Microdriv CORRUPTED!

[bilalperwaiz]

hey all..nywayz i just wanted to bring to all ur attention that while on my flight from dubai to usa...my microdrive crashed....suddenly while using and there was just noo trace...it just wouldnt show up on file explorer or any application...i HARD-RESETED MY DEVICE and then even it didnt show up...i even formatted it b4 but no chance..THEN...i did the RECOVER HARD DRIVE option and then it showed up...BUT MY HOLE HOLIDAYZ WERE SPOILED SINCE I HAD 4 GB'S WORTH OF STUFF LIKE MUSIC MOVIES MUSIK VIDEOS...ETC ETC...anyone noo Y this happened!!!:mad:

[hybride]

My Ameo got a bit moist and now my microdrive is gone!!
WM5storage won't bring it back..

Is there any way to get this thing back to work?

[Olipro]

hey all..nywayz i just wanted to bring to all ur attention that while on my flight from dubai to usa...my microdrive crashed....suddenly while using and there was just noo trace...it just wouldnt show up on file explorer or any application...i HARD-RESETED MY DEVICE and then even it didnt show up...i even formatted it b4 but no chance..THEN...i did the RECOVER HARD DRIVE option and then it showed up...BUT MY HOLE HOLIDAYZ WERE SPOILED SINCE I HAD 4 GB'S WORTH OF STUFF LIKE MUSIC MOVIES MUSIK VIDEOS...ETC ETC...anyone noo Y this happened!!!:mad:

MicroDrives are sensitive to presuure; when you were rising or descending, the change in pressure could have caused the damage.

recommendation: turn off the device for take-off and landing.

[ltxda]

My buddy had a similar problem with his. His MicroDrive stopped working. WMStorage didn't fix the issue either. He was running the original ROM that came with the device and some software, nothing more. The only thing that brought back the drive was to do a hard reset, then flash the factory ROM back onto the device. I've had issues with the drive myself so run everything off of my SD Card and only use the MicroDrive for temporary storage or backups of my SD Card. This sucks that we can't trust the drive. Just makes me nervous using it.

[mojo2000]

agreed! I'd rather prefer 4gig flash memory to a 8gig unsafe microdrive.
but it's all about marketing issues :(

[bilalperwaiz]

very true..all my data was lost...i guess it ISS becuz of the rise in pressure and all that,..but my microdrive izz up and working again..!

[eaglesteve]

My microdrive had corrupted twice before, and I had thought that using the miniSD would completely solve the problem. I was wrong.

Yesterday, my genuine Toshiba miniSDHC lost everything on it. I could not recover it with Pocket Mechanics Professional. Soft reset does not help, as it did previously. I don't know if this was caused my the repeated removal and insertion if card which performed in attempting to fix my SIP selection problem.

The lessen for me is, do a regular backup to PC and do not take out and put in the card without switching off the device.

I still have not reinstalled my applications and data yet because today is the day to upgrade my Dopod to WM6. I'm really looking forward to the upgrade. I expect some of my applications to be dumped for compatibility reason, not in the end I'd have a transformed and better computer.

[YOSEFE]

I want to add my voice to the concerns raised regarding the much sung about MicroDrive with 8GB.

I have lost all the data I installed and stored on the MicroDrive. I had photos, documents - some of them work related and do not have them anywhere at all.

Does anyone have any idea how I can undelete or recover these?

By the way, I did not delete them, they were simply gone!

Please help.

[ltxda]

I want to add my voice to the concerns raised regarding the much sung about MicroDrive with 8GB.

I have lost all the data I installed and stored on the MicroDrive. I had photos, documents - some of them work related and do not have them anywhere at all.

Does anyone have any idea how I can undelete or recover these?

By the way, I did not delete them, they were simply gone!

Please help.

Try to use WMStorage which will allow the drive/s to be recognized under Windows as an external storage drive. Then get yourself a copy of Ontrack Easy Recovery and use that to recover the lost files. I've never had to recover files from my MD or SD yet on my phone but my cousin had a camera that did something like this....all pictures just dissappeared and I used the program and got back stuff he forgot about that had been looooong gone. Works well. Hope this helps :-)

[ltxda]

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=321201

[YOSEFE]

Thanks ltxda, I will try your advice right away.

YOSEFE.

[YOSEFE]

Thanks ltxda for pointing me to WMStorage. I downloaded and installed the software. My Devive and the Microdrive are recognised as you stated.
However, the only hitch I hit is the cost of Ontrack Easy Recovery, is there no free reliable recovery software somewhere?
Thanks in anticipation.

[ltxda]

Thanks ltxda for pointing me to WMStorage. I downloaded and installed the software. My Devive and the Microdrive are recognised as you stated.
However, the only hitch I hit is the cost of Ontrack Easy Recovery, is there no free reliable recovery software somewhere?
Thanks in anticipation.

Not sure if there is a free trial available or not. You may want to check their site. I just have a copy since I purchased one for work. You can also go to www.download.com and try one of the other recovery software trials from there. I'm sure there are a few there that may help or you could try alternate resources.

[duttythroy]

:( hi all just trying to copy some pics tom my microdrive and then sudddenly says no device attached. checked my advantage and there is no microdrive present, tried formatting the microdrive but same error no md present.

can anyone help?

do i have to flash to an original htc advantage rom?

