Article 4 - Broken memory Stick
The second most common form of failure of a
USB memory
stick is when the device gets either bent, or the connector broken
off. This is all to often a result of someone either dropping a
laptop with the memory stick still inserted, or if the device is
plugged into a desktop - knocking against it as you walk past.
If this should happen then you have an extremely high chance of getting your data back, statistically about 98-99%. Our skilled technicians can either repair the device or gain access to the chips on the internal board by fine rewiring and bypassing of the broken connectors.
In our opinion it is NOT worth
attempting a repair yourself, very often people have rendered the
repair process impossible by using the incorrect amount of solder or
simply not having the required skills to complete the repair
successfully. Our own electronics team recover devices like this all
the time and have the expertise and tools to ensure your valuable
data is recovered.
Should the repairs not be successful for whatever reason then your data is in all likelihood not lost. We simply use a different method to recover your valuable data, which is explained in a previous article here
posted 05/03/09