tshaw Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 I'm trying to run Recuva, or a similar tool, against the main drive in a Samsung S5. The device was accidentally reset and contains files I desperately need to retrieve. I see that plugging it in does not assign the device a drive letter, and Recuva doesn't recognize it. My research tells me that Android devices used to allow USB Mass Storage, which would allow me to access the contents of the drive directly. However, that doesn't seem to be an option anymore. 1. Is there some way that I can mount that system as you would a flash drive, so I can run Recuva against it? 2. Is there some way to make an exact mirror of the disk that would allow me to run recovery tools against it independent of the physical device? I've seen mention of this on other community forums but haven't found a way of accomplishing it. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted June 25, 2018 Moderators Share Posted June 25, 2018 In short, you can't. Google had the ability to mount as a drive and recuva/most-data-recovery-software requires a drive letter. I have seen some solutions (android apps) that claim to bring back the drive letter but most/all only allow the mounting of the external sd card. ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF. Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark) ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T. Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tshaw Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 Well, I've been doing a lot of research and it seems that Recuva just isn't the right tool for the job. For anyone else who has to deal with this issue, I'm exploring the options of making an image of the disk and running it through other recovery tools. Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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