Just wondering if there is a way to use recuva on a Kindle Fire HDX 8.9? The computer sees the device
as a portable device (no drive letter) and thus recova does not see it. The SD card for this Kindle
is internal and cannot be removed to scan it through the flash card reader. Any ideas or alternatiives? I have
used recuva with great success with my phone and have tested it on other devices with success, but this new
kindle is an issue.
Thanks for any info
Unless the drive gets a letter assigned to it, Recuva won't see it.
The internal storage, I believe, is integrated and not a SD card so you are buggered there as well.
I would try connecting it to a Linux PC and seeing how it goes at accessing the internal storage of the Kindle.
When compared to Windows, Linux has a much better chance in my experience.
If you don't have a PC already running Linux, setting up a bootable USB stick with something like Puppy or Mint would do the job.
Does the Kindle Fire have an option allowing you to connect it in "Mass storage mode" or something similar?
Unless the drive gets a letter assigned to it, Recuva won't see it.
WRONG
NOT TRUE
FALSE
My apologies for shouting - I was excited by finding a way around the generally accepted restriction of needing a letter.
I have just plugged in a 1 GB Flash Drive D:\, FAT format.
Using Windows Disk Management I removed its drive letter D:\.
My Flash Drive is now in a worse condition than the Kindle - Windows Explorer cannot even see my Flash Drive.
I now use Windows Disk Management to "Change Drive letter and paths..." option "Add"
and then click "Mount in the following empty NTFS folder" and then the "Browse" button,
I then browse to I:\Test and click the "New Folder" button and create "Drive_D" click OK then OK
Now I can launch Recuva, use "All Files" and Next
select "In a specifc location" and then browse to C:\Test\Drive_D
and now Recuva can retrieve the files on my "letterless" flash drive.
This works on a normal Flash Drive
If Kindle has no drive letter but CAN be seen by Windows Explorer,
then Windows Disk Management should also be aware of it,
and MIGHT have the capability of adding a drive letter,
failing which it MIGHT have the capability of "Mount in the following empty NTFS folder".
When you have finished ( or failed ) recovery I suggest that you undo changes to your system thus :-
Close Recuva (and anything else that might be using C:\Test\Drive_D)
Use Windows Disk Management to "Change Drive letter and paths..." option "Remove"
Use Windows Disk Management to "EJECT" the Kindle
Unplug the Kindle
Use Windows Explorer to delete the residual short-cut folder "Drive_D" located at C:\Test\
Regards
Alan
The Kindle Fire seems to have changed in one important aspect compared to the basic Kindle.
I have a 4th Generation Kindle Basic, and when first connected via USB to my computer, it's by default in "USB Drive Mode", and this is displayed on the screen.
Which means it's given a drive letter and can be scanned as a drive by Recuva. On trying this it picked up all the eBooks I've deleted plus various system, search, info and metadata files.
It has the option of switching to a "Usability Mode" (my description), so that it can be read whilst charging, but in such mode it's technically ejected from the computer and can't be scanned.
I wonder (like Shane) if the Kindle Fire has similar modes but isn't in the USB Mode by default?