting format

USB requesting format, Cannock, Staffordshire, UK.
... This is usually just when you need the important document or spreadsheet you have recently worked on for the last two weeks ...

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USB Flash pen drive memory stick data recovery or repair connectors

A USB connector where the circuit board has snapped in half while it was plugged into the back of the computer. The elecrical traces have been ripped up, and required repair by soldering them back together as a temporary join to the pcb. — Repair recover data broken usb flash pen drive

USB connector, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK.
... at the back side or front where they can either be knocked, trodden on or crushed, the silver usb connector often gets broken or Bent USB or USB Device Not Recognized ...

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USB 3.0 Superspeed spec data recovery

A USB pen drive with the connector pointing upwards. — Data Recovery USB 3 devices

USB Pen drive, Nantwich, Cheshire, UK.
... It offers speeds up to 10 times faster than USB-2.0 ...

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Resolder usb and hard disk broken connector News

Resolder usb and hard disk broken connector News problems that we recover data from are listed below.
snapped usb dongles and hard drive connectors, data pins, power points and ripped circuit board or pcb traces.
Hard Disk repair, broken connector or not powering up. SCSI data recovery. Not spinning when powered. Broken sata or ide ata parallel cable connection. .