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Help! Please! Thumb drive format fingerprints

by Apr 13, 2015 1:48PM PDT

I was accused of a huge violation at work involving a thumb drive being formated. Are there any details left behind documenting when and which computer did the actual formatting? Knowing this could save me...thanks in advance.

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Sorry no.
by Forum moderator Apr 14, 2015 1:13AM PDT

But thumb drives are so unreliable that they may go wonky and appear to be formatted. It seems odd to make such a claim given the technology can go pwoof if you unplug a drive rather than eject it.
Bob

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that's too difficult
by Apr 15, 2015 5:18PM PDT

the currect technology only can restore formatted files from formatted thumb drive, but your question is really hard to proof.

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