:(

[duttythroy]

finally got it fXXXXing working I cant flip believe it an expensive device like this and we are getting simple prblems with the built in md drive. Im so pee off.

i will call htc tomorrow to explain my frustrations.:mad:

[ltxda]

finally got it fXXXXing working I cant flip believe it an expensive device like this and we are getting simple prblems with the built in md drive. Im so pee off.

i will call htc tomorrow to explain my frustrations.:mad:

I agree with you. Makes me sick that I have this EXPENSIVE device and don't have enough trust in the one feature they pushed because of the constant problems.

Have some questions for you:

- How were you transferring files to the MD? ActiveSync, Vista or WMStorage?
- Would you mind posting the resolution here in case others have the same problem?

[mackaby007]

finally got it fXXXXing working I cant flip believe it an expensive device like this and we are getting simple prblems with the built in md drive. Im so pee off.

i will call htc tomorrow to explain my frustrations.:mad:


Care to share your solution mate.;)

[duttythroy]

sorry guys been busy at work, i didnt really fix it without losing my data. i just used the restore microdrive option and then re-format it, lost all my data but at least its working. lol. still pissed off though.

i fiqured some bits out though, wether your using active sync or wm5torage 1.75 and your transfering huge amount of data at once windows then give an error cant complete , cant find drive source.

So I had to do all the restore microdrive thing again but was just testing why it happen the first time.

good thing to do is to use wm5torage 1.75 to transfer but only transfer some amount and wait for awhile and continue.

[QAN]

File Scavenger is much cheaper for recovering files. It works perfectly for me. The demo is a teaser. It works but doesnot let you recover files. It shows that it can recover the files.

http://www.quetek.com/prod02.htm

[duttythroy]

THANKS MATE i just tried it.:D

[Skillie]

Hi All

If you set the Outlook to store attachments o teh Microdrive and reboot
the Outlook Tries to store to the uninitialised Microdrive - The it creates a Microdrive Directory on the internal Memory
Your Microdrive eventually shows up as Microdrive2
This causes all app and info under Microdrive directory to be unavailable
Revert Outlook not to store attachments or store it in Ram and delete the Microdrive Directory - after a boot you should be restored
This has been a problem since my HP Ipaq H1910 days .....

[ltxda]

Hi All

If you set the Outlook to store attachments o teh Microdrive and reboot
the Outlook Tries to store to the uninitialised Microdrive - The it creates a Microdrive Directory on the internal Memory
Your Microdrive eventually shows up as Microdrive2
This causes all app and info under Microdrive directory to be unavailable
Revert Outlook not to store attachments or store it in Ram and delete the Microdrive Directory - after a boot you should be restored
This has been a problem since my HP Ipaq H1910 days .....

I wish that was the problem everyone was having...but it's not.

The problem is the MicroDrive goes away and there is no Microdrive2, etc. These are separate issues but thank you for your feedback. I'm sure this will help others as I've seen the issue you report here come up as well.

[bilalperwaiz]

so suddenly yesterday i was just using my athena and i had this Vista Theme on Wisbar Advance running....and the device just got stuck at windows live sign-in window and the phone first just restarted but then again got stuck and the "Windows Mobile" window wich appears at the start and then wen i manually resetted it....EVERYTHING was WIPED OUT!!!...BUT everything on the device remained like the wisbar theme it asked me to install and all but on the MICRODRIVE...everything just....VANISHED!!!

[ltxda]

so suddenly yesterday i was just using my athena and i had this Vista Theme on Wisbar Advance running....and the device just got stuck at windows live sign-in window and the phone first just restarted but then again got stuck and the "Windows Mobile" window wich appears at the start and then wen i manually resetted it....EVERYTHING was WIPED OUT!!!...BUT everything on the device remained like the wisbar theme it asked me to install and all but on the MICRODRIVE...everything just....VANISHED!!!

That's sad. We're having problems with the MicroDrive also. It seems like you're new so I wanted to give you a heads up about double posting. I know there were two threads with similar topi but next time it's adequate to post to the most recent/active thread.

Your other post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1495701&postcount=11 says the exact thing.

[bilalperwaiz]

huh...sorry! and dude i aint new....alrite!

[ltxda]

huh...sorry! and dude i aint new....alrite!

Um, yea ok.

Point being please read the rules & guidelines and lets keep it friendly.

[pkchainsaw]

Well,
I wish I had read this thread before spending all that money on my 7501. I really love it except that last Wednesday -- you guessed it -- my MD disappeared and hasn't shown up yet. I had several videos and pictures on it that I'll miss. Otherwise, the rest can be replaced. Tried WM5 storage (or whatever the commercial version is called now), and when I clicked on the "drive" in "My Computer," my desktop crashed, saying something about an I/O error.

Yes, I've done a hard reset & all that to no avail

BUT HERE'S THE BEST PART. It's only about one month old, so I called HTC to get an RMA#, and I was transfered to tech support. The guy asked me what was wrong with my "phone" :confused: and I said, "The microdrive has stopped working."

Response: "OK [long pause] So what exactly is a microdrive?":eek:

I did get an RMA# after I had to give them my credit card number. I told them that it was only a month old and still under warranty. The guy responded that it might not be covered -- to which I responded, "It better be."

I hope I haven't just thrown away $900+!:rolleyes: on this thing :rolleyes: I do really like it --- when it works.

I can't hardly wait for Pocket PC techs to come out with an upgrade that will replace that crapy MD with flash memory or some such thing!!! I'll be first in line.

Can't wait to get one of those new sandisk 8gb microsdhc cards -- if they ever get around to selling them!!!