[ale] recovering usb thumb drive (was: OT:, but too geeky to be OT)

[Jim Popovitch]

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William Fragakis wrote:
> A teacher at our school has physically damaged a usb thumb drive -
> accidentally knocked into it while it was sticking out of the computer.
> Sadly, this thumbdrive held a lot of original (ie not backed up)
> material. Is recovery possible and/or cost effective?

If the chip is intact then it should be possible for someone to get a
magnifying glass, a low heat soldering iron (with a fine tip), some
small wire, and manually reconnect each contact point.

- -Jim P.
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