USB flash drive Not mounting

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USB flash drive Not mounting

I have an external USB flashdrive that just yesterday it was able to be read and now today I find that it's not being read. It is connected and I can find it disk utility. It won't let me manually mount it nor utilize first aid on it. I have stored files in it that I would like to recover. Please help.

This is the disk utility log for it:

2014-03-14 08:38:54 -0400:

Name : disk1s1

Type : Partition

Disk Identifier : disk1s1

Mount Point : Not mounted

Partition Type : Windows_FAT_32

Connection Bus : USB

Device Tree : IODeviceTree:/PCI0/EHC1@1D,7

Writable : Yes

Capacity : 8.1 GB (8,097,071,616 Bytes)

Owners Enabled : No

Can Turn Owners Off : No

Can Be Formatted : No

Bootable : No

Supports Journaling : No

Journaled : No

Disk Number : 1

Partition Number : 1

MacBook Pro

Posted on Mar 14, 2014 6:01 AM

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AussieDJ

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Mar 14, 2014 6:19 AM in response to Giza212

Can you try it in another computer?

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Giza212 Author

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Mar 14, 2014 6:31 AM in response to AussieDJ

Unfortunately, I don't have access to another computer till Monday.

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AussieDJ

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Mar 14, 2014 6:50 AM in response to Giza212

I've had success resolving this issue temporarily enough to copy across any data I've needed with TechToolsPro a number of times. The actual tool failed - I can't remember if it was Volume Rebuild or Repair Permissions. But after it failed the drive mounted temporarily.

I don't know if this will work for you, but it has worked for me more than a few times before.

There might be a better solution to your problem, otherwise wait until Monday or to talk to your neighbours. 😉

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