<div style="color:black;font: 12pt impact, sans-serif;">T<font size="3">hank you for your helpful suggestions. I have installed the Testdisk program and it will be useful in the future I am sure. Turns out that the problem was a hardware failure of the USB stick and no recovery or reuse is possible. Its toast. Thanks anyway. Still learning.<br>
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Subject: Re: [Lugstuff] Possible to repair a USB drive?<br>
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<div dir="ltr">There is a Linux app called TestDisk that is a powerful utility for retrieving files and partitions that would otherwise be unrecoverable. It runs from the command line, but if you follow the online instructions it should be within your grasp. An explanation on the installation and use of TestDisk is presented by HowTo Geek at <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="https://www.howtogeek.com/700310/how-to-recover-deleted-files-on-linux-with-testdisk/" class="yiv9642291438enhancr_card_5651883166">How to Recover Deleted Files on Linux with testdisk</a>.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Hope this helps and that you are able to retrieve your files. We've all been there!</div>
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On Wednesday, October 27, 2021, 01:08:45 PM EDT, Annapolis Linux Users Group via Lugstuff <lugstuff@annapolislinux.org> wrote:
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<div>Subsequently I was unable to mount the stick in either Linux or Windows. I tried running <span style="font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">sudo df </span>to see if I could see the stick at all. It does not show up. Is there any way I can repair the file system on this USB Stick? If not, how can I reformat the stick when I can not find it with the terminal?</div>
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