http://wiki.webos-internals.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Fritzk3 2026-04-06T11:05:21Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.35.1 http://wiki.webos-internals.org/index.php?title=Talk:How_To_Recover&diff=11950 2010-11-02T14:22:01Z

<p>Fritzk3: Info on getting files from the USB drive prior to formatting with mkdosfs command</p> <hr /> <div>One thing I feel that should be mentioned, relative to the &quot;Doctor disconnects at 8%&quot; issue:<br /> <br /> *** It IS possible to get data off the Pre before reformatting the USB drive. I know because I went through this process myself.<br /> <br /> What you'll need is the Palm PDK. In the /share/jars/ directory is a file called DeviceBrowser.jar. Once you've done the 'lvm.static' steps, you can open the DeviceBrowser program and you should be able to see the directory tree for the Pre. <br /> <br /> As far as I can tell, you can only perform file operations on one file at a time, but you will be able to select and save (to another volume) nearly any file you find. I did this with the pictures and videos that I did not want to lose.<br /> <br /> There are other, more complicated ways to try to create a tarball file and save it to the computer that's connected to the Pre, but this might be simpler for some folks.<br /> <br /> *** NOTE: this must be done BEFORE the 'mkdosfs' command is issued.<br /> <br /> I hope this helps someone who is going through this issue and wants to have some way to preserve the contents of their USB drive.</div>

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