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LimeWire.exe (i.imgur.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I have one almost exactly like that (different brand, but looks exactly the same besides that). Would anyone know how to recover data from it (some text files, and potentially some recordings made with the built-in microphone)? Whenever I plug it into a computer the loading screen comes up on the player but nothing happens (computer can't mount it), and turning it on also just gets me to the loading screen where it stays without moving forward.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The memory is corrupt, that's why it won't load.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Do you mean volatile or non-volatile memory (ie. is it theoretically possible to recover the data)?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I always have good luck with gparted, testdisk on Linux

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I don't think it even gets assigned a file in /dev.

[26850.924530] usb 2-3.2: new high-speed USB device number 10 using xhci_hcd
[26851.024961] usb 2-3.2: New USB device found, idVendor=10d6, idProduct=10d6, bcdDevice= 1.00
[26851.024976] usb 2-3.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0

This is all that dmesg displays when I connect it to my computer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Might have a file system your OS can't handle, there was some proprietary shenanigans back then or its memory is just toast.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Those are usually just FATs. The left cap pops off and exposes a USB port. The player itself shows up as a thumb drive.