Need help with memory stick thats changed all my folders and files

[kylexy1]

Hello, when i plugged in my memory stick this morning to finish off the last of my college work and to back it u to my computer i was greeted with all of my folders and files names being changed and unable to open any of them, is there a solution to fix all this as there is my years worth of college work on here. Also when I try to scan and fix my memory stick and attempt to recover bad sectors it stops and says "Windows cant check the disc while its in use" and asks if i want to force dismount.
I have no idea how to resolve this and would appreciate any help at all as my assignments have to be in for Tuesday. Thank you.

 

[bushwhacker]

Welcome to Techspot.

Have you tried this?

http://serverfault.com/questions/11...t-unmount-a-physical-hard-drive-in-windows-xp

You can find more informations from here too: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/chkdsk.mspx


More info too: http://www.computerhope.com/chkdskh.htm

 

[kylexy1]

Hi thanks for your reply, at the minute im trying to see if i can salvage anything as ive just found out the folder that has all of my work in has been converted into a single file, if it fails then i will have to try other methods. I will post if it works or not.