Imatition 4 gig swivel flash drive - un-mount

Try using chkdsk /? It displays help.

Actual cmd would something like: chkdsk e: /f

there are many freeware and pay data recovery programs available on the web

Try this freeware call smart Data Recovery
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This is different from other recovery software because it not only recover lost file from harddrive and floppy like most do, but also recover from removable media like flash drive.

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I have had success with this camera recovery software named asoftech photo recovery... Download the program
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You have to use a card reader either on your computer or an external USB card reader. Put the card in the card reader, open the recovery program, then select the drive where files are deleted, then press "Start" and wait for it to do it's magic.

Don't be panic. you can try some data recovery software. You can see
http://www.asoftech.com/articles/how-to-recover-deleted-files.html
It tells the steps how to perform data recovery.

If above does not work, you may have to format the hard drive (use quick format), and then use above file undelete program to scan again the hard drive and recover your files

Your Imation Swivel Flash Drive comes formatted and ready to use right out of the box.
If you will be using the drive exclusively with Macintosh computers, do not format the Imation Swivel Flash Drive. The formatting message appears if your Macintosh has not yet been set up to read Windows-formatted files. Refer to your Mac's user manual to learn how to enable Windows file read functionality.
Also, be aware that when you format your Imation Swivel Flash Drive with NTFS, you will not be able to store as much data as your would without formatting. The format file used by NTFS will use some of the available space on the Flash drive - for instance, on a 128MB Imation Swivel Flash Drive, you may lose up to 8MB to the NTFS format files.


How do I format my Imation USB 2.0 Swivel Flash Drive in Windows? Your drive must be set up as a single public partition, since neither Windows Explorer nor the Macintosh OS will recognize a password protected partition.
To format the drive in Windows:

• Go to My Computer
• Locate the corresponding drive letter for the Swivel Flash drive (i.e. removable drive F)
• Right click
• Choose Format from the menu

A dialog box will come up and allow you to format your Swivel Flash Drive. Depending on your operating system, you can choose to format the drive in FAT, FAT32, or NTFS.

How to I remove or resize a partition on my Imation Swivel Pro Flash Drive? To resize or remove a secure partition, you will need to do the following:

• Open the Flash Manager software on your hard drive
• Choose Create a partition
• Move the slider to zero (0)
  

Why don't I see a drive letter for my Imation Swivel Flash Drive?

This problem occurs if you map a network drive to the first available drive letter following the drive letters for the local volumes and CD/DVD drives. When you install a new device or volume, a software called Mount Manager tries to assign drive letters to the new volumes. But since the software does not recognize mapped drive letters, it assigns the next available local drive letter to the new device. This causes a collision with the existing mapped network drive.
Since the problem is related to your Microsoft operating system, they are your best source for resolving this issue. For more information, click here.

dont panic, try this data recovery program called asoftech data recovery.
http://www.asoftech.com/adr/

I used the program before, it helped me recover my files from pen drive. If it does not work, you may try quick format the pen drive and then use asoftech data recovery program to recover again your files.

Deleting or formatting won't make the data in USB drive erased permanently.


Those deleted data is still stored on the USB drive , it's just invisible or inaccessible. Only the FAT or NFTS table is erased (the information about where those data were saved), but the real data are still intact there in sectors of the hard drive.


So as long as those data are not overwritten by new data, it's highly possible to recover them. And the MOST Effective way is to rely on some format recovery programs.


Try this flash drive recovery program named asoftech data recovery, which can recover data after deeply scanning your USB drive to look for lost data you accidentally deleted or formatted.


http://www.asoftech.com/adr/

Just go to the drive icon in the mycomputer and open the drive you can get the files no need to go the utility