Mclaren F1 25th Anniversary Tour Book USB

[SGS2026]

Hi everyone - not sure if anyone can help. I recently purchased the above book but the USB with pictures and video (apparently) is not working at all. I have spoken to several other owners of the book and they report the same issue apart from one chap on eBay who says his is fine but is asking £3500 for the book and USB! Does anyone have a copy of backup copy of the drive that they would be willing to copy for me - obviously I do not expect it for free!
Thanks

[tallpaul26]

I can’t help with the files but have you tried a data recovery service? Is it possible the files are still intact just inaccessible for whatever reason? If so, perhaps there are other methods to read the drive.

[Olivergt]

SGS2026 said:

Hi everyone - not sure if anyone can help. I recently purchased the above book but the USB with pictures and video (apparently) is not working at all. I have spoken to several other owners of the book and they report the same issue apart from one chap on eBay who says his is fine but is asking £3500 for the book and USB! Does anyone have a copy of backup copy of the drive that they would be willing to copy for me - obviously I do not expect it for free!
Thanks

Is it worth going back to the person you bought it from?

Did they say it was working?

[SGS2026]

Thanks for the replies - not sure how to reply to individual posts so I'll just update here.

tallpaul26 -
I am looking at a data recovery service currently - trouble is the drive might have to be taken apart to recover which I'm not keen on but will see.

Olivergt -
I did go back to the seller and he said to ship back and he would send his - until he found out his doesn't work either! I tried a couple of other people with them and they all say theirs do not work.

There is a chap on eBay with the book and he says that his USB has been fixed so that may be the way to go - although expensive at £800 - more than I paid for the book!

[Olivergt]

There are a few things you can do yourself quite easily.

See here for more information:

https://www.myrecover.com/windows-recovery-tips/ho...

If those don't work, then it would have to be a professional recovery service who might have some more tricks up their sleeves.

[Geertsen]

About 8 years ago I had an SD card that was showing as having data on it and I knew it had a video from my wedding on it (right click > get info, or similar) but appeared as though it was blank. I was then able to ‘show hidden files’ (I can’t exactly remember how without a PC in front of me) and the video was there.

Are you able to ‘right-click’ and then ‘get info’ or ‘properties’. It will show if there is data on there in my experience.

‘Show hidden files’ might be worth a Google...?