Field-operable, stand-alone apparatus for media recovery and regeneration
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a housing means for housing at least a controller;
at least one flash media connector means for accepting at least one type of flash media;
storage means coupled to the controller;
means for detecting an activation event;
means for recovering data, in response to the activation event, the data corresponding to at least one application file from a corrupted flash media device coupled to the flash media connector means;
means for searching for file indicia corresponding at least one predetermined file type;
means for reading data based on information in the file indicia, said data comprising recovered data; and
means for storing the recovered data on the storage means.
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Abstract
A method for recovering data from corrupted flash media and regenerated damaged flash media have been disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises accessing data on a flash media, searching the data for file indicia corresponding at least one predetermined file type, reading the data based on information in the file indicia, the data including a recovered file, and storing the recovered file on a storage medium. Other embodiments have been claimed and described.
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32 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a housing means for housing at least a controller; at least one flash media connector means for accepting at least one type of flash media; storage means coupled to the controller; means for detecting an activation event; means for recovering data, in response to the activation event, the data corresponding to at least one application file from a corrupted flash media device coupled to the flash media connector means; means for searching for file indicia corresponding at least one predetermined file type; means for reading data based on information in the file indicia, said data comprising recovered data; and means for storing the recovered data on the storage means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a flash media connector means for accepting at least one of a plurality of different flash media; a means for reading and writing to a flash media coupled to the flash media connector means; a means for recovering data from a corrupt flash media coupled to the flash media connector means, in response to detecting an activation event; and a means for storing recovered data. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
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a flash media connector accepting at least one type of flash media; detecting an activation event; recovering data, in response to the activation event, the data corresponding to at least one application file from a corrupted flash media device coupled to the flash media connector; the recovering data comprising searching for file indicia corresponding to at least one predetermined file type, reading data based on information in the file indicia, said data comprising recovered data, and storing the recovered data on the storage unit. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A method comprising:
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accepting, by a flash media connector, at least one of a plurality of different flash media; reading a flash media coupled to the flash media connector; recovering data from a corrupt flash media coupled to the flash media connector, in response to detecting an activation event; and storing recovered data. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. An apparatus comprising:
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a connector configured to accept two or more different types of flash media; a controller configured to control reading from a corrupted flash media coupled to the connector, the flash media including data to be recovered; the controller further configured to recover data from the corrupted flash media; and a storage device coupled to store the recovered data. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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