Re: Flash drive recovery

["Daniel Feenberg" <user=12@nabble.blu.org>]

On Wed, 26 Sep 2007, Mark Richards wrote: 

> Samuel Baldwin wrote: 
>> My 1GB Memorex just completed it's first wash cycle. I just got it out 
>> and it won't mount (no lights flashing either). I'm gonna let it dry 
>> out overnight, but I'm not feeling optimistic. Do I have a chance of 
>> recovering the drive, or am I completely screwed? 
>> 
>> Thanks, 
> I'd avoid trying it until you have removed every bit of contaminant.  To do 
> this, you can try distilled water soaks (maybe some agitation to speed things 
> up). 
> 
> Then let it dry overnight or better put it in a toaster oven at 150 f for an 
> hour or so.