[ale] Thumb drive problem

[James Sumners]

Finally made it home where I have access to more computers. It seems the
thumb drive no longer works in USB 3.0 "Super Speed" mode. I attached it to
an old USB 2.0 port and was able to successfully clone the drive via `dd`.
Whew!

Two things learned during this:

1. Try a USB 2.0 port if you experience this early ejection issue.
2. Disks "encrypted" via macOS's Disk Utility can be cloned via `dd
if=<drive> of=file.dmg` and then mounted to get around the encryption. Not
cool.


On Thu, Oct 18, 2018 at 1:19 AM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Not able to try another computer right now, but will as soon as I can. I
> fear it is the controller :-/
>
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 18:25 TheSmokintbird via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>
>> Have you tried more than one computer?
>> How about an OTG cable on your phone?
>>
>> If you are seeing the same problem with multiple computers...
>>
>> I would personally try throwing it in the freezer for a couple hours to
>> chill it out.
>>
>> If it's a heat related problem it might buy you enough time to image, and
>> if it's a solder or physical board problem it will either work or not, but
>> shouldn't do the same cycling problem you have seen.
>>
>> If it still cycles, it is probably the memory controller and will likely
>> not be recoverable...  unless the data is worth the several hundred dollars
>> it would cost to pay for data recovery (myharddrivedied.com)
>>
>> Smokintbird
>>
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>>
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