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LimeWire.exe (i.imgur.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year 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 1 year ago (1 children)

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

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

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

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

I always have good luck with gparted, testdisk on Linux

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year 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.