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Shuttleu
01-27-2009, 01:19 PM
i went onto my memory stick today and all the fies and folders on it seemed to have turned into one file called PK[][][] (note [] = a square)
its strange because the file is the same size as all of the files put together but i cant access it or anything
it has no extention so i dont know what to do with it

if someone can help me then i will give rep++

~shut
Capricorn
01-27-2009, 01:27 PM
Did it have any information you need to keep?
Shuttleu
01-27-2009, 01:30 PM
yes

~shut
Zyt3x
01-27-2009, 01:56 PM
Woah! That is weird! I have never head of anything like this... Tried google?
Shuttleu
01-27-2009, 02:03 PM
yep and it came up with nothing so i thought i would try here ;)

~shut
JuKKa
01-27-2009, 02:13 PM
Probably corrupted or the harddrive on ur usb stick or whatever is broken, if the files u try to access are important u should get it repaired, usually they can repair it, some files might be lost however.
Harry
01-27-2009, 04:11 PM
Yes, you were probably writing a file when it was removed, or data was being processed. Use the Windows Safely Remove Hardware next time.
HotColes
02-01-2009, 07:26 AM
Definitely corrupted, and ya, most likely from not removing properly...
I've also heard of having data corruption from leaving a stick in too long, having it heat up (alot...like to the point of nearly melting the plastic) and then having data transfered...
Da 0wner
02-01-2009, 10:04 AM
Heh try opening the file with notepad or something and see if anything there is what you recognize. lol
piilu
02-01-2009, 04:53 PM
it's corrupted and you can't do anything about it :(. right-click -> format -> FAT

it will delete everything.
Shuttleu
02-02-2009, 12:31 AM
Heh try opening the file with notepad or something and see if anything there is what you recognize. lol
No that wont do anything apart from bring up a hell of a lot of gibberish

it's corrupted and you can't do anything about it :(. right-click -> format -> FAT

it will delete everything.
I do know how to format a memory stick...
And anyway how do you know i dont want it to be NTFS?

~shut
Aser
02-02-2009, 12:57 AM
And anyway how do you know i dont want it to be NTFS?


Many thumb drives can only be formated to FAT/FAT32. Have you tried running a disc scan on it?

Properties>Tools>Check Now...Try to retrieve bad sectors.

What file type is it?
Shuttleu
02-02-2009, 07:42 AM
it doesnt really matter now
its gona and the memory stick has been formatted as FAT so there is nothing else i can do apart from hope it doesnt happen again

~shut
piilu
02-02-2009, 03:19 PM
i didn't but it was the only one that came to mind and i've had problems moving big files on fat32.