<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">Thanks Paola for the info.    John.<br><div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div>  <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1">  <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Discussion list for the Electron Club <members@electronclub.org> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, 8 December 2013, 9:53<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [ELECTRON] Bent USB.<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>myself aint particularly clever and not geeky<br><br>(but yes, admits  to
 be a bit nerdy)<br><br>this is what I would do<br><br>brute force?  try  straighten with pliers<br><br>if it fails, get the memory out<br><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9224577/6_data_recovery_tools_for_SD_cards_USB_drives_and_more" target="_blank">http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9224577/6_data_recovery_tools_for_SD_cards_USB_drives_and_more</a><br><br>PDM<br>accepts no responsibility for damages arising from her email advice<br><br>On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 3:16 PM, JOHN COUZIN <<a ymailto="mailto:john.c.at95@btinternet.com" href="mailto:john.c.at95@btinternet.com">john.c.at95@btinternet.com</a>>wrote:<br><br>><br>><br>> Hi,<br>>     all you clever geeky guys, I have a wee problem. I have been saving<br>> lots of important information on to a pen drive, but while it was plugged<br>> into my device, one of my grandkids accidentally banged against it and<br>> slightly bent the USB
 connection. Now it will not register on any of my<br>> devices and I can't access the information which I need disparately and<br>> quickly. Any ideas?<br>> -------------- next part --------------<br>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> URL: <<br>> <a href="http://www.electronclub.org/pipermail/members/attachments/20131208/601819bd/attachment.html" target="_blank">http://www.electronclub.org/pipermail/members/attachments/20131208/601819bd/attachment.html</a><br>> ><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Electron Club Members mailing list<br>> <a ymailto="mailto:members@electronclub.org" href="mailto:members@electronclub.org">members@electronclub.org</a><br>> <a href="http://www.electronclub.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/members" target="_blank">http://www.electronclub.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/members</a><br>><br>-------------- next part --------------<br>An HTML attachment was
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